Op 21 september verschijnt het langverwachte nieuwe album van Christine and the Queens. Het album genaamd ‘Chris’ verschijnt zowel digitaal als fysiek (dubbel CD, vinyl, gelimiteerde boxset).
Christine and the Queens: “It’s a crisis song that I wrote late one night. This song is a cathedral, with a rhythm as unalterable as white stone. The bass line, I remember playing it for hours, as if to rock myself.”
De langverwachte tweede plaat ‘Chris’ werd volledig geschreven, gearrangeerd en ingespeeld door Christine and the Queens. Het is de opvolger van haar iconische debuut ‘Chaleur Humaine’ waarvan 1,3 miljoen exemplaren over de toonbank gingen.
“’Chaleur Humaine’ was about teenage years, most of it,” aldus Christine.“Loneliness, really true feelings, and there is a softness in the way I wrote as well, because I was properly introducing myself.” Chris is verschillend. “It gets to be a bit more exhilarating, because I get to say, okay, I’ve been introduced now. I get to be more confident, and it matches what happened in my life as a woman.”
Het is de overgang van een schuchter meisje naar een volwassen vrouw: “Then suddenly I’m out in the open and I’m having more experiences, meeting people, having relationships, and stories are happening to me. All of a sudden, you’re a real grownass woman. The second album could have been me finding a fancy producer in LA and doing the pop shit, but actually, no. I wanted to make it even more personal, if it’s possible.”