Twenty years ago, Guillaume Fédou burst onto the pop music scene with a single published by Village Vert (Autur de Lucie label), as spicy and sweet as sour candy. Since then, he has published sporadic titles, always independently and in good company: with Arno Florent Didier, Plaisir de France, the duo Housse de Racket… in the fashion trend, but with that precious sense of self-deprecation and transformation. Elegance question.
“A singer since 1974” (and the Albigensian maternity hospital where he was born), Fido compiles his “revered greatest hits” like we used to make mixtapes on K7 seducing the prettiest girl in high school. Intimate selections from “Garçon Moderne”, the charming “Barre Espace”, the futuristic “La Cabane des filles”, the nu-do-wap “Il n’y a que toi”, or a beautiful cover of Niagara’s “While the Songs Burn” Twelve songs sometimes evoke Chamfort, Kavinsky, or Moroder, but above all implicitly paint the self-portrait of a melancholy 50-year-old and forever pop.
In vinyl and digital (large wax), about 20 euros.
Guillaume Videau, singer since 1974.
Alexandra Geyser
