REVIEW: French singer Christine and the Queens explores his quest for identity and love on an invigorating and catchy new concept album 'Redcar Les Adorables Étoiles (Prologue).'
As the character “Redcar,” a new persona inspired by the happiness Chris felt seeing red cars outside his home during isolation, he sheds his past. Redcar dresses like Serge Gainsbourg and writes lyrics that are sometimes nearly as louche as Gainsbourg’s.
Despite the complexity of the music, like most operas the story is relatively straightforward: Redcar experiences anmoment transitioning into his male form , he lusts after beautiful men , prays to his mother in Heaven , soliloquizes and discourses on love á la Barthes , questions the meaning of time and how long it takes to find love , and finds deeper meaning in his true self
The album doesn’t have near the instant pop appeal of past Queens albums, since much of the music sounds contemplative , but when Chris gives himself over to a beat, he still commands pop greatness. “Looking for Love,” on which Chris sings “I’m looking for love in a meaningful way, so never let go,” could be a hit with and without the Redcar plotline.
The most stunning track, “Combien de Temps,” spans nearly nine minutes with a reggae/new-wave backdrop that vaguely recalls Marianne Faithfull’s “Broken English,” Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar,” and Adrian Sherwood comps at the same time as Chris ponders how long he’ll wait for a lover. “I felt abandoned before understanding that you were smiling,” he sings , “Through the waves, near the boat that licks the cock early in the morning.
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