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I know comparissons can take away from the individual nature of music, but for anyone who hasn't heard Zazie, I would say she is like a French Ani Difranco/Tori Amos hybrid. Like Ani, she has very clever, powerful lyrics, with plenty of double entres and "jeux de mots." Her next album, "Made in Love" is more political, but "Zen" still has awesome lyrics, alternating between sweet, ironic, and biting. You'll probably enjoy this album most if you speak French, since the lyrics are so important. Her actual musical and vocal qualities are more like Tori, but again this is just to give you an idea is you have never had the pleasure of listening to her. A great album!
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2020
Zazie is a French singer from France easy to listen to despite it might be complicated to understand her lyrics depending on one's French level. She plays a lot with words and her songs talk alot about about love and its up and downs. This is her second album and despite I am not a fan it reminds me of summer 96. I respect her as a determined woman and singer who writes her lyrics and music in general. She often collaborates with other people though. There are at least a few catchy songs and I wanted to download them for the fun to be able to sing and dancing on them while cooking or painting! Thus, zen, un point c est toi are cool and I like Homme (Man in French) sweet homme too. Zazie is a first name borrowed from a great and avant garde French writer Raymeau Queneau's heroin (Zazie dans le Metro). Despite I am French I usually listen to very few frenchies, but due to the Covid I felt I needed a flashback. This stuff emptied my head and made me feel good. Mission accomplished! Big hug Zazie and soyons mais restons aussi zen!!!
Another beautifull french singer , Zazie gave a fresh new prespective of what European pop can sound like with Zen. She has this genuin female voice which make her songs sound as sensational as they do. Her lyrics are poetic and in a way humorous ( " a duck in the coffee !... " she sings on the tittle track ) . Pop teaser " Un Point C'est toi " and majestic rock ballad " Larsen " are some of the tracks you should pay special attention to . In conclusion "Zen" is a record easy to love and unfair to ignore.
I bought this CD almost 10 years ago and it is still one of my favourites. "Fou de toi", "Larsen", "Zen", and "Un point c'est toi" are great songs that never seem to get old. The high point of the CD is song number 6, "Dieu que pour toi". ( I think it might be called "Au Diable Nos adieux" on the North American release. This song is absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get more out of this album if you speak or at least understand French, because most of the clever lyrics will be lost on you otherwise. Even if you don't, though, it's still worth a listen.
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