20.09.23 in ambassadeurs
julia jean baptiste
Tell me what brought you to this profession?
I had the chance to grow up in music thanks to two music-loving parents, they literally fed me a bottle of new wave and bossa nova. I started singing very young, then came singing lessons followed by guitar at 14. Arriving in Paris for my studies, I was also surrounded by musicians, I started to put my voice on songs in duets or by doing choirs before being spotted by a label with which I released the song Confetti. I then went on tour with the group Pendentif who had just released their first album following this tour, I joined the group. We then produced a second album together which was released in February.
What nourishes your musical style, what is the source of your inspiration?
I write my texts by observing the world and the people around me. I am now more inspired by reality than by the fantasies and dreams that inhabited me before. I am a storyteller, I can tell the story of the life of someone I met or describe the moment when the sun breaks through for a moment in the Parc de la Villette. Beneath my romanticized emotions there is always a truth, something experienced.
Who are the people who constitute references for you in your profession?
First there is David Bowie whom I really discovered at 15 years old while watching the film CRAZY. This film was an epiphany, I literally fell in love with the character and this glam rock period of Ziggy Stardust. So I grew up with him, it changes everything to grow up with a genius. His presence is just incredible, beyond his way of moving which I pick up without even realizing it, he is part of my starting parameters. There's Sade too, an anti-diva that I really like. She has this unique way of putting her voice, it is an emotion which is never imposed or dictated but on the contrary breathed and which leaves the interpretation to the other.
What compliment would you like to hear or hear again in your profession?
Let someone say to me while listening to a song “that’s you” because the stories we tell must make sense with who we are, otherwise we disguise ourselves uselessly and nothing is embodied. It is only at this moment that we can, in my opinion, move people, make them shiver…
The city or destination that inspires you or resembles you?
Brazil, without even having been there, for its swaying rhythms and the smiles of the people. It made me want to write the song Sao Paulo. My father listened to Bossa Nova, I think I loved this country already in utero. I have always dreamed of leaving on a small boat from the Breton coast to dock in Rio de Janeiro.
I would like to live there fully, especially not as a vacationer. While waiting for this moment, I infiltrated the Brazilian community in Paris, which compensates for the moment.
I had the chance to grow up in music thanks to two music-loving parents, they literally fed me a bottle of new wave and bossa nova. I started singing very young, then came singing lessons followed by guitar at 14. Arriving in Paris for my studies, I was also surrounded by musicians, I started to put my voice on songs in duets or by doing choirs before being spotted by a label with which I released the song Confetti. I then went on tour with the group Pendentif who had just released their first album following this tour, I joined the group. We then produced a second album together which was released in February.
What nourishes your musical style, what is the source of your inspiration?
I write my texts by observing the world and the people around me. I am now more inspired by reality than by the fantasies and dreams that inhabited me before. I am a storyteller, I can tell the story of the life of someone I met or describe the moment when the sun breaks through for a moment in the Parc de la Villette. Beneath my romanticized emotions there is always a truth, something experienced.
Who are the people who constitute references for you in your profession?
First there is David Bowie whom I really discovered at 15 years old while watching the film CRAZY. This film was an epiphany, I literally fell in love with the character and this glam rock period of Ziggy Stardust. So I grew up with him, it changes everything to grow up with a genius. His presence is just incredible, beyond his way of moving which I pick up without even realizing it, he is part of my starting parameters. There's Sade too, an anti-diva that I really like. She has this unique way of putting her voice, it is an emotion which is never imposed or dictated but on the contrary breathed and which leaves the interpretation to the other.
What compliment would you like to hear or hear again in your profession?
Let someone say to me while listening to a song “that’s you” because the stories we tell must make sense with who we are, otherwise we disguise ourselves uselessly and nothing is embodied. It is only at this moment that we can, in my opinion, move people, make them shiver…
The city or destination that inspires you or resembles you?
Brazil, without even having been there, for its swaying rhythms and the smiles of the people. It made me want to write the song Sao Paulo. My father listened to Bossa Nova, I think I loved this country already in utero. I have always dreamed of leaving on a small boat from the Breton coast to dock in Rio de Janeiro.
I would like to live there fully, especially not as a vacationer. While waiting for this moment, I infiltrated the Brazilian community in Paris, which compensates for the moment.
“I write my texts by observing the world and the people around me. I am now more inspired by reality than by the fantasies and dreams that inhabited me before. I am a storyteller. »
How would you define your way of being and living?
I grew up surrounded by music but also a lot of love, my parents allowed me to approach life in the best possible way. You have to live passionately without letting yourself be affected by things you cannot control. I try to always be happy, I am convinced that things happen for the best, so what doesn't work shouldn't have worked. My mother taught me to appreciate every little happiness, I savor them without looking for them. I choose to always look up to discover what is beautiful rather than just looking ahead.
Your favorite themes in your music?
So much for originality, love of course! It is the universal subject that inspires the world and art. It's always about emotions, the ones we regret, the ones we decide to hide behind a mask (I recently wrote a song on this subject). From a melodic point of view, there is of course bossa nova, for its slightly late side, its construction which reminds me of waves, its simplicity and its immediacy.
the person you would dream of singing with?
I would say a duet with Mac Demarco. For his writing, his themes, his humor about himself, his humility, he does not try to be glamorous at all costs.
Do you have any rituals in life?
Before a concert I breathe long, alone, slowly, I meditate in a way on how lucky I am to be where I am, on the kindness I benefit from. This allows me to transform stress into excitement and power to be in immediate giving, to benefit and to benefit. On a daily basis, I only travel by bike so I observe what is around me, the architecture in particular - my mother is an architect - and look at the sky again and again... Recently I even cried on my bike while looking at him while I discovered the important thing is the rose, by Gilbert Bécaud in its Spanish version.
I grew up surrounded by music but also a lot of love, my parents allowed me to approach life in the best possible way. You have to live passionately without letting yourself be affected by things you cannot control. I try to always be happy, I am convinced that things happen for the best, so what doesn't work shouldn't have worked. My mother taught me to appreciate every little happiness, I savor them without looking for them. I choose to always look up to discover what is beautiful rather than just looking ahead.
Your favorite themes in your music?
So much for originality, love of course! It is the universal subject that inspires the world and art. It's always about emotions, the ones we regret, the ones we decide to hide behind a mask (I recently wrote a song on this subject). From a melodic point of view, there is of course bossa nova, for its slightly late side, its construction which reminds me of waves, its simplicity and its immediacy.
the person you would dream of singing with?
I would say a duet with Mac Demarco. For his writing, his themes, his humor about himself, his humility, he does not try to be glamorous at all costs.
Do you have any rituals in life?
Before a concert I breathe long, alone, slowly, I meditate in a way on how lucky I am to be where I am, on the kindness I benefit from. This allows me to transform stress into excitement and power to be in immediate giving, to benefit and to benefit. On a daily basis, I only travel by bike so I observe what is around me, the architecture in particular - my mother is an architect - and look at the sky again and again... Recently I even cried on my bike while looking at him while I discovered the important thing is the rose, by Gilbert Bécaud in its Spanish version.
“I grew up surrounded by music but also a lot of love, my parents allowed me to approach life in the best possible way. You have to live passionately without letting yourself be affected by things you cannot control. »
The music that annoys you?
There are a lot of them and tastes can change, so before I would have said rap, but I came back to this point. On the other hand, I admit a very particular aversion to the “commercial Latino”!
A favorite place to usually find you
I moved to Pantin two years ago. We discovered the Brasserie Gallia, a former warehouse transformed into a living space. Children run around there, people mingle there, I can spend an entire afternoon there just observing people.
Your favorite object? How much does he weigh ?
My bicycle ! I inherited it from my grandmother who used it for 30 years, so I am terribly attached to it. It's a Peugeot mixed bicycle from the 70s, a marvel. It must weigh 12 kilos.
What has weight in your life?
My family and my friends. They are the only ones who have an influence on my happiness.
What are your LE GRAMME objects? How do you wear them? What attracts you to le gramme?
My wedding ring and that of my lover. A 1g half polished red gold wedding ring for me and 3g brushed white gold for him. I like the simplicity of their lines, their purity. They go to the essential, they are for me like a tattoo, something that we would wear every day and that would become part of us.
If you had to write a song about LE GRAMME?
It would be a song about the things we don't separate, about the importance of distinguishing the essential or about a friend who never leaves us.
There are a lot of them and tastes can change, so before I would have said rap, but I came back to this point. On the other hand, I admit a very particular aversion to the “commercial Latino”!
A favorite place to usually find you
I moved to Pantin two years ago. We discovered the Brasserie Gallia, a former warehouse transformed into a living space. Children run around there, people mingle there, I can spend an entire afternoon there just observing people.
Your favorite object? How much does he weigh ?
My bicycle ! I inherited it from my grandmother who used it for 30 years, so I am terribly attached to it. It's a Peugeot mixed bicycle from the 70s, a marvel. It must weigh 12 kilos.
What has weight in your life?
My family and my friends. They are the only ones who have an influence on my happiness.
What are your LE GRAMME objects? How do you wear them? What attracts you to le gramme?
My wedding ring and that of my lover. A 1g half polished red gold wedding ring for me and 3g brushed white gold for him. I like the simplicity of their lines, their purity. They go to the essential, they are for me like a tattoo, something that we would wear every day and that would become part of us.
If you had to write a song about LE GRAMME?
It would be a song about the things we don't separate, about the importance of distinguishing the essential or about a friend who never leaves us.
“It would be a song about the things we don't separate, about the importance of distinguishing the essentials or about a friend who never leaves us. »
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