Big Hath: Snarky Puppy - Amour, t’es là
Why didn’t you send this on the happy round? True, I don’t really know if the lyrics are happy or not, since I don’t speak French. But even if they’re really sad you’d have gotten away with it, since, as you can tell, I didn’t look them up. Oh well, that’s in the past with the Alcest happy round submission, and this is now.
This fun, romantic (I feel like it’s romantic, though that might be because that’s how anything French sounds to me) little song is one of my favorite songs of the round. I like the instrumentation provided here. The horns and other instruments sound really good, and the drums really provide the song with a sense of motion. The singer is really good, her voice fits very well with the song, and the group vocals just add to the overall feel of the song, particularly on the very pretty chorus.
Ha! Color me shocked at my score. It was an impulse entry for this round just hoping to "cleanse your musical palate" so to speak after the epic round. I guess it worked!
First off, if you are checking out more from Snarky Puppy, keep in mind this is a mainly instrumental jazz/hip-hop group (although this song was from an album that had guest singers on each song). Second, the singer (Magda Giannikou) is also playing accordion on this song, which is quite impressive given how well she does both. She is extremely talented.
On the lyrics, it's kind of a longing and maybe a hopeful song more than anything I guess. The title translates to "Love, are you there?". She's dreaming of love and can't seem to find it, but remains hopeful that today is the day.