Metronomy, Julien Doré, Ed Sheeran… Discover our weekend playlist

The jazzy return of Animal Collective

This first extract announces the color.

No more hyperactive and garish pop of the last albums.

, Animal Collective's new single, is the most jazzy and accessible thing the band has done in their 20-year career.

Eternal chameleons, the four Americans still seem capable of reinventing themselves.

At the end of the 2000s, the group made a series of artistic changes and monumental records, halfway between folk, psychedelic pop and noise rock.

The group is back in full

for the first time in years with the album

, to be released next February.

Yet another sparkle in perspective.

Little Simz, haute couture rapper

With

, Little Simz released in September one of the most spectacular records of the year.

Sixty-five minutes of ample and ambitious productions, of strings, brass and lengthy verses.

The Londoner has decided on her own to enter the big leagues.

On

, she explores her conflicted relationship with her father head-on.

Carried by a top-of-the-range production from her friend Inflo, the discreet genius behind the SAULT collective, the Englishwoman continues technical gestures.

After three verses, an observation already made after her previous album

is confirmed: Little Simz is a huge rapper.

The Crazy World of Metronomy

Successful bet for the group of five who wanted to create a

timeless

“

”.

As Joseph Mount says very well

, it's good to be back and it's not Metronomy fans who will say the opposite.

The British group signs here a feel-good music in which the instrumental prevails, a sweet mix of synth, saxophone and drums.

This song is accompanied by an ultra-colorful pop clip in a completely delirious universe.

Like what, nothing new in the tropics, the Metronomy vibe remains unchanged.

The band is providing enough good vibes to patiently await their new album,

, which will be released on February 18, 2022.

New album, new life for Ed Sheeran

A long-awaited return that should not disappoint anyone as this album is so personal.

The singer confirms it, the writing of this 4th album, started in June 2017, was a long road strewn with pitfalls.

Between love, loss and sorrow, Ed Sheeran presents this record as that of coming of age.

One of his songs,

, released last August, tells of the loss of his friend Michael, who died this year.

Accompanied by his guitar, a piano and a choir, Ed Sheeran poses with his delicate voice a few words which alone sum up all his pain, “

»

Will you dance on Kungs?

Nightclub atmosphere and the smell of reheating (with Daft Punk sauce) on the side of Kungs.

A touch of madness on top of that, for which we are grateful.

His new single,

, is ultra electro but avoids falling into the boring seriousness of other compositions.

The Seventies influence is evident and the pace is not lacking.

Perfect for feasting, not necessarily to clear your mind.

Never mind.

Holidays are for both.

Julien Doré and Eddy de Pretto depressed (and depressing)

Seeing the first images of the clip of

, it is hard not to think of the

series

, broadcast in 2015 on Canal +.

Eddy de Pretto and Julien Doré are slumped, in two club armchairs, looking at each other like faience dogs.

The continuation of the title - taken from the next album of the interpreter of the

,

, which will be released on November 26 - is not more brilliant.

they then intone in chorus.

Few words, few instruments, but a poignant lament.

Futuristic atmosphere for Bastille

As an appetizer to

, their fourth studio album to be released on February 4, 2022, Bastille unveils the title

.

Dan Smith, its founder, stars in a clip with obvious references to

or

.

The singer somehow manages to give life to a half-human, half-robot figure.

pays homage to the humanity of the technological age, especially in this extraordinary time which can sometimes be like science fiction.

Bastille can only move away from the bad days of confinement, a time (fortunately) bygone, when the group has fine-tuned its production.

The Weeknd meets Sweden

After rubbing shoulders with the duo Daft Punk, the Canadian artist tastes the house of the DJs of Swedish House Mafia.

Their collaboration

, under the metaphor of a moth attracted by light, interferes in the twilight universe of The Weeknd to collide with the soft electro lights of the Swedish trio.

Forget the clichés.

This title is an injunction to love, far from the bling-bling considerations of contemporary productions.