Gracie Convert returns with the bittersweet “babe pourquoi t’es comme ça?”, a rare blend, marrying an infectious bossa infused beat with some melancholic detuned synth chords in a song you can cry and dance to at the same time. Read our discussion with the artist below!
Describe your sound in 3 words
I’d say honest, vulnerable, cross-genre
Tell us a few things about babe pourquoi t’es comme ça? What is the story behind it?
It started as me reflecting on past love and mistakes, and how those experiences can shape us. It can be heard as a love song, but also as a conversation with myself; the guarded version of me now speaking to the more open, vulnerable version of me from the past. The mix of English and French came naturally because that’s how I often think, I’m trying to integrate that side of me more in my music
The track blends nicely detuned synth pads with a bossa-infused beat. How did this unique combination come to be?
I think being a DJ has made me listen to such a huge variety of music that I naturally start blending sounds that maybe wouldn’t usually come together. With this track, the detuned synth pads came out sample I found, and then when I laid them over a bossa-infused rhythm it just felt right. It’s a mix of my influences, the warmth and groove of bossa with the dreamy, imperfect textures I love from electronic music and indie R&B
Your most honest and personal lyric?
In this song it would probably be ‘told my mum I’m sorry, for letting boys get in the way’.
Artists and people that have influenced you?
I’d say J cole, Zaho and Manu ChaoA song you are secretly obsessed with?Suavemente by Elvis Crespo
If the music of Gracie Convert was a film, which film would that be?
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
What advice would you give to your younger self?
To not overthink it, at the end of the day the world keeps turning
Thank you!
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