“The Flight Songs” is the album I needed to make to breathe again.
It began at a turning point in my life, in 2019. I wrote thirteen poems almost all at once. They were my first new words: words of escape, written while looking ahead with all my strength. At that time, they came to me in French, as vague phrases or "hidden words", that were too steeped in fear to be truly meaningful.
Leaving had been the right move. It took time, years, for the distance to feel real, for my life to get back on track, and for me to be certain that I was truly free from what I had fled. Only then could I take a step back and return to these poems.
They already had music written for them and had been recorded, but something felt unresolved. I really needed to finish this album so I could move on. I made a second version, this time without my guitar but with the piano, and I chose to write in English, not to translate my thoughts, but to succeed in expressing them. From the thirteen original poems, I rewrote eleven songs. I didn’t want to explain everything, or to tell the story behind the story. I had followed love, I had to flee the violence that lied about its own name, step out of what had shut me in, and that’s all I will say about it. I chose to keep moving forward. These songs are what moving forward sounded like for me.
I think this can resonate with anyone who has experienced a turning point in their life. "The Flight Songs" is an album about escape, resilience, and transformation. Not the kind that happens overnight, but the kind that leads you back to who you really are. It’s an album made of poetry, movements, and perseverance.
My voice stays at the center, surrounded by piano, violins, harp, and bass, all performed on my synthesizer. The music is both peaceful and emotional, quietly intense, like a heart trusting again.