Amandine Bourgeois’ Eurovision 2013 journey with “L’Enfer Et Moi” can pretty much be summed up as follows.
France announces her: Who the heck is this?
Song is revealed: Meh, not their best.
Eurovision in Concert performance: I need to edit my top 39 PRONTO!! She rocks!!
Results: Underrated! Injustice! WTH Europe!!
The raw energy and anger Amandine presented on stage was enough to make her popularity and odds skyrocket in just a few days’ time. She was my personal favorite from the Big 6, and I’ve looked forward to more material from her. And finally it’s here!
On first listen, “Ma Gueule” sounds like a complete turn around from “L’enfer Et Moi”. Amandine seems to have taken some potent mood relaxation medications, opting for a more sensual song, highlighted by simple, yet powerful vocals with some “soft whisper sass” as I like to call it. The flow of the song is nice, and if I close my eyes I can picture myself in Paris, listening to it playing in a cafe as I nibble on a baguette.
Amandine benefits from a voice that sounds just as amazing screaming about something I can’t understand, to sensually serenading me with a song about something I can’t understand. *maybe I need French lessons?………..Oh right, the review!
All in all I enjoyed the song. However, the lack of a powerhouse long note is disappointing. The ones she threw in the live performance on the Eurovision stage last May were magnificent, I wish she would’ve shown some off here.
Rating: 9/10
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I voted for you Amandine! You were far and away my favourite last year, so much raw power. I like the new mellow sound but please continue to add in some of that bitter edginess to your new material also. Je vais te faire l’enfer! 😉 Je t’aime!
Love this, even more than L’Enfer et Moi. The edginess is still there.
ta gole!!!!!
I miss her so much. Glad to see her new material today.
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She was my favorite alongside Cascada & Margaret Berger last year.
The style may be different but the talent for enriching the mood and character of a song is just as strong.
Amandine was my no.2 last year, after Zlata.