Christine and the Queens makes her comeback with new single ‘Girlfriend’, available to stream and download now via Because Music. ‘Girlfriend’ is Christine and the Queens’ first new song since her brilliant debut record Chaleur Humaine, released in France in 2014 and the UK in 2016, and having sold more than 1.3 million copies to date.
Christine and the Queens AKA Héloïse Letissier returns with the G-funk inspired pop of ‘Girlfriend’ laced with playful lyrics that delve into the duality sexuality and gender roles, listen here.
“I initially set out to smash against macho culture and macho men,” says Letissier. “I became obsessed with this idea of the macho man, and still being a woman. What does it mean if I’m this figure, and I’m a woman? Does it make me an aberration? Is it joyful?”
The song, too, is overwhelmed with desire. “I felt I had to address female desire and it’s diversity,” she says. “How sometimes it’s blacked out or ignored. It’s still something quite suspicious or slightly dirty. I felt like it was important to be more unapologetic about that.
“There are hints of nights spent having sex and coming back covered in sweat. Like a male figure, the young hero who has love stories, and comes back in the morning and his friends are like: “What happened to you?” I want to be that.”
Christine and the Queens will perform at Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend in Swansea, UK, on Sunday 27 May. She has announced a full tour of Europe, Canada and the United States for the winter. See below for the full list of dates. See christineandthequeens.com for ticket information.
11 October – LUXEMBOURG – ROCKHAL
12 October – BRUXELLES – FOREST NATIONAL
13 October – AMSTERDAM – AFAS LIVE
15 October – BERLIN – COLUMBIAHALLE
17 October – STOCKHOLM – NOBELBERGET
23 October – SEATTLE – THE SHOWBOX
26 October – OAKLAND – FOX THEATER
27 October – LOS ANGELES – THE WILTERN
31 October – NEW YORK – BROOKLYN STEEL – SOLD OUT
01 November – NEW YORK – BROOKLYN STEEL
02 November – PHILADELPHIA – UNION TRANSFER
04 November – WASHINGTON – 9:30 CLUB
05 November – TORONTO – THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL
06 November – MONTREAL – PLACE BELL
17 November – BOURNEMOUTH – BIC
20 November – LONDON – EVENTIM APOLLO -SOLD OUT
21 November – LONDON – EVENTIM APOLLO -SOLD OUT
23 November – GLASGOW – ROYAL CONCERT HALL
24 November – EDINBURGH – USHER HALL
26 November – BIRMINGHAM – O2 ACADEMY
27 November – MANCHESTER – O2 APOLLO
30 November – DUBLIN – RDS
04 December – NANTES – ZENITH
05 December – BORDEAUX – METROPOLE ARENA
06 December – MONTPELLIER – ZENITH SUD
11 December – GENEVE – ARENA
12 December – STRASBOURG – ZENITH
14 December – LYON – HALLE TONY GARNIER
15 December – TOULOUSE – ZENITH
18 December – PARIS – ACCORHOTELS ARENA
Image by Suffo Moncloa
