Christine and The Queens returns to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS

RETURNS TO THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING

JIMMY FALLON ON TUESDAY 6.12

SINGLE “GIRLFRIEND” FEAT DÂM-FUNK HERE / VIDEO HERE

(Because Music)

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“The French pop sensation returns with an ultra-smooth, funk driven tune” – V Magazine“An extremely fucking good mission statement” – Noisey

“Christine and the Queens, is, thank god, back” – i-D

“French indie pop darling has made a name for herself as one of the up-and-coming names in pop music.” – Billboard

“…her stuttering vocal cadence recalls the very best of Michael Jackson…the hook is everything.” – PAPER

“Peak Janet and pure lust… feels like a fluid generation’s mantra-in-waiting” – The Guardian

Next week, on Tuesday June 12th, Christine and The Queens returns to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC 11:35/12:35c) where she will perform the single “Girlfriend” with Dâm-Funk and The Roots.
The comeback single “Girlfriend” ft Dâm-Funk, the first new song after her iconic debut record Chaleur Humaine / titled Christine and the Queens in USA, was released to instant critical acclaim last month and is accompanied by a stunning video. The single/video is available in French as well, titled “Damn, dis moi”.
With the original concept being developed by Christine herself, director Jordan Bahat describes how she came to him with “Charles Ebbets’ photos from the 1930’s of builders relaxing on girders 60 stories up in the air and said, “these are the sorts of scenes I want to create for this video”. Along with those pictures, there were colour references from Tarsem and choreography references from West Side Story and Michael Jackson’s “Bad”.”
The film draws inspiration from these hyper stylized American musicals, but pulls them upside-down and inside-out for a song that is revisiting radical concepts of masculinity and gender.
“The message is both simple and radical,” says Christine and the Queens. “Simple because the video relies on energy and an effective use of choreography: more physical, sensual and assertive. Radical in terms of its aesthetics: here, the gang concept blurs the lines between ballerina and thug, as was often the case in American musicals such as West Side Story.”
The video also delivers us a more detailed unveiling of the Chris character; bigger, prouder, funnier, and damned horny whilst also illustrating the narrative of the original song beautifully.
Christine explains; “The song is like a story you tell to your friends” she continues. “Chris is the gang leader, the kind of person you look for and listen to; he does what he wants, perched up high somewhere, dangling above the emptiness…”

Click to watch “Girlfriend” and “Damn, dis moi”

If her debut was an introduction to Christine and the Queens AKA Héloïse Letissier, then “Girlfriend” is a bold declaration of the next chapter in her story. She’s stepping away from her debut album towards a tougher, more minimalist, and more upbeat sound, which finds its most direct expression on “Girlfriend”. The track – written and produced by Letissier – pays tribute to her long-time love of the G-funk sound, and in order to get it exactly right, she tracked down one of its pioneers, Dâm-Funk, and asked him to sing and play on it.

Besides her debut being a tremendous critical success selling 1.3 million units across the world, she toured North-America multiple times, played Coachella, Governors Ball, as well as performed “Tilted” on numerous late night shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Christine and the Queens gained rave reviews across the board from New York Times, Pitchfork to Vogue and she graced the cover of Time Magazine’s « Next Generation Leaders » issue where she was proclaimed to be one of the most influential young creatives in the world.

Christine and the Queens has announced a full tour of Europe, Canada and the United States for the fall. See below for the full list of dates. See christineandthequeens.com for ticket information.

Thu 11 October – LUXEMBOURG – ROCKHAL
Fri 12 October – BRUXELLES – FOREST NATIONAL
Sat 13 October – AMSTERDAM – AFAS LIVE
Mon 15 October – BERLIN – COLUMBIAHALLE
Wed 17 October – STOCKHOLM – NOBELBERGET
Tue 23 October – SEATTLE –  THE SHOWBOX
Fri 26 October – OAKLAND – FOX THEATER
Sat 27 October – LOS ANGELES – THE WILTERN
Wed 31 October – NEW YORK – BROOKLYN STEEL – SOLD OUT
Thu 01 November – NEW YORK – BROOKLYN STEEL
Fri 02 November – PHILADELPHIA – UNION TRANSFER
Sun 04 November – WASHINGTON – 9:30 CLUB
Mon 05 November – TORONTO – THE DANFORTH MUSIC HALL
Tue 06 November – MONTREAL – PLACE BELL
Sat 17 November – BOURNEMOUTH – BIC
Tue 20 November – LONDON – EVENTIM APOLLO – SOLD OUT
Wed 21 November – LONDON – EVENTIM APOLLO – SOLD OUT
Fri 23 November – GLASGOW – ROYAL CONCERT HALL
Sat 24 November – EDINBURGH – USHER HALL
Mon 26 November – BIRMINGHAM – O2 ACADEMY
Tue 27 November – MANCHESTER – O2 APOLLO
Fri 30 November – DUBLIN – RDS
Tue 04 December – NANTES – ZENITH
Wed 05 December – BORDEAUX – METROPOLE ARENA
Thu 06 December – MONTPELLIER – ZENITH SUD
Tue 11 December – GENEVE – ARENA
Wed 12 December – STRASBOURG – ZENITH
Fri 14 December – LYON – HALLE TONY GARNIER
Sat 15 December – TOULOUSE – ZENITH
Tue 18 December – PARIS – ACCORHOTELS ARENA – SOLD OUT

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