Le Fléau

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Le Fléau
Le Fléau.jpg
Studio album by
Gims
Released4 December 2020
Recorded2020–2021
Genre
Label
  • Play Two
  • TF1 Group
  • Sony Music
  • Géante Rouge
  • Indifférence Prod
Gims chronology
Ceinture noire
(2018) 		Le Fléau
(2020)
Singles from Le Fléau
  1. "Yolo"
    Released: 28 August 2020
  2. "Immortel"
    Released: 25 September 2020
  3. "Origami"
    Released: 23 October 2020
  4. "Oro Jackson"
    Released: 6 November 2020
  5. "Jusqu'ici tout va bien"
    Released: 6 November 2020
  6. "Sicario"
    Released: 11 December 2020
  7. "GJS"
    Released: 5 April 2021
  8. "Belle"
    Released: 5 April 2021
  9. "Only You"
    Released: 28 May 2021

Le Fléau (English: The Plague or The Scourge) is the fourth studio album by Congolese-French singer and rapper Gims, released on 4 December 2020 on the TF1 Group and Play Two labels.[1]

A reissue entitled Les vestiges du fléau (English: The Remnants of the Scourge) was published on 28 May 2021.[2] A second reissue titled L'Empire de Méroé was released on 3 December 2021.[3]

Genesis[]

During confinement, Gims announces on a live Instagram a 100% rap album for the month of October 2020. According to some publications on his Instagram, Gims reveals that his album would be an 80% rap album contrary to what had been announced.

History[]

On 28 August 2020, Gims publishes on streaming platforms a new title called "Yolo". on 2 September 2020, Yolo's music video is released.[4] on 21 September 2020, he posted a video on these social networks announcing the first single from the album titled "Immortel" for 25 September 2020. on 25 September 2020, Gims released the first single from his album titled Immortal, a purely rap sound where we find a Gims from the time of the Sexion d'Assaut. At the end of the video clip her new album is announced for 6 November 2020.[5]

On 23 October 2020, he published on streaming platforms a new title called "Origami". on 30 October 2020, the list of tracks is unveiled, during the day, the full album leaked on the Internet, one week before its release. on 31 October 2020, according to some rumors, this is the reason the album was pushed back. on 3 November 2020, through his social networks, Gims confirms the postponement of his album because of the COVID-19 pandemic but no date has been announced.[6]

On 6 November 2020, he published on streaming platforms a new title called "Oro Jackson" in collaboration with Gazo as well as the title called "Jusqu'ici tout va bien", which is also the credits of the new TF1 series, Ici tout commence. on 7 November 2020, he sent the video clip of the title "Oro Jackson" in collaboration with Gazo.[7] on 10 November 2020, he released the music video for the track "Origami".[8] on 26 November 2020, he announced on social media that the album would be released on 4 December 2020.[9]

On 2 December 2020, he unveils the list of tracks for the album with 17 tracks for 9 collaborations including the rappers Vald, Kaaris, Heuss l'Enfoiré or the revelations Leto, Bosh and Gazo.[10] on 3 December 2020, he sent the music video for the title "So far everything is fine". on 11 December 2020, he released the video clip for the title "Sicario" in collaboration with Heuss l'Enfoiré.[11] on 5 April 2021, he published on streaming platforms a new title named "GJS" in collaboration with Jul and SCH,[12][13] as well as the title named "Belle", in collaboration with Dadju and Slimane. Belle's music video was released at the end of the day.

On 28 April 2021, Gims announces the reissue of the album called Les Vestiges du fléau which will be released on 28 May 2021.[14] on 19 May 2021, it publishes the list of tracks made up of 10 tracks including 8 collaborations and two solos . Among the guests of the reissue, in addition to Jul, SCH, Dadju and Slimane, participate, in particular, international singers such as the Egyptian Mohamed Ramadan, the Tanzanian Rayvanny as well as the German-Albanian singer Dhurata Dora.[15] on 28 May 2021, the same day as the release of the reissue, Gims released the clip of "only You" in collaboration with the German-Albanian singer Dhurata Dora.[16][17]

Track listing[]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro"
  • Gims
  • Bugatti Beatz
  • Julien Collier
  • Patry
1:31
2."Immortel"
  • Gims
  • Yalatif Beatz
3:12
3."Côté noir" (featuring Leto)Takeshi-San3:51
4."Oats" (featuring Boumidjal X)Boumidjal X2:57
5."Pendejo" (featuring Boch)Boumidjal X3:20
6."Origami" (featuring X Nilo Virus)
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
3:36
7."Yolo"Boumidjal X3:18
8."Oro Jackson" (featuring Gazo)
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
3:00
9."Twenny Twenny" (featuring Tifyala)
  • Gims
  • Yalatif Beatz
2:40
10."Og na Og"
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
2:51
11."Sicario" (featuring Heuss l'Enfoiré)
  • Gims
  • Bugatti Beatz
3:39
12."Jusqu'ici tout va bien"
  • Gims
  • Renaud Rebillaud
3:55
13."Jetez pas l'oeil" (featuring Vald)
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
3:10
14."Grosse Bleta" (featuring Kaaris)
  • Gims
  • Yalatif Beatz
3:31
15."Dans ma tête" (featuring Jaekers)
  • Gims
  • Fux
  • Bugatti Beatz
3:09
16."C'est comme ça"
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
3:07
17."Thomas Shelby"
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
2:33
Total length:50:00

Reissue[]

Les Vestiges du fléau
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."GJS" (featuring Jul and SCH)
  • Gims
  • Boumidjal X
4:08
2."C'est quoi l'del" (featuring Nekfeu)Loubensky2:58
3."Dévoilé" (featuring Inso Le Véritable)Boumidjal X3:29
4."Ça fait mal" (featuring Naza)Boumidjal X2:50
5."C’est fini" (featuring Mohamed Ramadan)Yalatif Beatz3:00
6."Señorita" (featuring Rayvanny)S2Kizzy3:00
7."Only You" (featuring Dhurata Dora)
  • Young Bouba
  • Fux
3:38
8."Belle" (featuring Dadju and Slimane)Renaud Rebillaud4:21
9."Sans limite"Renaud Rebillaud3:40
10."Dis-moi tout"Renaud Rebillaud3:34

Anecdotes[]

  • "Yolo" is inspired by the Congolese origins of Gims. The title is none other than the name of his childhood neighborhood in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • The title of "Oro Jackson" is strongly inspired by the Japanese manga One Piece of which Gims is a big fan. Indeed, it is the ship of the legendary pirate Gol D. Roger, the pirate king.
  • In Oro Jackson's music video, we can note the appearance of H-Magnum, 1nsolent, Landy, Abou Tall, Guy2Bezbar and Bedjik, Gims's brother.
  • The "Jusqu'ici tout va bien" music video was shot in parts of Paris' 9th arrondissement, where Gims made his debut with Sexion d'Assaut.

Immortel[]

Main article: Immortel (Gims song)

The "Immortel" music video has a committed vision as it is inspired by several injustices known to mankind:

  • The death of Lige Daniels, a 16-year-old African American boy. The latter was killed by hanging on 3 August 1920 by the Ku Klux Klan, which accused him of having killed an old woman.[18]
  • The guillotined death of French lawyer, journalist and revolutionary Camille Desmoulins on 5 April 1794, at the age of 34. The murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man by a white policeman, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest 25 May 2020.[19]
  • The altercation between the police and the young people directly alludes to the riots in the French riots, which began in Clichy-sous-Bois following the deaths of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré on 27 October 2005. The latter were electrocuted in the area. enclosure of an electrical substation after escaping during a police check. On this same scene, we can note the appearance of Kaaris and Soso Maness.[20]
  • The elephant in the clip is personified by the state. On his Snapchat story, Gims, disguised as a peasant in this part of the clip, explained that this elephant is the source of everything the government can do to its citizens. He explains that the peasant is crushed by debts or even taxes despite his living environment. He also explains that the latter do not forget anyone and that everyone is tracked, which is represented by the memory of the elephant.[21]
  • The eye of the parallel world in which Gims finds himself is personified by the Internet. In his Snapchat story, he explains that this eye is the source of several cyberbullying that ended in suicides because of social networks. One can think of the death of Amanda Todd, a 16-year-old Canadian teenager, who committed suicide in her home on 10 October 2012, as a result of the harassment she suffered.
  • The death of George Stinney, a 14-year-old African American boy. The latter was electrocuted on 16 June 1944 following the murders of two white girls: Betty June Binnicker, aged 11 and Mary Emma Thames, aged 8. He will therefore be cleared 70 years later after his execution.
  • The death of Eddie Slovik, a 24-year-old US Army soldier in World War II. The latter was killed on 31 January 1945 for desertion by the American military police. He is therefore the only American soldier to have been shot for desertion during World War II.

Samples[]

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[27] Platinum 100,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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