If you are curious about what I particularly enjoy when it comes to music, French singer songwriter “Fishbach” has everything I love! Her deep voice and slightly dark and dreamy melody blend together perfectly packaged in a theatrical aesthetic. She mixes my favorite genres: electro pop, rock and new wave.
Her songs carry a strong reminiscence of the songs played on the French radio in the 90’s and 80’s, albeit with a modern touch and character of their own. Listening to her music, I feel transported back to my childhood and although in my youth I used to find these French pop songs a bit “cheesy,” now I find them endearing. It has what we call in Japanese a “natsukashii” (懐かしい) flavor. It is a warm and fond emotion we feel by remembering something we used to be in contact with in the past. It is similar to the English expressions “down the memory lane” or “nostalgic,” however the Japanese term is more focused on the joyful and sweet emotions. In fact, Fishbach says in interviews that she likes to recreate the music her parents loved to dance to in the 90’s. In a future post, I will talk about some of her influences. You can checkout her music here on Spotify as well as listen to this recent interview here.