Pop, funk, disco, or however you may label them, the six members that form L’Impératrice are brewing some potent grooves out there in Paris. Peur des Filles was recently released in January as a single from their upcoming album Tako Tsubo – a reference to broken-heart syndrome, which is a weakening of the heart usually as the result of severe emotional or physical stress – debuting March 26th. Flore Benguigui, the group's lead vocalist, offers sharp and witty criticism of patriarchal backlash against modern feminism.
As she explained to BlackBook, “Facing the long-awaited feminist wave that has been washing over the modern patriarchy for the past few years, some men, too frightened to see their alpha male status endangered, have perpetuated crazy terrifying legends about hysterical women, half-humans/half-demons, ready to destroy our world in a bloodbath. ‘Peur Des Filles’ reuses all those clichés pushed to extremes, to denounce their absurdity in a cynical and savage ’70s B-movie, narrated from one of those men’s point of view, not so long ago in a manaxy far, far away…”
Check out the single below and have fun dancing your way into the weekend!
**Warning**
The music video is styled as a b-rate slasher movie. While comical and intentionally exaggerated (think Kill Bill), if images of blood and violence are troubling to you, I suggest skipping the video and listening to it in the audio version found below the music video.
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