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Mai Lan: "Autopilote" / "Pumper"
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Singing in French and English, Mai Lan brings her cool charisma to the TED stage in a performance of her songs "Autopilote" and "Pumper."
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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À voir le sale temps qu'il fait,
je crois que je vais crever de froid
je crois que je vais crever de froid
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avec le pâle teint que j'ai, bah...
du noir je broie
du noir je broie
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Ça doit faire dix millions d'années
que je suis terrée chez moi
que je suis terrée chez moi
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Je suis comme un lapin de neige,
j'attends que ça passe et voilà
j'attends que ça passe et voilà
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Et si le phone sonne,
c'est presque jamais pour moi
c'est presque jamais pour moi
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Ce qu'ils veulent, c'est personne,
c'est juste un miroir en soi
c'est juste un miroir en soi
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Leurs mots résonnent comme les miens
et se cognent dans les coins
et se cognent dans les coins
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Je suis plus de bonne, bonne,
bonne, bonne humeur le matin
bonne, bonne humeur le matin
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En autopilote
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Je suis comme endormie
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Dans mon bordel je mets de l'ordre
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Je rouvre les plaies guéries
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En autopilote
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Je ne serai pas lucide
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Dans ton bordel mettre de l'ordre
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Ne cherche plus mon avis
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Ne cherche plus mon avis
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(Music)
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Avec mes millions de nœuds
et même plus en arrière
et même plus en arrière
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je fais des millions de feux,
je cherche l'épine en fer
je cherche l'épine en fer
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Puis je regrette de n'avoir
pas eu trop de cran
pas eu trop de cran
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C'est la même chose pour eux,
s'ils s'ouvrent, ils se ferment
s'ils s'ouvrent, ils se ferment
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Dans des jours vaporeux
ils se retrouvent et se perdent
ils se retrouvent et se perdent
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Ce qu'ils voudraient
juste un peu remonter le temps
juste un peu remonter le temps
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En autopilote
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Je suis comme endormie
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Dans mon bordel je mets de l'ordre
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Je rouvre les plaies guéries
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En autopilote
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Je ne serai pas lucide
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Dans ton bordel mettre de l'ordre
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Ne cherche plus mon avis
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Ne cherche plus...
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En autopilote
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Je suis comme endormie
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Dans mon bordel je mets de l'ordre
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Je rouvre les plaies guéries
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En autopilote
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Je ne serai pas lucide
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Dans ton bordel mettre de l'ordre
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Ne cherche plus mon avis
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Ne cherche plus mon avis
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(Music)
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Thank you for listening so carefully.
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Maybe you guys don't understand
what I'm talking about in the song
what I'm talking about in the song
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as it is in French.
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It's called "Autopilote,"
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it gave its name to my album
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because it explains the mood
I was in when I wrote it.
I was in when I wrote it.
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It's a little deep and personal.
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It's like my body is a huge vessel,
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and there are some things
that need to be fixed inside,
that need to be fixed inside,
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especially in the head.
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So, pilot, some mini me,
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has to get in there and dig a little,
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see what's going on,
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try to find out where my fears come from,
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where my anger comes from,
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and then try to repair them
by understanding them.
by understanding them.
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(Applause)
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So, thank you, little pilot.
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(Applause)
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I bet some of you guys
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have little pilots working inside, too.
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There is actually somebody else
in my big vessel now, look.
in my big vessel now, look.
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Whoo!
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(Laughter)
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Say hello to our new
band member, Belly Joe.
band member, Belly Joe.
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He's an inside drummer,
and he's actually pretty good.
and he's actually pretty good.
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He gives little hits
so we can keep the right rhythm.
so we can keep the right rhythm.
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Because only he knows
what the right rhythm is,
what the right rhythm is,
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because he feels it
from the inside, you know.
from the inside, you know.
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The next song is called "Pumper."
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I wrote it when I was in French Guiana.
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And there in French Guiana
it's really, really, really hot.
it's really, really, really hot.
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So, Belly Joe is going to
give you guys the rhythm.
give you guys the rhythm.
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Get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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Get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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(Synth music)
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I'm so dizzy, the air is so hot
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Beads of sweat runnin' down my back
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All my friends are made of wax
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moving slowly, they gonna melt
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Knees are bending, the heat so high
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Wind's so heavy, the bees can't fly
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What can stop it now?
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What can stop it now?
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Téh téh téh téh téh téh
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What can stop it now?
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Téh téh téh téh téh téh
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What?
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So let's get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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this heat is hard to bear!
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Get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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If we don't move,
then the sea's gonna dry
then the sea's gonna dry
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All the walls of the town are gonna crack
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Some of us are stuck on chairs
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Welding to them, they're gonna die
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All these trees begging for some water
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What can stop it now?
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Find this truck, baby, I'm gonna drive
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What can stop it?
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Téh téh téh téh téh téh
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What can stop it now?
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Téh téh téh téh téh téh
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What can stop it now?
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So let's get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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Get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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So let's get it, get it, get it, get it
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C'est trop sec, sec, sec, sec, sec
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So let's get it, get it, get it, get it
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C'est trop sec, sec, sec, sec, sec
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Let's get a pumper
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'Cause we need a pumper
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Gotta find it, catch it, ride it
like some kind of jumper
like some kind of jumper
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Get down to your underwear
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'Cause this heat is hard to bear
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The rain is gonna come
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This rain is gonna come, so...
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Let's get a pumper
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Wanna see it from above
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You can get it, fill it, drive it
like a fireman would do it
like a fireman would do it
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Drop the water here and there,
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On my t-shirt, on my hair
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Sing a prayer, hit the drum
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The rain is gonna come
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This heat is hard to bear
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This heat is hard to bear
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Just get a pumper
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Just get a pumper
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This heat is hard to bear
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This heat is hard to bear
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Just get a pumper
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Just get a pumper
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This heat is hard to bear
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So let's get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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Get a pumper
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Drop the water from above
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Send it here and there
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This heat is hard to bear
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So let's get it, get it, get it, get it
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C'est trop sec, sec, sec, sec, sec
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So let's get it, get it, get it, get it
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C'est trop sec, sec, sec, sec, sec
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C'est trop sec
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(Synth music)
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(Music ends)
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mai Lan - ArtistMai Lan is a French-Vietnamese artist and musician.
Why you should listen
Mai Lan is an artist from Paris. She sang and co-wrote the four songs on M83’s latest album Junk, including their single "Go!" which she performed on Jimmy Kimmel. She also toured the world with M83.
Mai Lan and her longtime collaborator Max Labarthe worked on her album Autopilote with Nick Sylvester, the American producer behind Shamir's "Ratchet" and other outsider pop gems. Rather than bridging their French-English gap, they embraced it. A big chunk of Mai Lan’s solo album is in English, which is not her native tongue. Words that shouldn't go together somehow do with her. But you don't need to know French or English or much of anything to believe in Mai Lan or know what she wants us to feel: happy, free, a little more crazy, a little less alone.
(Photo: Quentin Curtat for PANAMÆRA)
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