On the heels of “Cry” and the viral resurgence of her “Bambola” mega-debut, Betta Lemme is undoubtedly carving out her own signature of electronic-tinged pop music. Today, the international sensation delivers another hit with witty love song “Ce Soir” out now via Ultra Music—a sneak peak to a larger body of work to come later this year.
There’s something about the way Betta Lemme effortlessly layers introspective lyricism over beats you can dance and cry to that has critics raving around the globe, from Cosmopolitan (Italy) and ELLE (France) to NYLON, PAPER, among others in the US. Tenaciously diving into the industry despite a music school rejection, the trilingual singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has never backed down. Since co-writing and lending vocals on Sofi Tukker’s “Awoo” and releasing her first track in 2018, the rising star has cemented herself as a visionary with no bounds—blending genres and pulling from classical composition to Europop and creating club-friendly bangers that examine the human condition and our most intimate thoughts.
On her new single “Ce Soir”—co-written and co-produced with STOLAR (Aloe Blacc, Trevor Daniel, Selena Gomez)—the Canadian act does not disappoint. In just two minutes, Betta Lemme invites you into her daydreams about a distant partner as she longs for connection. In this time alone, she’s reminded that the real luxury is being wrapped in the arms of a loved one. Zoom calls and retail therapy just can’t compete. “What’s love if you’re not here with me, ce soir?” she wistfully croons, facing the facts of her reality.
“I’ve been spending this never-ending lockdown in Montreal with some serious curfews for the past year and a half. At one point when shops opened up, I wanted to give myself a little gift for surviving both this lockdown and myself simultaneously. So I bought these glittery Gucci socks that made wearing tracksuits in the house all week a little less mundane. As it turns out, materialism wasn’t doing the trick. On a night where crying seemed like my newfound and mastered hobby, and overthinking became my full time job, I pretended this little Gucci box was my friend and asked her if she could ‘flip this frown.’ In that moment, material goods became insignificant, a thing I’ve known all along,” explains Betta Lemme, “This song is about letting those daydreams free and realizing that the only thing that will bring meaning to these things is enjoying them with the one you love. I wanted to have fun with loneliness and remind myself that some of the lowest points always bring us the perspective that we need.”