Pale Male: “These songs express what I feel.”

Pale Male is released this new EP this May 9, 2025. “III” expresses a search for meaning and a feeling of revolt. And even if Fantin Moreno, his real name, tackles rather dark themes, it is with a smile and a lot of humor that he told us more about this opus for which he has almost everything alone. A way for the 34 -year -old Genevan “to be as close as possible to what he feels”. “It’s pure authenticity,” he assured us.

This EP is a search for meaning and a feeling of revolt. What caused such emotions?

This is the world in which we live. It poses lots of questions: what do we do with this life? What is our role? What attitude to adopt? Or what good? The search for meaning is it. And it also questions what we leave for future generations. I do not think these are questions that are clean to me, but these songs are my way of expressing what I feel.

Why this title “III”?

For a very stupid reason, this is the third record that I go out with this project (Editor’s note, he led his musical career in parallel with his job as a radio host). I also thought that none of the four titles took precedence over others. With the figure, it gives an idea where I am in my outings and there is a slightly neutral side: we have no idea on what we are going to listen to. And why in Roman figures? Because it’s more stylish (he laughs).

In “Blame Me”, you understand that future generations can blame us, without bringing direct accusations. Explain to us.

I didn’t want us to connect this text to a cause. I have several that came to my mind when I wrote it, including the situation in Palestine and ecology. If I don’t accuse anyone, it’s already because I am part of the problem (he laughs). I do not pretend to find solutions or know who is guilty. On the other hand, I know what I feel and why I feel it. And I like it to be open to interpretation for people.

In “Reaching Out”, you are wondering if you will be handed out if you fall. Have you ever experienced such situations?

It would be an insult to my family to say that I found myself alone. On the other hand, there were a lot of moments when I did not want to be helped. There have been phases of depression, loneliness that I am afraid of being abandoned. While fundamentally, my family and friends will always be there. It’s part of my psychiatrist profile to be abandoned. Even when everything is fine, I am in hyper vigilance. I have a kind of anticipatory anxiety linked to being possibly released by people. But, I want to say that I am surrounded.

Was one of the four songs more complicated than the others?

I would not say that it was difficult, but “bed bugs” which talks about the assaults and the harassment that women undergo is a title where I have really been careful. I didn’t want to speak in place of women or be a lesson giver with my classic white guy look. So I weighed each word and I tried to just tell the story of a woman who is attacked and what society will answer him.

Is the cover a vision of destruction or a symbol of hope?

My friends say I am pessimistic, but I consider that I am realistic. Me, I can no longer see the fact that there is no longer much left. Afterwards, I chose it without analyzing it much. It’s just that I found this photo extremely beautiful. If you look closely, there is a small oasis that feeds this tree. And as long as there is that worth continuing. There is a life force that remains, despite the ambient mess if I dare say. So the two points seen are held.