In her album “It’s tomorrow that I die” released on October 18, Meimuna addresses with gentleness and poetry the themes of shadow and light, scars and the aftermath. She is in concert this December 10 in Lausanne and December 19 in Meyrin (GE).
The cover of the album by Cyrielle Formaz, alias Meimuna, immediately announces the theme: we see the singer coming out of a coffin while greeting the spectator. In the background, a volcano is erupting and animals are moving around. Like a celebration of chaos and life after death.
Graphic designer, painter and designer in parallel with her musical career, Meimuna created this illustration herself. She believes in life after death. “That’s what I’m trying to say with this album, which has a title that’s perhaps a little sad: ‘It’s tomorrow that I die’. But it’s a record that speaks above all of renewal, of cycle , of metamorphosis, of return to life and of new birth”, explains the singer from Valais in the show Drouille d’ époque on December 5.
I think there is something after death. I’m not religious, I don’t believe in a religion, but I try to leave room for invisible things, for energies and things that we don’t see but which make sense.
Kindness as a cardinal value
Throughout the album’s ten ballads, performed in French and English, Meimuna sings with poetry, against a background of soft and calm Music. She is encouraging and empathetic, for example through the song “Ève V (beat records)”, dedicated to the French singer, dancer and actress Lolo Ferrari. The same with “Lullaby For A Satellite”, first addressed to her cat, in which she reassures: “everything will be fine, despite the wounds of life”.
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The watchword here is kindness: “It’s really something that we absolutely need today. We have the impression that there is only room for harsh and crushing speeches. C This is what takes up the most space. But more than ever we need to be kind, to be gentle, to be nuanced and to leave room for silence and calm. ‘try to do with my music’.
The image of the volcano
Meimuna also evokes the image of the volcano which appears on the cover of “It’s tomorrow that I die”. “I love this image of the volcano […] Everything that ravages the earth then gives way to extremely fertile soil conducive to the rebirth and regrowth of many beautiful things,” explains the singer.
According to her, our world is currently in full eruption: “We are witnessing massive destruction. I find it difficult to maintain hope and to protect ourselves. I have the impression that we are touching the abyss, that we are on the edge of the precipice. It’s hard to make sense of things and not to sink, to stay mentally healthy. It’s also difficult to have an artistic and poetic practice in the face of all this hatred and destruction.”
Music then becomes a form of resistance for the singer. “I try to tell me that art will save the world. Dostoyevsky said that, didn’t he? Love will save the world. I believe in it a lot. This speech seems a bit silly, but it is important,” concludes Meimuna.
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Web adaptation: Myriam Semaani
Meimuna, “Tomorrow I die” (Radicalis). Published on October 18, 2024.
In concert at the Jumeaux Jazz Club, Lausanne, on December 10 and at the Théâtre Forum-Meyrin (GE), on December 19, 2024.
