Adèle Castillon, artist of confession

All summer long, we've been exploring the new landscape of popular music in France. Today, we explore an artist who uses her own life and her own flaws as the material for her songs.

Adèle Castillon is a confessional artist. When she talks about a couple breaking up, she does so in the first person singular, taking the blame on her side—as in Oh non, the final song from her album Crèvecœur, released in February 2025.

For her, love often gets off to a bad start, isn't simple, isn't joyful. Love, for Adèle Castillon, always has a context: depression, alcohol, medication, addiction. Which ultimately makes these songs important in the artistic landscape of the time.

In this episode of La Relève , you hear excerpts from:

Adèle Castillon, Oh No!, 2025

Adèle Castillon feat. Gazo, Tonight, 2024

Adèle Castillon, Subutex, 2025

Adèle Castillon, Notice, 2023

Videoclub, Plastic Love, 2021

Videoclub, SMS, 2021

Air, Sexy Boy, 1998

The Do, Despair, Hangover and Exctasy, 2014

Billie Eilish, When the Party's Over, 2019

Nothing, Disperated Love, 1983

Adèle Castillon, Alabama, 2023

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