New and very fun Joe la Panic song. Not sure what ‘tudum’ means, the song is about the struggles of modern day dating with boys only wanna, well, tudum. There’s only one guess, tho. Love the simple yet higly effective video:
Parfait Eté
Making these mixes since 2010, still naming ‘m the wrong way, but the selection is still cool too. For your Autoroute du Soleil driving pleasure. It’s more groovy, more yachty, more funky. With tracks mostly from 2026, duets, girls, guys, even an instrumental track. Find it on Spotify HERE.
Pomme
Also new, but this will take a few spins to really appreciate: Pomme’s new single. It sounds like early nineties grunge, the Veruca Salt/Belly/Liz Phair variety.
Louane & Elisa Palmire
Strong pop song, with a driving beat. Very different from Louane’s Eurovision entry. Great feature for Elisa Palmire, a new voice (2 singles so far, very smokey):
Oscar Emch, Anna Majidson
Nice duet between new(-ish) singer Oscar Emch and force of nature Anna Majidson, who was featured on this blog many times. Oscar likes it soulful, he counts Frank Ocean, Dijon and Childish Gambino among his faves. Those heartwrenching influences you sure can hear on Emch’s album from 2025, and in ‘Illusion’. A song with a good groove and a cool hook. And when you got Anna on board, nothing can go wrong really.
marguerite
Former participant of talent show Star Academy, marguerite (no capital letters) scored a megahit with Les Filles, Les Meufs in 2025. This is the catchy new track, very singalongish. Which is nice:
Marie-Pierre Arthur
Light the campfires, take out the marshmallows: Marie-Pierre Arthur made an acoustic album, and she revisits her best songs as singalongs, best enjoyed near campfires, roastin’ those marshmallows. A big fave in my book is MPA’s take on 70s yacht rock (think Doobies, think Pages), Rien à faire. And with just voices and acoustic guitars, it still says summer in faded colours (which is a good thing):
Yoa
Very cool, rock-ish new track by Yoa:
Fanny
What do you expect of a song about summer love? Breeziness and bossa nova? Lighthearted and lush? Or somber dreampop with a dollop of psychedelica? If yer into the latter, Fanny Luzignant (yes, she of La Femme) got you covered with a track that starts dreamy, but builds to a guitaristic crescendo.