Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.

Jain

Categorized in : My Life Africa Life Problem

I could never imagine ever in my life that I'd be on the side of The Louvre.

side my-life never life

My favourite place was in The Congo. It's where I began to write songs and build myself as an adult.

adult build place myself

What I want to tell people is that you can mix the culture a little bit and it's not always appropriation.

you want culture people

I thought it was beautiful to be able to forgive and give love and to fight only with flowers. So I created the idea of a 'Souldier,' which is like an army guy but fights for love.

flowers fight beautiful love

For me to have the opportunity to learn the darbuka and the tabla in Dubai, it created my own thoughts for music.

thoughts me music opportunity

I quietly work with my computer on the tour bus, and then I wait to make my more natural rhythms when I get home.

wait bus work home

When I travel I always try to see shows from a local group, and with the Internet it's important to have a global vision of music.

internet vision music travel

I've been to India, Jordan, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Australia, Madagascar, Oman, The States, and a lot of countries in Europe, just to visit... I wanted to make music to connect all of these influences, and make a multicultural music with these experiences.

africa australia india music

I think it's hard when you're a woman because the music industry is way more masculine than feminine, so you have to make your own space and fight for it.

woman fight you music

Sometimes you meet people that try to explain to you your work, and how to write a song and how to sing it, and they explain that you are doing it the wrong way. And yeah, it's always super frustrating.

you work song people

I just wanna write about what I am living as a citizen. That's all.

write i-am just living

I've never been inspired by a politician in France, and I think a lot of my own generation think that way.

generation think my-own way

I realised that I really liked to be on stage, and that I wanted to pursue it.

really pursue stage wanted

My mother is half-French, half-Malagasy, so I've been listening to African music, like Malian and Congolese music, since I was a child.

child music mother listening

Music is like my secret garden. It's where I heal myself from every pain that I feel. It's like a therapy.

feel myself music pain

I'm from a little town from the south tip of France, to be able to play in Coachella and meet other artists from all over the world and to connect with people that I love from my hometown is something amazing.

amazing love people world

My music would be very, very different if I haven't traveled.

very traveled music different

I always write about something that moves me.

write something me always

When I like an artist, especially a female artist, I really try to support.

try like support artist

Since I was a child, I was yearning to learn about percussion because that's what I loved.

learn loved about child