Maître Gims: I see you again

Another new release - I see you again - drops from Maître Gims, in quick succession to his last single.

With  Melynda Gates just released, he's followed it up with the track I See You Again.

There have already been two earlier releases,  Est-ce que tu m'aimes and  Laissez passer.

Gims relases his new album Mon cœur avait raison at the end of next month, his second solo album and follow-up to his massively successful Subliminal debut from 2013.

His new release will be a double CD, and the emergence of the new tracks ahead of it give a flavour of the variety of material presented on it, from ballads to rap.

Gims, with his solo career and his work with Sexion d'Assaut, has become one of French rap's biggest figures and his new album will be one of the scene's key releases of this year.

Live dates from Gims have been lined up, with a show at Bercy in Paris on December 14.

Vianney: Acoustic session

A new edition of the TV5 Monde music show Acoustic, this week featuring young singer songwriter
Vianney.

His debut album Idées Blanches was released in October last year, featuring the single Je te déteste.

The album has seen him nominated for the breakthrough act in this year's Victoires de la Musique awards. The winner will be announced next month, but on the strength of his material he's not on the list just to make up the numbers.

Songs in the session include  Labello, Je te déteste, Pas là, On est bien comme ça and Mon étoile.

Vianney has a sold-out show at the Café De La Danse in Paris tomorrow, and some shows elsewhere in France in February and March. He plays at Le Trianon in Paris in June opening for Cats on Trees.