It's pretty cool to see a major francophone artist collaborate with a high-profile UK/international artist, and that's exactly what's happened with Angèle appearing on the new single from Dua Lipa.
Angèle, although massive in France and in her native Belgium, is still very much an unknown in the UK. Her 2018 Brol album may well be quadruple platinum on Belgium and a diamond seller in France, but in the UK she's likely to pass unnoticed in a late-night London chip shop, as the video shows.
Not so Dua Lipa, whose Future Nostalgia collection released in March reached number one, as it did in 13 countries, amid considerable critical acclaim.
Fever features on the French edition of the album, and the release of the track as a single will introduce Angèle to a wider anglophone audience who might be surprised by francophone rap's sharpest Belgian export making her first appearance on an English language track.
If anything the collaboration shows Dua Lipa's been paying attention to what goes on outside the anglophone music world, and that she's got a wider worldview than many others.
Whether it establishes Angèle as the next breakthrough French-speaking act in the notoriously monoglot UK is uncertain, but the opportunity to hear some French rap on mainstream music radio is something to cherish.
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