A new video drops from Christine and the Queens ahead of the release of a new album in June.
The track True Love features a collaboration with American rapper and singer 070 Shake, one of two tracks on the forthcoming collection she appears on. The new video follows the release of To be honest last month.
If Christine's last album Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue) didn't perhaps have the same impact as the 2014 Chaleur Humaine debut or the Chris follow-up, the tracks that have so far surfaced for Christine's forthcoming album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love shows an artist at the peak of their abilities, presenting work that is both immediately accessible and innovative at the same time.
The haunting To be honest probably ranks as one of his finest works so far, True Love suggests that Paranoïa, Angels, True Love might be one of the year's strongest releases by any artist. The new album is expected on June 9 and it includes three tracks featuring Madonna.
Ditching his Redcar alter-ego and returning to the 'Christine and the Queens' name, not even the 'Chris' identity of his second album, it seems Héloïse Letissier is back to using the name that established his position as one of the most interesting musicians to emerge in recent years.
The new album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love takes its inspiration from the award-winning play Angels in America by Tony Kushner, a work from the early 90s that was set in 80s New York at the height of the AIDS epidemic. It's a complex piece with intersecting storylines and some characters representing angels and ghosts as well as others in communities affected by the unfolding tragedy.
Christine and the Queens are touring extensively with a show at the weekend at the second round of Coachella in California, and are in the UK for dates in August and September including a show at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on September 8.
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