OUR NEXT GUEST IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
FRENCH SINGER-SONGWRITER, AND YOU KNOW HER FROM HER
HITS "TILTED" AND "GIRLFRIEND."
THE ALWAYS GLORIOUS CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS.
[APPLAUSE] >> James: CHRISTINE, IT
IS EVEN HAPPIER TO KNOW YOU'RE IN PARIS, WHICH I
CONSIDER THE HOME -- >> I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
YOU TO MY HOME TOWN WITHOUT KNOWING YOU.
>> James: WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.
YOU'RE OVER IN PARIS.
AND DURING THIS PERIOD OF LOCKDOWN, HAVE YOU FOUND
YOURSELF CREATIVELY INSPIRED?
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON ANY NEW MUSIC DURING
THESE PAST FEW MONTHS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, RIGHTLY WRITESEGUNDO A COPING MECHANISM
FOR EVERYTHING THAT OVERWHELMS ME.
AND THOSE ARE MOMENTS WHEN YOU REFLECT A LOT ON MUSIC
AND WHY YOU DO IT.
I THINK THIS CHALLENGING TIME REMINDS EVERYBODY OF
THEIR VALUES AND WHAT THEY TRULY LOVE.
AND OF COURSE I WAS JUST REMINDING ME OF HOW MUCH I
MUSIC AND I NEED IT IN MY LIFE.
SO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A RECORD, SO I
HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO OVERTHINK IT.
>> James: I THINK THE THIRD ALBUM IS THE MOST
PRESSURE FOR EVERY ARTIST.
THE THIRD ALBUM, IF YOU GET IT RIGHT, IT CEMENTS
YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
A LOT RIDES ON THAT THIRD ALBUM.
DO YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE?
>> WELL, I'M ALWAYS AFRAID TO WRITE.
IT ALWAYS GETS ME INTO PLACES WHERE I'M AFRAID,
BECAUSE I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITE
TOGETHER IS (bleep).
I NEGOTIATE WITH MY FEELINGS.
AND ARTISTS TAKE RISKS ALL OF THEIR LIFE.
SO I LIKE TO BE SCARED, I THINK IT IS PROBABLY FINE.
IT IS TERRIFYING IN THE BEST, EXCITING WAY.
IT IS, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM.
SO I TRY TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW.
>> James: ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN YOUR VIDEOS OR SEEN
YOU LIVE WILL KNOW THAT DANCING IS A BIG PART OF
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
WHERE DID YOU -- DID YOU -- THERE IT IS.
[LAUGHTER] >> DON'T STOP ME NOW.
>> James: AHH!
WERE YOU ALWAYS DANCING AS A KID?
[LAUGHTER] >> James: BECAUSE WHEN I
IMAGINE A YOUNG CHRISTINE WITHOUT THE QUEEN, I
IMAGINE A CHILD IS ALWAYS DANCING.
>> IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU DID.
I DIDN'T FIND MY OUTFIT YET, BUT I HAD THE SAME
ENERGY.
I WAS STOMPING A LOT IN MY ROOM.
I TOOK CLASSICAL BALLET FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT
WAS A BIT RESTRICTIVE AT SOME POINTS, AND IT WAS
REALLY HARSH ON A WOMAN'S BODY.
AND I WAS TOO TINY AND WEIRD TO CARRY ON.
SO I DID A BIT OF IMPROVISATION.
I HOPE NOBODY SAW ME DANCE IN MY ROOM WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER BECAUSE IT MIGHT MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE
TERRIFYING.
>> James: I THINK YOU WERE LAYING THE SEEDS FOR
THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMER YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
THE SONG YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM ON THE SHOW IS
CALLED "PEOPLE, I'VE BEEN SAD."
AND I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY RELATE TABLE RELATABL
LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH ANY LEVEL
OF SADNESS OR ANXIETY IN THEIR LIFE.
WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS SONG THAT MADE YOU WANT TO
KICK-START THE E.P. WITH IT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS
WONDERFUL JOB OF MINE, THE SONG CAUGHT ME BY
SURPRISE.
ALMOST EVERY DAY I WRITE, AND IT'S LIKE FLEXING A
MUSCLE FOR ME, BUT THAT SONG CAUGHT ME BY
SURPRISE.
YOU REALLY FEEL YOUR GUT.
IT WAS A DIFFICULT MOMENT IN MY LIFE WHEN I WROTE
THAT SONG.
APRIL 20, 2019, AND I HAD JUST LOST MY MOM, AND I
WAS GOING THROUGH A REALLY ROUGH PATCH, AND I REALLY
THOUGHT I WAS COPING, YEAH, I'M JUST DOING
GREAT.
AND THEN I SAT ON THE BED, AND THE FIRST WORDS I
UTTERED WERE "IT'S TRUE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAD."
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, AND THE
SONG IS JUST DEMANDING IT.
I THINK IT IS REALLY HUMBLING BECAUSE IT IS NOT
EVEN -- IT COMMANDS HONESTY.
AND IT STARTED THE WHOLE PROCESS -- IT WAS
CATHARTIC FOR ME.
IT WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS PAIN, WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT I DO.
>> James: WELL, I THINK THAT THE SONG IS
BEAUTIFUL.
AND YOUR PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS COMING UP AFTER
THE BREAK, IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE'VE HAD
ON THE SHOW IN A LONG TIME.
THE SETTING IS STUNNING.
WHERE DID YOU SHOOT THIS?
>> I SHOT IT AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN PARIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAVE
BEEN CHOOSING ALMOST LIKE POSTCARD PLACES IN PARIS,
WEIGHING DOWN HISTORY.
AND IT WAS THE WEIGHT OF CULTURE.
I'M TRYING TO REVISIT THAT AND BE LIKE A BROKEN CLOWN
INSIDE OF IT.
I JUST WANTED THE POETRY OF THOSE STATUES TO BE
LIKE A WEIRD GHOST AMONG THEM.
I THINK IT IS WEIRD IN A GOOD WAY, AND IT CAN BE
SAD IN A DELICATE WAY.
>> James: IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
IT HAS BEEN A REAL THRILL TO SIT AND CHAT WITH YOU
STICK AROUND, CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS HAVE A
BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE COMING UP RIGHT AFTER
THIS.