Hi, Vogue, it's Yseult, welcome. You'll be following me today.
Tonight, I'm doing a concert for Balmain on a boat.
You're also going to come with me to my outfit fitting, that's going to be cool.
But first, subscribe to the Vogue Paris channel.
It's very Vogue.
I'm about to go to the Balmain HQ and I'm so excited to go.
I'm taking you with me for the fitting.
I'm so happy, it makes me want to cry.
I absolutely had to have a grill, but like, desperately.
So I got a grill.
I got it especially for tonight.
This is Ibrahim, my agent.
Hey, guys.
What do you do, Ibrahim? Can you explain?
We've done some crazy stuff.
He's done some crazy stuff, and he keeps finding me crazy stuff.
Isn't that right, Hybra?
- Yes, it is. - Oh my God.
What's next?
Vogue cover?
Size 54.
There's going to be a buzz all over Paris.
How long have I been in Paris?
A very long time, but I actually decided to live in Brussels a year and a half ago.
My dream is to live in London, so I'm getting there step-by-step.
It's good to be back in Paris and feel all this stress,
all that...
We've arrived at Balmain.
Collaborating with Balmain for this couture event
is huge,
in the sense that I'm a large black woman.
Now I realize that it really is 2020.
You look good, you look fresh.
Listen, it's all rest.
- We just have a fashion show in... - In ten minutes.
All right, ready? Shall we start with the look?
Eddy, let's try the white suit, trousers, corset, coat.
Do you have the bustier?
Couture inspires me a lot.
Given my morphology, I'm very careful about my waist.
I like it when the waist is really defined.
And those were really my first words to Olivier,
I really wanted shape.
We'll tighten the strap on this one.
So this will be inside?
- Yes. - It's stylish.
Trousers over the bustier.
I'll try to leave like a star.
Oh yeah!
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah!
A travelling shot!
Tonight, you're going to see some couture for Mr. Balmain's 75th birthday.
It was important for me to show it tonight,
make it look like an exhibition on water.
"Où est le chemin de ma maison ?
Quoi qu'il advienne,
je retrouverai les clés de la raison."
I'd say my music's pretty raw, sincere,
and maybe a little head on.
I like it.
I think it's a lot like me.
Why music?
Because it's something that really drives me.
I fought to be able to do this job and I'm still fighting today.
That's the shape.
I already have a natural shape,
but right now I really want to shape it more.
I've often seen his sketches on Beyoncé's Instagram
or on other incredible personalities.
So when he sent me his first sketch of me, with his signature...
He just sent his drawing out like that, asking, "Do you like it?"
I don't know how long it took him to do it, but he did it quickly...
And done!
I think I mostly tell my life story, actually.
I need to write what happened to me yesterday, or a year or two ago, or three years ago.
I'm a hypersensitive person and I can't imagine doing any other job at all.
I had heard about Yseult and I was dazzled...
Can you say "dazzled" when you're dazzled by a voice?
And from there, I looked for a concept that we could work on together.
I think it's important to have people like Yseult.
Beyond the voice and her talent,
to have a French voice that punches up the codes
and pushes a world that is sometimes a little too conservative, you might say.
Ibrahim, what do you think?
I agree 100%.
Yseult!
Like Olivier.
I'm chilling in Olivier's office.
We've finished the fitting, let's go to my hotel to practice.
Come with me.
"J'ouvre un peu les yeux, des couleurs, des photos me reviennent.
Tous ces bruits dans ma tête, faut que ça cesse.
J'ai perdu la tête."
Tonight, I'm going to do an exclusive concert for Balmain.
I'm pretty proud of what's going to happen tonight, I can't wait.
This is a real statement from Olivier and his entire team.
I know it's a worldwide event.
I'll give it my all.
"Quoi qu'il advienne,
je retrouverai les clés de la raison."
Let's go, come with me to the boat.
I can't wait, but at the same time, I'm scared.
I can't wait, but I'm scared.
Honestly, I'm so excited about everything that's happening to me.
How are you feeling, Vogue?
We have just arrived.
Oh my God.
- All right? - Fine. And you?
OK.
Hello.
I've found Mathieu, who's touring with me.
- What's up? - Look, we're here.
Good evening!
"Sur les joues de ma mère, des rivières se sont écoulées."
Is that better?
"J'ai ces bruits dans ma tête et j'aimerais que ça cesse, mais en vain."
Ideally, I'd like a good mix between the instruments and my voice.
Since I'm going to be dressed in white, I like red varnish.
And my hair,
I had this wig made yesterday in Strasbourg-Saint-Denis.
The superpower I wish I had is multiplying myself.
It's not easy being the artist and the manager and the producer.
Sometimes, I get exhausted.
My favorite place in the world?
My brain. It's the best place in the world.
I think it's time to send you a kiss.
I'm kind of sad.
Feel free to follow the Vogue channel, and see you very soon.