Your debut album, ‘Une Nouvelle Chance’ has been hailed as an iconic album for the new generation of rave. How do you feel your music challenges or breaks away from conventional genre norms, and what inspired this daring approach?
Paul: I think Mathilde’s characteristic voice is for something in what makes our music different, because it takes space, and the encounter with (hard) club music is already something because the singer is not so often treated as the main element.
Mathilde: On the other side of the spectrum standard pop music is still quite shy in exploring harder sounds and faster BPMs... But we never tried to ‘be different’ or ‘stand out’ with a recipe. We feel like we do like many others before us. Staying true to both of our personalities and influences. Bringing unexplored elements in pop music, but in the same way that rock/disco/ reggae and many other genres had been included in the pop continuum.

‘Une Nouvelle Chance’ has a diverse mix of influences, including trance-pop and big beat. Can you share some specific inspirations that contributed to the creation of this album?
M: We have had diverse influences and momentum of inspiration on 'Une Nouvelle Chance', from pop music to reggae, to dub: from Grace Jones to Tones on Tail to Madonna to Calvin Harris...
P: one genre that brings us together and that is not often mentioned is new-wave (there are actually 2 samples of 80s new-wave in the album). We love the rough synth arpeggios, pig pads, sad voices, romance and melancholy you can find in this music.

Your track ‘Influenceur’ became a massive hit with millions of streams. Did you anticipate such a widespread response, and how has it influenced the direction of your subsequent projects?
P: ‘Influenceur’ is the first track we ever dropped. We didn’t expect such a massive impact at all but it got out of hand and comforted us in believing in our music and the project.
M: We both believed that something was on its way when we played "Influencer" for the first time to some of our friends: we are so proud of our first baby. By the way, we had a very strong vision when we started our collaboration: everything or nothing!