Throughout his career, Kid Franscescoli has charmed us with his modest voice and playful way of orchestrating layered musical storylines and multiple influences
With his last album With Julia, we left Kid Francescoli at the end of a story: the one he shared with the young American Julia Minkin, a singer he met in New York, incarnation of his fascination with the United States. Their intimate but long-distance relationship via Internet generated an exchange of musical files and ideas which essentially constituted the recording of the album released in 2015.
In 2017, Play Me Again announces an unprecedented phase, both familiar and full of unexpected touches. This collection of songs tells the sequel of With Julia. The love story is over, the New York epiphany has disappeared but leaves room for a new personal and musical evolution. Julia is no longer the American lover, the fantasy made flesh, but has settled in Kid Francescoli’s hometown, Marseille. « With Julia evoking the end of our story, Play Me Again talks about its transformation into a musical bond, our growing complicity in writing, » confirms Mathieu alias Kid Francescoli. « Musical creation is at the forefront, our relationship evolves and that can be felt in the music. » Julia becomes the creative partner, the muse, the favorite instrument of an artist at the start of a new chapter. « Unlike the previous album, Julia does not appear in the title but has been very involved in the composition. I am not a master who composes for his muse, she writes her own lyrics and melodies, and will tour with me because we function as a duo. »