L'Emprise

L'Emprise
Studio album by
Mylène Farmer
Released25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
Recorded2021–2022
StudioStudio Guillaume Tell, Paris
Genre
Length56:39
Language
  • French
  • English
LabelStuffed Monkey
Producer
Mylène Farmer chronology
Plus grandir
(2021) 		L'Emprise
(2022) 		Remix XL
(2024)
Singles from L'Emprise
  1. "À tout jamais"
    Released: 26 August 2022[2]
  2. "Rayon vert"
    Released: 4 November 2022
  3. "Rallumer les étoiles"
    Released: 13 January 2023
  4. "L'Emprise"
    Released: 22 March 2023

L'Emprise (English: Influence) is the twelfth studio album by French recording artist Mylène Farmer, released on 25 November 2022 by Stuffed Monkey.[3] The album was produced by Yoann Lemoine, AaRON and Moby, among others. Described as a return to the darker instrumentation of her earlier records, L'Emprise is a concept album which deals with a person who is under psychological manipulation and breaks free from it. In Farmer's words: "Who has not crossed the path of a so-called narcissistic pervert? Who has not one day been under the influence ("l'emprise") of such a person? Feminine or masculine, it doesn't matter. Ultrasensitive beings inhabited by doubts that gnaw at them are ideal prey. The important thing is to identify it and try to combat this grip. It's a theme that upsets me and often puts me in a black rage."[4]

L'Emprise received positive reviews from music critics, with many noting it as a return to form for Farmer. Reviewers generally praised the album's cohesiveness and melancholic atmosphere, but some lamented the absence of radio-friendly songs.

Commercially, the album was successful, achieving the gold status in France (50,000 copies sold) within the first week of its release.[5] The album also peaked at number one in France, Wallonia, and Switzerland, making it Farmer's first release to do so.

The album spawned four singles: "À tout jamais", "Rayon vert" featuring French duo AaRON, "Rallumer les étoiles, and the title track "L'Emprise." To further support the album, Farmer embarked on her Nevermore 2023 tour, her first tour since 2019 and the first one to play completely in stadiums.

  1. ^ Margaux Bonfils (25 August 2022). "Woodkid écrit pour Mylène Farmer "À tout jamais", incantation noire électro pop, disponible ce vendredi". franceinfo Culture (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Mylène Farmer: découvrez le clip de la chanson "A tout jamais"". L'Internaute (in French). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ Théau Berthelot (13 October 2022). "Mylène Farmer : son nouvel album s'affiche dans le métro parisien" (in French). Pure Charts. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ^ Béglé, Jérôme (20 November 2022). "EXCLUSIF. Mylène Farmer se confie au JDD : " J'ai failli tout arrêter "". Le Journal du Dimanche. pp. 4–6. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ "M Radio". M Radio (in French). 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.