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Yelle detail Dr Luke-produced LP

By | Published on Thursday 10 July 2014

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Peppy French synthpop three Yelle have shed a night bright light on their new LP ‘Complètement Fou’. Inspired by the band’s view that their international mass appeal is ‘totally crazy’, it’s being released via nemesis-of-Ke$ha Dr Luke’s Sony imprint Kemosabe (in America) on 30 Sep. It’ll be available here on 29 Sep because… because it just will.

And indeed, Dr Luke is the one who produced the record, having discovered the band via their remix of Katy Perry’s ‘Hot N Cold’. Not that Yelle realised he was a ‘big deal’. “We didn’t know who he was”, admits Yelle leader Julie Budet to Billboard, adding: “In France, nobody knows the name Dr Luke because nobody cares who is making the music. They are more into the artist, but not into the producer. He came to one of our shows in LA in 2010, then we started to send e-mails to each other. One day we Googled his name and we realised, ‘Okay, Dr Luke is huge'”.

Yes, he is. As is lead ‘Complètement Fou’ single ‘Bouquet Final’, aka this track:



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