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Stupeflip’s musical style is certainly various, but it also mixes absurd lyrics with a heavy load of alliterations and a constant use of sampling (in their own terms, they “pick little bits of stuff and then put them together”). Behind their gritty humor, there are sometime some heavy messages related to their hardships as an uncommon band and how their members worked in an unfair bureaucratic society (their debut self-titled album talks in great length about these subjects), but also a mysterious lore about the “Stupeflip crou”, an universe consisting of 894 members and different regions and eras (each era representing the release of a Stupeflip album). With this universe also comes a handful of characters representing Stupeflip such as Pop-Hip, a parody of pop musicians who are only in it for the money, and King Ju, the great mastermind behind the band. With each album coming out, the listener gets to know slightly more about Stupeflip but not enough to get the full picture as it’s supposed to stay in a fuzzy middle-ground. The Song:  Nan?… Si? is one of the rare Stupeflip songs which talk about heartbreak and is also recognised, amongst stupeflip fans, as one of their most mature songs. The narrator, possibly King Ju, is talking about how his relationship with a woman went down and how it’s difficult for him to move on with it. Right at the beginning, Ju specifies that there won’t be any Larsen (a larsen effect is an ear-hurting audio effect you hear when you put a mic in front of a speaker) but he’ll keep the memories in his heart, just like a pacemaker. Even though they are now separated, he still thinks she’s part of his life as he probably thinks that she was the only woman he could love (this is accentuated with the metaphor of hopes locked with three locks in a bank in the first verse). In the original french lyrics, the chorus starts off with an incredible play on words. How’s it going ? How’s your life going ? can be translated as Est-ce que ça va ? Comment c’est ta vie ? but if you mix the two sentences into one you get Est-ce que ça va commencer ta vie ? which translates to Is your life going to start ? These are different questions but they all fit into the same context, which is how the narrator’s ex is living her life with another man. He still thinks about her but does she still think about him ? On top of the fact that she lives with a new boyfriend, the narrator also thinks that her life is finally off to a start and that he was nobody to her. The use of the term pickaxe for the fact the she left him, also describes the state of his heart: not destroyed, yet shattered. The second verse tells more about the aftermaths of their breakup but also memories of their relationship. The narrator remembers how her ex promised to stay faithful to him, even though she left him for somebody else. She left him but he still wants to her to feel how his life is going hard without her (and the line Now I’m not your friend, nor your lover insists on the fact that he’ll prefer to grant her a death wish than ask her to come back). The use of terms such as heavy like a tank and pressure cooker could sound as a corny way of writing rhymes, but it also shows how Ju’s speech is bold and clear to understand as he is confused by sadness. The line You see, I still do Stup but I don’t feel it anymore brings us back to reality: this song is clearly about how King Ju had a hard time with someone he loved and how it has affected his creative flow (also note the use of reversed vocals, a recurring element in Stupeflip’s music which gives a replay value to their albums). The song ends with King Ju reminding her ex that he’ll never forget the life they had together, stating that his grieving process might be eternal, and finally says her name: Nancy, making a connection to the title of the track (Nan ? Si ? means Nah ? Yes ?, two terms which contradict each other, just like how Ju and her ex are living different lives now). At the very last seconds of the song, you can hear the sound of a gun being loaded, possibly the sign of Ju wanting to commit suicide, but the track ends before you could hear the sound of a gunshot or not. As a whole, Nan ? Si ? is about how bad you can feel after someone has used you during a relationship. The simplistic choice of words, as well as some contradicting lyrics, show how the narrator is struck by sadness and tries his best to put his feelings into lyrics. With the help of an ethereal instrumental (which remixes the soundtrack of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland in reverse), the listener is put into an intimate ambiance which is far ahead of other Stupeflip songs.

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