{"id":3142,"date":"2018-08-15T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:20:54","slug":"christine-and-the-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/christine-and-the-queens","title":{"rendered":"Episode 142: Christine and the Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Matter&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SongExploder142-Christine-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SongExploder142-Christine.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SongExploder142-Christine-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SongExploder142-Christine-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_9f776f0c-f115-45d2-bbfd-5d42f5571589\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/9f776f0c-f115-45d2-bbfd-5d42f5571589\/SongExploder142_ChristineandtheQueens.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christineandthequeens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine and the Queens<\/a> is a singer, songwriter, and producer from France. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaleur_humaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debut album<\/a> was first released in 2014 in French, and in 2015, she released an English version of it. It was critically acclaimed and she won the Victoire de le Musique\u2014France\u2019s equivalent of the Grammy\u2014for Best Female Artist in 2015. In July 2018, she released the single &#8220;Doesn\u2019t Matter&#8221; in advance of her second album, <em>Chris<\/em>. Like before, she made a French version and an English version, but this time she wrote both versions simultaneously. In this episode, she talks about what that translation process was like, and the possibilities it opened up, as she takes apart &#8220;Doesn\u2019t Matter.&#8221; The song and the story first began in Chris\u2019s basement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/s\/5zA4WM2ReiPFCD1DQm3LjQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cDoesn&#8217;t Matter&#8221; here<\/a>, and watch the music video below. <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-christine-and-the-queens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the album, <em>Chris <\/em>on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UCwD5f1APTY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/christine-and-the-queens-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coryphaeus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coryphaeus in Greek tragedy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Matter&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Christine and the Queens is a singer, songwriter, and producer from France. 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