Irina Björklund： Ange - Irina Björklund： Ange

What this video is

Released in August 2011, 'Ange' is track 5 on Irina Björklund's debut solo album Chanson d'automne — an entirely French-language record that reached no. 21 on the Finnish Albums Chart. The project emerged from Björklund's multilingual, multinational biography: born in Sweden, raised between Finland and France, trained at the Helsinki Theatre Academy, and latterly based in Los Angeles and southern France. Her…

Why it matters

Represents a rare instance of a Nordic artist achieving critical traction within the French chanson idiom entirely in the French language. Alongside contemporaries such as Nouvelle Vague collaborators Marc Collin and Liset Alea (who produced later Björklund albums), the video situates itself…