Multitude (album)

Summary

Multitude is the third studio album by Belgian musician Stromae, released through Mosaert on 4 March 2022.[7] It is Stromae's first album since Racine carrée in 2013. Multitude includes various music styles from different cultures, as seen in "Santé" and "L'enfer".[8] During an interview with TF1, he stated that his album was influenced by the frequent travelling he and his mother would do.

Multitude
Studio album by
Released4 March 2022
GenreElectronic[1][2]
Length35:42
LanguageFrench
Label
Stromae chronology
Racine carrée
(2013)
Multitude
(2022)
Singles from Multitude
  1. "Santé"
    Released: 15 October 2021
  2. "L'enfer"
    Released: 9 January 2022
  3. "Fils de joie"
    Released: 23 June 2022
  4. "Mon amour"
    Released: 27 July 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash9/10[4]
Evening Standard[5]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[1]
NME[6]
Pitchfork8.0/10[2]

Singles edit

"Santé" was released as the lead single on 15 October 2021, accompanied by a music video.[9]

"L'enfer" was released as the second single on 9 January 2022 after he performed it live during an interview on TF1.[10]

"Fils de joie" was released as the third single on 23 June 2022.

A duet version of "Mon amour" with Camila Cabello was released as the fourth single on 27 July 2022.

Multitude Tour edit

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
Date City Country Venue
2022
North America
April 16 Indio United States Coachella
April 23
Europe
June 16 Ruoms France Aluna Festival
June 17 Lyon Inversion
June 19 Werchter Belgium Werchter Boutique
June 30 Belfort France Les Eurockeennes
July 3 Marmande Garorock
July 6 Lisbon Portugal NOS Alive
July 8 Bilbao Spain BBK Live Festival
July 10 Liège Belgium Les Ardentes
July 14 Carhaix-Plouguer France Les Vieilles Charrues
July 15 Saint-Malô-du-Bois Festival de Poupet
July 20 Milan Italy Summer Festival
July 22 Nîmes France Festival de Nimes
July 24 Nyon Switzerland Paléo Festival
August 12 Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival
August 13 Chorzów Poland Festival Park Slaski
August 17 Charleville-Mézières France Cabaret Vert
August 21 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands
August 28 Saint-Cloud France Rock en Seine
September 4 Munich Germany Superbloom Festival
North America
October 21 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
October 25 San Francisco United States Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
October 26
October 28 Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium
November 21 New York City Madison Square Garden
November 22
November 25 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
November 26
November 27
November 29 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
December 3 Washington, D.C. United States The Anthem
December 6 Boston Agganis Arena
December 11 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre
December 14 Montreal Bell Centre
2023
Europe
March 4 Bordeaux France Arkéa Arena
March 5
March 9 Marseille Le Dôme
March 10
March 15 Brussels Belgium Palais 12
March 16
March 17

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Stromae; all music is composed by Stromae, except where noted

Multitude track listing
No.TitleMusicTranslationLength
1."Invaincu" "Undefeated"2:05
2."Santé"
  • Stromae
  • Moon Willis
  • Juanpaio Toch
"Cheers"3:11
3."La solassitude" (combination of solitude and weariness)3:02
4."Fils de joie" "Son of Joy"3:15
5."L'enfer" "Hell"3:09
6."C'est que du bonheur"
  • Stromae
  • Willis
"It's just happiness"2:42
7."Pas vraiment"
  • Stromae
  • Selman Faris
"Not Really"2:42
8."Riez" "Laugh"3:21
9."Mon amour"
  • Stromae
  • Luc Van Haver
"My Love"2:52
10."Déclaration" "Statement"3:04
11."Mauvaise journée" "Bad Day"3:07
12."Bonne journée"
"Good Day"3:12
Total length:35:42

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

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Certifications and sales for Multitude
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[40] 3× Platinum 60,000
France (SNEP)[42] 2× Platinum 276,000[41]
Summaries
Worldwide 528,000[43]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References edit

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