Stromae - papaoutai (official video / clip officiel)
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LYRICS (FR)
[Couplet 1]
Dites-moi d'où il vient
Enfin je saurai où je vais
Maman dit que lorsqu'on cherche bien
On finit toujours par trouver
Elle dit qu'il n'est jamais très loin
Qu'il part très souvent travailler
Maman dit "travailler c'est bien"
Bien mieux qu'être mal accompagné
Pas vrai ?
[Pont]
Où est ton papa ?
Dis-moi où est ton papa ?
Sans même devoir lui parler
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
Ah sacré papa
Dis-moi où es-tu caché ?
Ça doit, faire au moins mille fois que j'ai
Compté mes doigts
Hey !
[Refrain]
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es
Où t'es...
[Couplet 2]
Quoi, qu'on y croit ou pas
Y aura bien un jour où on n'y croira plus
Un jour ou l'autre on sera tous papa
Et d'un jour à l'autre on aura disparu
Serons-nous détestables ?
Serons-nous admirables ?
Des géniteurs ou des génies ?
Dites-nous qui donne naissance aux irresponsables ?
Ah dites-nous qui, tiens
Tout le monde sait comment on fait des bébés
Mais personne sait comment on fait des papas
Monsieur Je-sais-tout en aurait hérité, c'est ça
Faut l'sucer d'son pouce ou quoi ?
Dites-nous où c'est caché, ça doit
Faire au moins mille fois qu'on a
Bouffé nos doigts
Hey !
[Refrain]
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es
Où t'es...
[Pont]
Où est ton papa ?
Dis-moi où est ton papa ?
Sans même devoir lui parler
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
Ah sacré papa
Dis-moi où es-tu caché ?
Ça doit, faire au moins mille fois que j'ai
Compté mes doigts
Hey
Où est ton papa ?
Dis-moi où est ton papa ?
Sans même devoir lui parler
Il sait ce qui ne va pas
Ah sacré papa
Dis-moi où es-tu caché ?
Ça doit, faire au moins mille fois que j'ai
Compté mes doigts
Hey !
[Refrain]
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, papaoutai ?
Où t'es, où t'es où, papaoutai ?
Où t'es
Où t'es...
For all English speakers: The song talks about the singer's childhood without his father who got killed during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Thus, his mother hid his death throughout the childhood of stromae until he was 12 years old But beyond this tragic aspect, the song also speaks about the pain for a child to live without his father
Stromae. His father was killed in the Rwandan genocide to be exact.
Exactly
:(
Augustin Dugré oh
Lala
I took 3 years of french in high school, and I’m proud to say I now understand the word “papa”
Sterre Valenteijn LmAo
Congrats man ! 😍😍😍
Papa ! Papa papa papa, papa ? Papa :D
Salut. Comment ca va. Je mappelle Alejandro. Bonjunee
Aletron DJ je ne parle pas Francais
People who don't know french: 🕺🕺🕺😆😁 People who know french: 😢😥
I know the lyrics and Im an English speaker. That’s why Stromae is popular because his ideas are universal and sound great. A lot of American artists only sound good but have no depth to their music when compared to Stromae
Не знаю, я сразу почувствовал грусть в этой песне, особенно в клипе. Эти попытки получить папу, который как не живой и в итоге он сам становится как он. Печалька😢.
@@potaotismus7586 🗿
ppl w? subtitles
People know french but they 🕺💃 because of the beat
AVRIL 2024 ? 🥲
Me❤️🩹⚽
Moi😂
Moi
Moi
I now 😂😂
"Everybody knows how to make babies, but nobody knows how to make Papas" that's a line that hits me everytime
Grandfather
same
True.
bro, there's kids here
@@oceanhu9332 that's what the song says you dunce
strome: singing about kids who lost their fathers everybody in the room: 🕺🤸💃
So accurate 😭🤣😭
No u r wrong not just about losing There are many kids whose parents are alive but actually not alive and i was one of those kids i cried when i saw this song
Literally everyone in French class lol 😂
@@aliabdulkaream9328 im sorry for that man, but i meant that the melody is catchy and danceable not the lyrics... best wishes for u
Hes singing abt his dad dying in a genocide too...
Qui est ici en 2024 😊
😂🎉😂❤❤
Moi😂❤😅
Moi❤❤
Здорова ёпта!
Я брат мой
WE PASSING FRENCH CLASS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣
All nationalities that can speak french:😭😭 Other nationalities :🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻
stromae is belgian for info ...
Totally agree
cédric lhirondelle ik my dad was a fan but its french
Bist 00
3e
For those who don't know, his father wasn't a deadbeat or someone who didn't care for him, he was killed during the rwandan genocide in the 90s
Fuuuuck. Poor dude.
Well this just churned fucking dark
oh pour guy
Dang that's so sad
Oh ok
I leave my comment here so that every time someone "likes" I get a notification and it reminds me that I have to come listen to this great song again ..
gel❤
@@maciejchmielewski2240smart
Okayyy
Time to listen to it again, come back bro 🙌
lil bro wont escape now
Its April 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this incredible song
Me and started crying when the song finished
Moi
Я из России, слушаю
Song: "I'm missing my father..." World: * intensive Vibing *
The beat is indeed amazing 😂
France: We understand the lyrics but we are still vibing
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Cringe 😬
Really tho
Mai 2024 ? 😅
Really nice song !
You don’t know… because he lost his dad in 1994
Beacause of the Rwanda genocide
Stromae: talks about his lost dad Me who doesn‘t understand french: 💃💃💃
Based
🤣🤣
"Stromae"
Theif
I understand French and I still dance to it 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
2013: *Papa, where are you?* 2021: *Stromae, where are you?* Edit: Alright, he finally come back
I kinda miss him.
@@calebhartley6183 same... I want him back... 😭😭
👏👏👏👏👏👏
What happened to him ?
girl... he was behind me in line at the grocery store...
WHO is here in April 2024?
💪💪
😘
Me 🤚🏾
I am
heree
Stromae is dun went off 2 da big leagues after he dun found out about a u t h e n t I c v i e w s like fr fr he dun went HAM on this!
Singer: sings about losing his father at a young age Non- French listeners: 🕺💃
He's not singing about that
@@TheAledoPro Yes he is
@@rayyourlocalfroggychair he's saying that his dad is so lazy it's like he's living wigg T0 a mannequin
@@dovesgamingchannel5805 No, his father died, and the song is about a kid's father being literally not here, not just lazy of something.
OMG I DIDNT KNOW I WAS LITTERALY DANCING💀
Guy: singing about how he didnt had a father figure in his life Rest of the world: ude Papa ude
This guy made dancing song about lost of ambition in life (alors on danse), cancer (Quand c'est?), hard break-up (formidable), and everyone could dance on it.
@@phildragonbleu That's true
@@phildragonbleu so fuccking true
Actually (just for the fact), Stromae did had a father figure. He was killed in the Ruanda genocide, in 98 something like that, I could be wrong about the date. But yeah, that’s what happened to Stromae’s papa.
@@edmondvalmont1546 the genocide happened in 93 when he was 7-8. Stromae, growing up in Belgium, learned it in 97, but he confessed , in 2019, that his father figure was already dead to him before he was killed, since he almost never was here with him and had a lot of step siblings in Ruanda.
2024??
Tu chante trop bien tu es le meilleur
"Everybody knows how to make babies, but nobody knows how to make papas" This broke me: (
Cayn papa is dad
@@arthucoaster2522 just as it does in English too, we understand the line regardless.
Did you know what the language this song???
☹️жаль не понимаю
@@danarraswl1952 It's french. Btw I'm German you also say 'papa'
2013: papaoutai 2019: stromaeoutai
doesn't make sense
Stromae et ne fait plus de musique mais il et en contact avec Soprano
@_xTwelve the young lad oooooh
Margot Helleputte 🤣🤣
@@persona._.5114 It actually does. Papaoutai means dad where are you? And since Stromae stopped making music for years now, he played with words by saying stromaeoutai which means Stromae where are you?
Mai 2024?😮
It's crazy how many people come back to this everyday. This song is Iegendary
aye. tbh i didnt enjoy the song years ago when it was so popular, but now that I've learnt french and i can enjoy it more, it feels like a classic
@altijd gaming armin quite your enticement to flex on, arent you ? :)
Absolute legend!
True
I showed it today in the france lesson to my students. It was so cool!
Stromae: Writes a heartfelt song about the loss of his father in the 1994 Genocide Every french class : 💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺
yeah i just saw that tiktok too
أكثر فيديو مشهور على التيكيوك
hahaha so true!!!
@@chelsybenito7282 سلام عليكم
@@chelsybenito7282 ok
outai is the master piece word of the song, the way how the word "Outai" is tuned gives souland spirit to the song
Is there anyone listening on May 5, 2024?
10 years later and still a masterpiece!
100%
Sure
Why shouldn’t it be a masterpiece just because 10 years pass?
@@elektrogstanzl Blud didn’t even understood
"Everyone knows how to make babies, but no one knows how to be a father" So true...
How to make a father*
@@akrambechari2261 I know, I wrote it like that to be more clear... I can understand French don't worry :D
No matter how bad they are. They are our father
@@lahxhensem8757 nope, they won't have my full gratitude if they're bad. They always repeat the sentence "you're old, you know what's right or wrong" even though their sons aren't old just so that they can escape from responsibility, and then they wanna get treated like they're father of the year.
o ojk
this song makes me cry literally everytime.
my french teacher years ago showed this music video to our class years ago, but i cant stop listening to it. its a very emotional song and the meaning and lyrics are heartbreaking, yet ill always love this song no matter what
My favourite line is "everybody knows how to make a baby but nobody knows how to make a father"
@@MM04977 first , you should have a brain
Can As moue ça dépend
@@canas2231 bruh
@@ZeGhostXz R/whooos
@@fixafix69 I didn't even fall for.Lol
Stromae : talks about his lost dad Non french people:🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵💃🕺🕺💃🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵
True af I just now know what this song means :((
It does takes sometime to understand. Then you get that urge feeling when he's asking for his dad.
omg 😂😂😂😂😂🤣
si somos, je
Ahahahahaahhaa
J'aime beaucoup cette musique depuis Cotonou merci beaucoup
Qui écoute en Avril 2024??
Moi chef
Конечно я
Me just now although I don’t understand French
@@Naizak12 وأنا أيضا لا أفهمها كثيرا 🙁
Anch'io l'ascolto
quarantine made us search for old legendery songs like this one
True brother
Yeah in searching a song that I hear 2 years ago
Ikr 😢
this popped in my recommended
recommendations
This song = 7 years ago Comments = Few minutes ago Result = We never left.
One day
literally haha
No fr there is a comment 7 minutes ago
True
10 hours
This is a masterpiece
mano nmrl, stromae e um gênio 😍
Stromae: *Sings about growing up with an absent dead father* French speakers: *tears up from meaningful strong lyrics* Non-French Speakers: *bopping at the club*
i see people dancing to this while for me my throat starts hurting . i lost my dad when i was in the age of getting really attached to him i was 4 ( he got killed so it hurts even more that i lost him because of another human )
Glouglou lg’est b’CHF g
But there're subtitles on English
You just gotta bop through the pain
🤣
This song: About Stromae’s father being lost in the Rwandan genocide 7 year old me knowing little french thinking it’s about his father not knowing how to dance: 👯👯🕺👯♂️🕺🕺
😂 😂 😂
😂😂
Okay, I just learnt that.
so, are you like 8 now? xDDD
@@bobaboba3333 Well technically yes is its about him losing his father and his childhood without his father
J'ai kiffé le son a l'âge de 11 ans aujourd'hui j'ai 22 ans et je le kiffe toujours 😊 toujours les mêmes effets quand j'écoute 🇨🇮
Stromae: Makes a sad song about his dad who died in the genocide against the tutsi's Everyone else:💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺
the ppl in the vid are dancing and make a original comment next time
Very original and I think he expects ppl to dance to it but yh
its really not suprising because any song with a happy beat is somehow a “happy” song-
Uhhh 😬
@@joenutz1092 if a video has over 100k+ comments fo you think somebody will look through all the comments just to make sure their comment is original? Your always going to see the same comment on a video with over 100k+ comments.
French-speaking people: "crying" other people: "Dancing"
hahaha yes
true haha
Yes beacause that nostalgic
JAJAAJAJAJA
Im French and this comment is real
Qui est ici en 2030 comme moi?
Moi
God bless you my bra
Stromae: exists French teachers: It’s free real estate
lol
English teachers as well lmao
Pretty much yeah, my french showed this to us before school ended
True
c'est vrai mdr
My ears: this legendary even if I don’t understand it
Understandable have a great day
There's english captions, just so you know🙂 (Don't speak French either)
@@minatosensei-mik3386 ffr
@@fnanberaki8778 ok
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When this came out I was homeless, on drugs, and then jail. I now have a house, job, and husband. This song and “Clover Cage - In the Moment” are the two songs that helped get rid of my depression. I just want to send love to everyone and I want everyone to know things will get better. We are in this together..I love you ❤️😊
You deserve all the best! Just keep on😊
Stromae: **sings a song about his dad dying in the rwandan genocide** French teachers: YO THIS IS A BANGER
First time I heard this song I was.. about 13 on my birthday in french class 😂 teacher thought it was a good song. Cant blame him honestly I agree
Lol that's not what the song is about. It is about irresponsible fathers
S0 Guu
@@imenharzi2344 ,
6th grade france class be like:
I can't believe that Despacito is more popular than this masterpiece
I love despacito but this song really is a masterpiece
Agreed.
IKR
because no girls
@@sirusThu the truth.. :(
May 2024 ?
Song:😢😢 Vibe:🎉🎉💃💃🕺🕺
You can feel the pain in his voice.
really. he does put a lot of emotions into his singing!!
Jj
Because the song is about his father who was killed in the Rwandan Genocide
yes
Song: French Stromae: Belgian Comments: English Me: Hungarian Hotel: Trivago
Song:French Stromae:Belgian Comments:English You:Hungarian Me:Russian Hotel:Trivago He:llo :D
Song:french Stromae:belgian Me:french Commentaire:english Hotel:trivago
@@barbuny8336 und das war gerade echt nicht nötig. 🙄Ich fands lustig. Und ich weiß, dass du mich nicht verstehen kannst, aber mein Englisch ist nicht gut genug, um genau diesen Wortlaut zu finden. Sonst komme ich falsch rüber und da habe ich keine Lust drauf, das Lied ist übrigens echt toll. Es kann mir ja mal jemand antworten, wenn er das hier versteht😅😂
@@barbuny8336 Yeah i know, but my English isnt that well so i first tried to explain it in german. Your nickname sounds a bit spanisch i think, pero mi espanol no es muy bueno tambien. Por eso voy a escribir mi comemtario en inglés. I said that your comment wasnt very polite. If you cannot say something positive, better say nothing. thats what er say in Germany. I didnt want to argue with you that's why i didnt translate my first comment. Where Do you come from?
Magyar vagy?
Anytime I find myself upset about my father, this song brings me back to Earth. Thank you Stromae, as powerful as the day you dropped this.
( كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَام )
No you're not the only one who watches this in 2020
Ok thx xd
Nice
Thxxx bro 🤣
TY
Yes
Everyone gangsta until anyone understands the meaning of this song Thx guys for the 1k 💛
Even with the meanings this song has, it's still amazing
anyone who speaks french knows the meaning of the song i mean even the title shows it pretty clearly
Stromae had a special stretch, classic
MAI 2024 QUI EST LA
On est là
SAMEDI 4 MAI 17:56 TJR LA
Papi outai
Everyone: This song is so sad. Me without understand the lyrics: Damn, this song is fire. Let's dance!
I'm French and yes in reality this song is sad 🥲
You should say alors in dance
@@Senshi-78 I am swiss and it is sad but then the beat drops and i dont care anymore
this song is a hard hitter
I don’t understand the lyrics but this is sad
Me 6 Years ago when hearing this song: dancing Me hearing this song now : cry Anyone Same experience ??
Thats called nostalgia
Yeah me respect from tunisia
same
LEONツ KUL oui aussi la même
the same situation....
Formidable
Happy Father's Day to those who deserve to be fathers.
and to those that had to grow up quicker without dads
Everyone deserves a father but some don't have. But thank you to the mothers are the mother and father to their children
yeah, well, i still waiting for the milk
@@i_aint_posting Well keep waiting
Almost everyone. Stop overreacting
"Everbody knows how to make baby" "But no one knows how to make papa"
Ou t'est papa ou t'ai papa ou t'ai ou t'ai ou t'ai ou t'ai
because men have walked away from society as a result of divorce rape in the courts, civil commitment is dangerous because most women today want a wedding, not a marriage, are men to blame you simps? plus, remember: the modern woman needs a man as a fish needs a bicycle, men are simply adapting.
@@ruganzundoli3633 bruh chill
@@ruganzundoli3633 bruhh
Wooooow That Is Legitness But doesn't make sense THAT WHY I LOVE IT!!!
Let's Go To 2 BILLION Stromae deserve it
C'est Diomaye SONKO notre Papa ❤❤❤
People who understands French : 😭😭 People who don’t : 💃🏻🕺🏼💃🏻🕺🏼🕺🏼💃🏻
You know there’s lyrics..
its kinda both tbh incredible song with a sad story .but i still dance to it
And i thout it was Spain 😳🤣🤦
You copied this comment
@@antin2777 ça parle d'un fils qui a perdu son père... C'est triste. It's about a son who lost his dad. That's sad
The song is so meaningful, and it's the ugly truth with sad ending.
......،،،،،طط
Yeah its a ugly truth
Zharkyn Zhanzhumayeva iaa, aitpanyz ((
Zharkyn Zhanzhumayeva what’s it mean?
Metalkid1500 It’s about a kid who’s wondering where his dad is, he is asking where he is hiding and where he is.
Amo Stromae!!👏👏👏👏
This is a very good song
7 years later if you're listening to this you're a legend Edit: I've never had so many likes I love y'all!
Thanks 😎
Facts
No i´m not, but this song is so awesome!
Definetly 👍
Fax
Everyone asks "Where is Papa?" But no one asks "How is Papa?"
Lmao I laughed at this for a sold 39 seconds Solid*
Que mierda jajaja
Kinda hard if you don't know where he is
"Why is Papa?"
The papa is dead in the ruanda's genocide
Joost Klein brought me here. Respect to both!
This is lit!
Traumatized kid: Looks out of the window Some random kids: Lemme flex my dad real quick.
actually
Koala LMQOSKBCUKWHOWJEWDILBWUKEDDWEDIHBAEIBDKBWD
ZOO 🐅🐆🐅🐂🐗🐫🐒🐼🐨🐢🐘🐀🦂🍗🍔🌯🍙🍘🍣🍡🍦🍨🍡🍙🍤🍝🍿🍚🍥🍦🍼🚻
This song usually makes me cry for the message, but this comment made me laugh
Omg😂😂
“All dads can have kids but not all kids can have dads”
Merhaba
Sad
@@shilanmohammad1532 merhaba sen türk müsün
No some people can’t have kids
@@ahmetharputluoglu2122 merhaba
this music still batter then the new's one
Just 6.7 milion likes? According to me the best song ever... found out about this artist a few days ago..song is on repeat all the time 😅
The father is not dead, and he did not really ran away. He is physically present, but not as a father. He is not here for his son and Stromae is talking about the sadness of the kid. He's sad to see the relation of other families around him, and don't understand why he can't have that kind of relation with his dad. He is also scared to become useless as a father too, because of this rude relation with his father. And that's why he's turning as the same puppet at the very end.
thank you very much for these explanations, I subscribe I am French
very goed
lmao me rn
Also at the end you see the kid turn into a figure like the dad, showing that his father not being "around" impacts the kid as he becomes just like his "missing" father
I don't like the ostentatious way of singing.The text is ambiguous plays on the sounds the paradoxes and ultimately does not mean much
Song: exists 6 years Comments: 1week ago - now Me: Bruh
@@ScarlyLil123 well yeah but i mean i dont see comments from the time it came out
Your comment: 2 days ago Me : ...
Deutsche hier?
lol
@@xemilian4739 jmk♌
Ok merci beaucoup ❤
I used to jam to this song without knowing it was about his deceased father😭😆
2013: papaoutai 2020: *Stromae* outai
Il est où ?
@@tracor8777 chpa
Tracor il est devenu fou il et skisofrenne
😂
@@eg-lion-5004 ok
A sad song about losing a father French students: 🕺💃🕺💃🕺
Hahahahaaha im french and its true..
lmaoooo truee
True
Sad
Thanks @@user-bn8uo9uo3i
You get to undurstand this song, when you will say goodbye to your papa..😢
Qui est là en 2024 ?❤
Moi
@jessrobloxshow3343 c'est génial
Jo per Julien d'Euforia.
Me 6 years ago when hearing this song : dancing Me hearing this song now while understanding the lyrics : cry Anyone same experience ??
no
yes
me too
What happened ??
heh
you are my childhood.. go Belgium 🇧🇪❤️🇮🇹
Stromae: Wrote a sad song about his dad Everyone in this world: *dancing*
هم
Every time lol😂
alor was same
Fact
Subscribe to get there Please
Qui est la après le milliard de vue ❤❤
Aquí los del 2024🎉
When you listen this song for the first time: 💃🕺💃🕺 When you understand the lyrics: 😭😭😭😭
When you're a French reading the English comments of people who don't understand the lyrics : bruh.
30th like also
It‘s true.First time i dont understand the lyrics,but later understood.Now i‘m crying from this song😭
Bibou I turned on the caption thing in English to translate it
@@bibou4758 When you’re British but you understand enough French to get the lyrics: B r u h
Me/non french speakers: “🥳Oh what a song, 10/10!” Closed caption on: “Oh, 😢, what a song, 10/10”
Hello
I made 8 bits of this video. Can you see?
Its sadder if you know the story about his dad: His dad went away when he was young, and he'd ask where his dad was and his mom would say "He's away on business." Things went on like this until he was 12 or so, when his mom told him the truth- His dad's father was having difficulties in his old age and needed help, so he returned back to his home country, Rwanda, in 1994. Stromae's father was killed in the genocide.
To be absolutely fair, a lot of songs have the same connotations lol La Macarena is about a girl cheating on her boyfriend "Vitorino", while he was talking his oath as a conscript "Macarena tiene un novio que se llama, Que se llama de apellido Vitorino Y en la jura de bandera del muchacho Se la dió con dos amigos" "Macarena has a boyfriend He goes by the name of Vitorino And while he took his oath of conscript She was giving it to 2 friends" Smooth criminal literally describes the murder of 2 people, presumably a couple. "He came into your apartment Left bloodstains on the carpet Then you ran into the bedroom You were struck down It was your doom" I don't care has a depressing bit about sometimes feeling okay, and sometimes not because nothing in life matters Run along, nothing to say 'Cause all along it never mattered anyway Sometimes, I feel like I'm okay Sometimes, I feel like I wanna run away
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J'suis là en 2024 c'est son est iconique 10 ans après sa sortie 🙌🏾 respect légende ❤️