Sebastien Tellier. French singer, songwriter and producer from Le Plessis-Bouchard, just outside Paris, blending French house, orchestral pop and synth-heavy new wave for two decades. 'La Ritournelle,' off his 2004 album 'Politics,' is his best-known song. Seven and a half minutes of strings and drums building slow, with Tony Allen on it, and it became a downtempo standard. In 2008 France picked him for Eurovision with 'Divine,' the first French entry sung mostly in English. He was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in April 2025, and 'Kiss the Beast' came out on Because Music in January 2026.
From the notes for Episode 05 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.
