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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "À cause des garçons" by the artist "Yelle"

In the song "À cause des garçons" ("Because of Boys"), French singer Yelle uses irony and sarcasm to criticize the influence of men and social standards on women's behavior and self-esteem.

The lyrics of the song are a dialogue between two friends, one of whom is obsessed with a boy, neglecting the feelings and dignity of her friend. The lyrical heroine, addressing her, ridicules her obsession, her "great plans," and empty hopes associated with this guy ("You're talking nonsense," "You're one to talk about plans," "He thinks I'm great").

The chorus "Because of boys" is repeated throughout the song, each time accompanied by new actions that women take to attract male attention: wearing nylon stockings, quarreling, crying, sunbathing, squeezing themselves "like a lemon." Yelle hyperbolizes these actions, demonstrating the absurdity and excessiveness of the efforts women make to meet imposed standards of beauty and behavior.

The second verse introduces the theme of women's magazines ("Marie," "Claire," "Figaro," "Cosmo," "Vogue"), which, according to Yelle, also play a significant role in shaping these standards. Magazines that promote "women of today" and "women of the future" actually dictate to women how to be, how to look, and what to do to be successful in the eyes of society, mainly in the eyes of men.

The final lines of the song ("Because of boys / We really fight. / Because of boys...") sound bitter irony. The friends are fighting over a guy who is probably not worth their tears or their friendship.

The song "À cause des garçons" is a manifesto against pressure from men and social norms, a call for women to be themselves, not be afraid to be "different" from what glossy magazines dictate, and to value true friendship.

Tu déconnes, on va pas se faire

Encore un plan gros ça-comme

De quel plan tu causes, tu oses

C'est toi qu'a commencé

J'abandonne, t'es vraiment plus bonne

À pas grand chose, tu déconnes

Ben tu vois lui me trouve super bonne

À cause des garçons

On met des bas nylon

On se crêpe le chignon

À cause des garçons

Et du, "Qu'en dira-t-on"

On pleure sur tous les tons

À cause des garçons

On s'allume pour de bon

À cause des garçons

Carabine, c'est le mot qui m'vient

Quand je pense à mes copines

Et moi j'ai ma dose, sans dec

De tes 'Dos' de Ginette

J'hallucine, faut qu'on te vaccine

Tout ça pour un mec de frime

Tu déprimes, j'te le laisse si c'est ton style

À cause des garçons

On met des bas nylon

On se crêpe le chignon

À cause des garçons

Et du, "Qu'en dira-t-on"

On pleure sur tous les tons

À cause des garçons

On s'allume pour de bon

À cause des garçons

C'est la faute des ma-, des magazines

Les Marie, les Claire, les Marie-Claire

Les Fig les mag, beaucoup trop clairs

Les femmes d'aujourd'hui et d'hier

C'est la faute des ma-, des magazines

Les Marie, les France, les Marie-France

Les femmes pratiques qui en ont pas marre

Des Cosmo, Vogue et tout l'bazar [2x]

À cause des garçons

On se presse le citron

On fond comme des glaçons

À cause des garçons

J'mens, tu mens, nous mentons

On glisse comme des savons

À cause des garçons

On se brouille pour de bon

À cause des garçons [2x]

— Кавер на композицию À Caus' des Garçons в оригинальном исполнении À Caus' des Garçons

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