Stromae — Music Videos

Dance music with a storyteller’s voice

Stromae is the artistic name of Paul Van Haver, a Belgian singer, songwriter and producer born in Brussels. His music pairs danceable electronic arrangements with French-language lyrics that examine ordinary lives, private anxieties and difficult social questions. Rap, pop and a broad range of rhythmic influences meet in songs whose surface can feel exuberant while the words reveal a more complicated emotional picture.

From Alors on danse to Racine carrée

Alors on danse first appeared in 2009 and introduced his distinctive combination of a spare, insistent beat and an observant vocal perspective. It became part of the debut album Cheese in 2010. Racine carrée followed in 2013, extending that musical language through songs including Papaoutai and Formidable. Papaoutai is an especially clear introduction to his method: an immediately compelling rhythm supports a lyric concerned with absence, family and the questions a child cannot easily resolve.

Music, movement and visual character

Stromae’s work also depends on carefully conceived videos, stage movement and clothing. The creative house Mosaert connects those disciplines, giving songs a visual world as considered as their production. Multitude, released in 2022, widened the instrumental palette and continued his interest in telling stories from different perspectives. Across these records, his strongest songs invite listeners to move first and then notice how much feeling and observation is carried inside the groove.