Camille Camille, the musical project of Belgian singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist Camille Willemart, announces her new album Enchanted Sea, out 29 May via Labelman.
Alongside the announcement, Camille Camille shares her first single in her mother tongue, French, ‘J’ai Rêvé’. A sailor’s ballad filled with longing for a distant lover, it captures the hope that love can endure across the waves of time and space. The accompanying video was created in collaboration with Madrid-based photographer and visual artist Elisa Soto.
Speaking on the track, Camille Camille shares:
“To be honest, I had to dive into my voice memos to find the first drafts of J’ai Rêvé and remember when and where it came to be. I was navigating a long-distance relationship. Life — and pretty much everything — felt so uncertain. The only thing I could hold on to was hope and trust that life would do its thing and bring us together again somewhere, someday.
After performing the song with just my guitar for a few years, I recorded the first demo at home in Ghent in 2024, where the song took a new turn. I started hearing marching band–like drums and flutes, as if they were played by angels descending straight from heaven, telling me that everything would be okay. With the help of my acolyte Felix Baele (bass/charango), my friend Orlan Ghekiere (drums), and the flute kid inside me, J’ai Rêvé — originally a sad sailor’s ballad — simultaneously became a joyful hymn to love and hope.”
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