Belgian pop phenomenon Angèle returns with her new, electrifying single, aptly titled “What You Want” crafted alongside the French electronic powerhouse duo Justice. “What You Want” is out now on Angèle VL Records / Because Music, and hits with the kind of force and clarity that only supreme pop achieves. The song arrives alongside a video, created with (LA)HORDE (Madonna, Sam Smith, Christine and the Queens), the visionary trio behind the Ballet National de Marseille.
The track feels like a pivot in Angèle’s catalog: a hinge moment that arrives in the glow of her 2024 Paris Olympics performance, where she joined Phoenix and Kavinsky for an electric take on “Nightcall” that stole the show and broke Shazam records. After all the billions of streams, the Dua Lipa collaboration “Fever”, her Netflix documentary titled Angèle, CHANEL high-fashion campaigns, NYC Fashion Week with A$AP Rocky, and her first U.S. tour – including Coachella – this song feels like a continuation of Angèle’s big global moment, this time sharpened and unpolished.
Angèle reflects: “I went to say hi in their dressing room after their show, which I’d loved. It was the first time we met, and we talked a lot about our careers and our creative visions. I spontaneously suggested they come to the studio. We spent an afternoon listening to the demos I’d been working on on my computer. I had this track, ‘What You Want,’ a slightly sultry, sensual, offbeat song I’d written. But since I wasn’t completely satisfied with it, I’d put it aside. I thought Justice could bring the electro-club expertise — and the tension — that were missing from that first version. After we met, I sent them the demo, and they came back with this version that I found absolutely brilliant. They understood everything! They brought a power to the track that the intention and balance had been missing. Bringing our worlds together without losing our identities — that’s the greatest success of this song!”
Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé share: “Spending a bit of time with Angèle confirmed the intuition we had about her: she’s an excellent musician and producer. Making ‘What You Want’ with her felt as easy as it was natural. Although her music is different from ours, the track called for something sensual and brutal that we instinctively connected with, without compromise.”
(LA)HORDE adds: “We wondered how, after the Olympic buzz around her collaboration with Phoenix and Kavinsky, a woman of her generation could make the codes of the French Touch her own — a powerful artistic movement, but also a very male-dominated one. We found it incredibly exciting to support this meeting between the fathers of electro and Angèle’s own universe.”
“What You Want” unites Angèle with Justice, the French electronic titans whose ebullient synths helped define the global sound of 2000s dance music. Angèle’s featherlight, intimate pop instincts meet Justice’s industrial swagger and rock-damaged grandeur. The result: electronic music that feels muscular without being macho, and pop that feels as emotionally precise as it does dangerous.
The collaboration began in December 2024, when Angèle attended a Justice show in Brussels with her mother. She met them backstage, invited them to her studio, and played them a song she loved but hadn’t fully unlocked. She told them, “Do what you want with it.” They transformed it into “What You Want.” Justice delivered the scale and tension, Angèle delivered the presence and sheer magnetism. Together, they made a track that feels global and entirely of the gritty, unglossed moment.
She sings in English and French, moving between private feeling and collective release: “What you want / I’m only / What you want / c’est pour la vie,” she purrs. Shot in the middle of the night on an iPhone 17 Pro, in the backstreets of Marseille — between a laundromat, the street, and a bar — the video extends this story of love and female empowerment in a highly cinematic way. It also invites dancer Nora Monsecour into a breathless chase driven by desire, with Angèle embodying the figure who breaks taboos and prejudices along the way. The iPhone 17 Pro becomes a narrative tool in its own right, serving the choreographic work imagined by (LA)HORDE, staying close to bodies and faces, following movements with fluidity while capturing the density of the night. Angèle appears, as always, commanding and magnetic; a pop girlie moving through the nighttime scene with grit and grace.
“What You Want” stands as a bold new declaration. It captures a pop star in ascension, an artist aligned with her desires, and with a sound that feels in lockstep with the times.
Angèle isn’t coming. She’s already here.
About Angèle:
Angèle stands among the most important pop artists to emerge from Europe in the past decade. Born Angèle Van Laeken, she built her career with a clear vision and unwavering creative control. Her debut album, Brol (2018), launched her into cultural ubiquity across Belgium and France, selling over a million copies and producing songs that became touchstones for an entire generation, including “Balance ton quoi,” a feminist anthem that soundtracked the French #MeToo movement.
Her second album, Nonante-Cinq (2021), expanded her reach and deepened her artistry, delivering disco-pop brilliance, emotional clarity, and a refined sense of self. It sparked sold-out arena tours, millions of streams and major festival headlining slots.
Her first steps onto the global stage came in 2020, when she collaborated with Dua Lipa on bilingual lockdown anthem “Fever,” which became a global smash, topped charts across multiple countries, and introduced her to a massive international audience beyond the Francophone world. Rolling Stone described her as “one of those singers you want to say you knew before they were cool.”
Throughout her career, Angèle’s music has soundtracked first loves, queer self-recognition, late-night solitude, and political awakenings. Her queer narratives — including “Ta reine,” — place love between women at the center of pop storytelling. At Coachella, she wrapped herself in the pride flag while singing, then, transforming the Mojave Stage into a declaration of unbridled love.
About Justice:
Justice emerged nearly 20 years ago with the groundbreaking single “Waters of Nazareth”, blending heavy metal aesthetics, French disco, and 70s gothic soundtracks into a style all their own. The duo, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, gained global acclaim with hits like “D.A.N.C.E.”, two Grammy wins, and influence over countless artists, while staying true to their experimental roots. Their fourth album, Hyperdrama, is their most ambitious work yet, seamlessly mixing French touch, space jazz, and hardcore techno. Featuring collaborations with artists like Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and Miguel, the album delivers cinematic soundscapes and a dynamic balance of darkness and light. Tracks such as “Neverender” and “Generator” highlight Justice’s ability to craft both euphoric and radical sounds. Crafted over three years, Hyperdrama reflects meticulous attention to detail, recorded across Paris, LA, and London. Its rich sonics and intricate layers demand full-album listening, a rarity in today’s music scene.
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