Shadowing Practice: Stromae - L’enfer (Live Performance) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We are now going to talk about your album called Multitudes and you have put influence on the five continents.
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You have used instruments, rhythm sud -american, asiatique, africain.
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Is this a homage to the globe -trotter culture, transmitted by your mom?
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We know that she has a lot of fun.
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She has a lot of fun in a sack to do.
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And of course, yes, we traveled to Mali, we traveled to Mexico, we traveled everywhere.
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And she has always had this desire to go ailleurs.
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And in the same way, for this album, I wanted to look for grooves.
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In fact, something that I really like to do, it's really looking for grooves different.
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We're going to take a violin chino called Les Rues.
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A clavecin.
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A clavecin, mixed with Dubai Les Funk Brazilian.
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And I love to do that, it's really mixing things.
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In fact, the idea was really to take inspiration everywhere,
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but without being able to point out a country's ear because I didn't want to have a morceau bolivian, a morceau congolais, a morceau rwandais,
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I really wanted to mix everything.
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D 'où the title multitude, you are multiple.
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Yes, I think we are all multiple, we are all different characters,
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we have different personalities and we are not résumé to a carcan, to a case.
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Justement, if your songs have such a success, it's because they are all about us.
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You put in music our words, our contradictions, and I want to say that it's always without concessions, but not with you nor with us.
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No, it's true.
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It's like I see the music.
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It's true that I often define my music as...
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I often have a music rather joyeuse, with a bit more sombre, a bit more triste.
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And I think that's a bit like I see the life.
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It's not completely white, it's not completely black.
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There are difficult moments, more joyous.
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And it's always alternated.
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There's no high, no low, no low, and it's life.
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You have also, during seven years, fought against a certain mal -being.
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You spoke of, of course, without detour.
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In your songs, you spoke also a lot of solitude.
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Is it that music has helped you to liberate?
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I'm not alone to be alone.
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It's not that much in my head.
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And if I count how much on is?
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Beaucoup, tout ce à quoi j 'ai déjà pensé Dire que plein d 'autres y ont déjà pensé Mais malgré tout, je me sens tout seul
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Du coup J 'ai parfois eu des pensées suicidaires et j 'en suis peu fier
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On croit parfois que c 'est la seule manière de les faire taire Ces pensées qui me font vivre un enfer
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And these thoughts that make me live a hell
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Is there only me who am the TV and the chain of culpability
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But we must change the ideas
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Not too much, otherwise it will be in the head
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And it's too late for it to stop
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It's there that I'd like to forget all of it
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So Yes, sometimes I've had some thoughts
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And I'm a little proud
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We sometimes believe that it's the only way
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To make them feel
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These thoughts that make me live a hell
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Yes, these thoughts that make me live a hell
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Tu sais j 'ai mûrement réfléchi et je sais vraiment pas
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quoi faire de toi Justement réfléchir c 'est bien le problème avec toi
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Tu sais j 'ai mûrement réfléchi et je sais vraiment pas quoi faire de toi
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Just to think about it, it's the problem with you.
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La La La La La La La La La La La La La La La Thank you, Stromae, for this such a beautiful gift.
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This is called L 'Enfer, he is on your album.
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You never have ever sung it in public.
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Thank you for your sincerity.
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Thank you for your support.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Stromae - L’enfer”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: putting, considered, hell, issue, song. This video has 46 sentences and 619 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:50. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| groove noun | /ɡɹuv/ | A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a… |
| elsewhere adverb | /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/ | Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place. |
| inspiration noun | /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. |
| hence adverb | /ˈhɛns/ | In the future from now. |
| spin verb | /spɪn/ | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. |
| define verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. |
| explore verb | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | To examine or investigate something systematically. |
| instrument noun | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | A device used to produce music. |
| tribute noun | /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/ | An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. |
| precisely adverb | /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/ | In a precise manner; exactly. |
| alternate adjective | /ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/ | Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly). |
| disappear verb | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | To vanish. |
| continent noun | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and… |
| rhythm noun | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Is it a tribute to the globetrotting culture, transmitted by your mother?
- That's what I love to do, mixing things.
- It's true, that's how I see my music.
- Did music help you to free yourself from it?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/, concession /kənˈsɛʃən/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, shortcoming /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/
- Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, undoubtedly /ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli/, contradiction /ˌkɑːntɹəˈdɪkʃən/, sincerity /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like silence, groove, elsewhere.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.