Sébastien Tellier’s new album ‘Kiss The Beast’ is out now on Because Music, and it lands as one of the most ambitious records of his career. Built from Paris to London with contributions from Oscar Holter (The Weeknd, Katy Perry), SebastiAn (Frank Ocean), Victor Le Masne (Paris Olympics), and Daniel Stricker, the album features Owen Pallett’s strings, Nile Rodgers’ guitar, and guest appearances from Slayyyter and Kid Cudi. New track “Amnesia,” featuring Cudi, is a hypnotic meeting point between alternative hip-hop and avant-garde pop, driven by deep basslines and Tellier’s hazy piano. The connection between the two artists runs deeper than this record, as Cudi previously sampled Tellier’s “Roche” on “CHUNKY,” making this a reunion with real history behind it.
Tellier frames “Amnesia” with characteristic elegance: “It is a song in which the boundary between love and dependence becomes blurred. Amnesia becomes a refuge and a prison.” That tension between beauty and unease runs through ‘Kiss The Beast’ as a whole, an extravagant pop record that pulls from Tellier’s two decades of cult classics while pushing into new territory. The man who delivered one of the most memorable performances at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games opening ceremony with “La Ritournelle” has lost none of his instinct for the grand gesture. The European tour is deep into its run, with London’s Koko still ahead on March 23, followed by Berlin’s Theater Des Westens on March 30 and a WE LOVE GREEN Festival appearance in Paris on June 5.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
March 19 – Reims, FR – La Cartonnerie
March 20 – Dijon, FR – La Vapeur
March 21 – Strasbourg, FR – La Briqueterie
March 23 – London, UK – Koko
March 25 – Bordeaux, FR – Le Rocher De Palmer (sold out)
March 26 – Rennes, FR – Le Mem
March 27 – Nantes, FR – Stereolux (sold out)
March 30 – Berlin, DE – Theater Des Westens
June 5 – Paris, FR – WE LOVE GREEN Festival