Giù’s Neandertal is a haunting tribute to the forgotten last Neandertal man—crafted with raw emotion, deep intellect, and melodies born from survival, solitude, and the fire of human connection.
1.
“Neandertal” is a deeply emotional and narrative-driven album. What inspired
you to explore the story of the last Neandertal man through music?
Because no
one ever sang for him. I'm a doctor, very interrested in genetic, and also in
evolution of species. Neandertal give us a brilliant heritage
This lonely figure, vanishing into the mists of time, haunted me. He’s not just
a relic—he’s the echo of every being who’s felt forgotten.
I wanted to give him a soul. And music is the only language ancient enough to
speak across extinction. Perhaps NEANDERTAL is the first genocid ? Perhaps
Sapiens killet Neandertal?
2. You've mentioned that all the songs are your own—music, lyrics,
everything. What does it mean to you to be a true artisan in today’s music
industry?
It means
building each song like a cathedral—word by word, note by note.
I don’t rent feelings—I carve them.
In a world of instant content, I choose slow fire. That’s what being an artisan
means: making something that lasts, because it’s true.
I'm not against IA but i don't use it in my albums. My melodies born in
my brain!
3. The recording process took place close to home and involved a trusted
collaborator, Lionel Bissière. Can you share more about how this partnership
shaped the album’s sound?
Lionel
hears the invisible.
He gives air to my silences, breath to my ghosts. For example in this songs he
had the feeling to find an original way to say "DE MA LIGNEE"
Recording with him feels like walking barefoot in a place where nothing can
hurt you—and suddenly everything becomes music. He doesn’t just record my
voice. He also records my soul. Sometimes he drives me to be better with my
voice, he's very exacting. We only record one song by day, and after we have
following, mastering, chorus Lot of work.
4. You draw from a wide range of influences — from Elton John and Kansas to
Serge Gainsbourg. How did these artists impact the sound or emotion of
Neandertal?
They’re all
architects of emotion.
Elton gave me the fire of the piano. Kansas taught me how to make a rock song
feel like a legend and also the shift of the rythm at the end of the song
Gainsbourg? He whispered, “Be bold. Be bizarre. Be honest.”
They don’t haunt my songs—they dance inside them and in my mind, forever.
5. You said, “Nobody tells the tragedy of the last Neandertal man.” What
were the emotional or creative challenges in giving a voice to someone lost to
history?
I had to
disappear of the song to let him speak through me.
Writing his voice meant stripping away time, ego, even language.
The biggest challenge? Not turning him into a symbol. He’s not a metaphor. He’s
him. And he deserved his own melody . Imagine the live of the last person of a
specie, the despair !!
6. The guitar at the end of one song was added by “a strange inspiration.”
Do spontaneous moments like that often happen in your creative process?
Absolutely.
I don't compose—I listen. You have to know that song come in my mind suddenly,
like a miracle
Sometimes a sound arrives like thunder in a blue sky. I follow it. I obey.
Those are the most sacred moments—the ones I didn’t plan, but would never
erase. Some times during the recording, I change some words of the song...it is
spontaneous inspiration and I trust me for that.
7. With Neandertal coming out in June and another album (PSYCHEDELIC) plus a
musical later this year, what fuels your extraordinary creative output?
Really it
is a mix of wonder and rage.
I came back from the edge—COVID nearly stole my breath forever. Since then,
every second is fire.
I’m not just creating—I’m burning to create. And I won’t stop until the last
song leaves me.You have to know that 2025 is two albums and a comdy but...ah
ah, my album for 2026 and 2027 are yet writed ( totaly) I think I'm alone in
this case.It's me...always one step ahead
but I don't know if it is enough to be successful because I need perhaps A
Major company for that.
8. You started your recording journey in 2021 while recovering from COVID in
the hospital. How did that experience shape your path as an artist?
It was my
resurrection....a new birth
I had tubes in my nose, fear in my chest—but melodies in my mind. That’s when I
understood:
If I live, I sing. If I sing, I live. After the dark the fire come back in my
mind.
9. You mentioned you don’t want to perform in front of empty rooms. What
would your ideal live performance look like, and what kind of audience are you
hoping to reach?
You
mentioned you don’t want to perform in front of empty rooms. What would your
ideal live performance look like, and what kind of audience are you hoping to
reach?
A temple of emotion.
I don’t care if there are 10 people or 10,000—if their hearts are wide open,
that’s my crowd.
Ideal show? A place where people cry without shame, dance without fear, and
leave with something they didn’t know they needed.
10. Out of 700 songs stored on your computer, what makes a song “ready” for
release? How do you decide which stories deserve to be told next?
A song is
ready when it stops being mine.
When it begs to be born, when it whispers, “Let me go.”
I don’t release tracks—I release truths. Some are loud. Some are shy. All are
waiting their turn. A dream---> earing some of my songs with others artists
voices. Too much songs I can't sing all !
11. You’ve said you're open to sharing your music and even giving songs to
others. Are there any artists you dream of collaborating with — or who you feel
could carry your melodies?
So many.
Stromae, for his spine-tingling precision. Chris, for her fearless fluidity.
Florence Welch, for the storm in her lungs.
If someone can carry one of my melodies into a new sky—I’m all in.
12.
Lastly, how would you describe Giù to someone who’s about to listen to your
music for the first time? What do you hope they feel or understand after
hearing Neandertal?
Giù is not
a brand.
He’s a wound that sings.
If you listen to Neandertal, I hope you feel less alone.
And maybe, just maybe, you’ll recognize a part of yourself in that ancient
voice—still singing through the silence.One of my deepest dreams is to hear my
songs sung a cappella — by children, by people in the street, by voices I’ve
never met.
No instruments. Just hearts.
I want to feel that they want to sing them. That the melodies live inside them
now, like old friends they never knew they had."
Thanks
JE NE PEUX PLUS RESTER | La Rupture | Heartbreak & Departure | 6th Song Giù
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