ENGLISH GUY REACTS TO FRENCH RAP!! | OrelSan - Défaite de famille [CLIP OFFICIEL] 

"Christian" is just the guy's name. Orelsan just tells children to beware of this guy when he's drunk.

Orelsan played all the characters you can see in the video, and he actually made a sort of "part 2" of this song a year after this one called "la famille la famille"

To give you a context, in our country, Midnight demons is considered as a boomer music and Gifi is a supermarket selling cheap stuff

You need a French person sitting next to you to help you explain the lyrics. The Internet is nice but doesn't get everything, human help is always better.

13:30 The "blond" is to emphasize the idea of the French without origin So the sentence "you use too much wesh for a blond boy" is to support the sentence that comes after implying that the father of the young man is racist towards Arabs Which is ironic because the father being racist his son still uses Arab terms great reaction I laughed from the beginning to the end 😭🔥

The only nice word was for he’s grand-ma. So cute !

You must watch the clip "DISCIPLINE - Orelsan" (in portrait format it's even better).

Orelsan’s songs often have a logic order. In an old album, Le chant des sirènes the song « double vie » finishes just like the next song, « finir mal » starts

It has been commented before that he played all the characters to show that his anger was because of his own problems and not other people, he was just being unaccepting. A good line from basique 'Si t'es souvent seul avec tes problèmes, c'est parce que souvent l'problème c'est toi' = 'If you're often alone with your problems it's because the problem is often you

Using too much "wesh" for a blond means it's quite ironic to say this word when you're white and you live in a racist household. the word wesh is mainly used in the "hood" and the kid who says it too often, probably lives in a rich geographical area which is even more ironical. He basically wants to act like a thug, except he isn't one.

It's a shame that the english subtitles on the music video aren't always accurate cause you most of the time miss a lot of the lyrics meaning

YEAH HE IS PLAYING ALL THE CHARACTERS 🤣 He is crazy

The Christian part is interesting. In French it's just a name but in English it have a religious meaning (in French, the Chistians is "les chrétiens", so that's different). So when you read it the English way, different meanings come to your mind when for us French, it doesn't. That's cool !

Thanks for reviewing almost all of his album. Hope you've enjoyed it 🙂

« Défaite »means « defeat » « Des fêtes » means « parties » 😂😉 But it sound the same, your prononciation is very nice !

Since you listened to that one you should try and listen to "La famille, la famille" . Défaite de famille came with his third album and something like a year later he rereleased his album with new songs, and named ithis "version" of his album "Epilogue". "La famille, la famille" is one of those songs, and basically references this song the whole time. I don't know if it'd make for a good video as there's no music video for it and it doesn't slap hard, but I think it's nice to see how he reflects on it months later, especially since Orelsan's third album has Orelsan talking a LOT about his growth/life struggles, and La famille, la famille goes even further in that direction. Also the part about "wesh" and "blond" is because most north-africans aren't blond haired. A "blond" guy basically means "a white guy". What they're getting at is that a white boy is using a word of north-african origin/culture quite a lot, probably without having grown alongside, or shared things with such people. The next part attacks his father, Orelsan's uncle, for having a "problem with arabs". Clearly attacking his racism (widespread in French families still to this day, and echoing the stereotype of "the racist uncle who talks too much at family gatherings") Both go together and it's easier to understand if you read them both one after the other. Using "wesh" is no problem in itself, it's just youth slang at this point, but this cousin is basically showing off by using it+ talking about drugs/ building his image off of using the word. It's not really that deep of a bar but I guess explaining it fully on a societal level could be long so yeah, TLDR the kid's trying to act like a tough guy/cool weed guy because he thinks it's cool and a way to do that is to use that word. EDIT: it's worth pointing out that immigrants played a huge part in Rap culture in France, just like Black people did in the U.S., hence the connection between north-african culture and rap.

check the part two of this song ! : La famille la famille la famille!

So happy you reacted to this song ^^

When he says "Pour se méfier de Christian quand il a d'l'alcool dans l'sang" I think the name is used to have a rime

You should react to Vald - Bonjour ! There are already the subtitles in the video clip

He made another song about his family but this time he talked about why he love his family. The song name is "la famille la famille".

React to "La famille, la famille", it is the sequel of this song.

"wesh" is mostly used by Arabic ppl in France, or at least it comes from their culture and their is a huuuge problem of racism + racists ppl are obviously proud to be "pure frenchies" and most likely if they look pale, blond hair and blue eyes... At least that's the clichés Orelsan refers to in this sentence :)

Now we wait for your reaction to Discipline

You should listen Plume - Nekfeu

It's nice to try to inderstand an other country lyrics. Orelsan have big skill with word and mix expression, double sens and other. It's hard to understand for a stranger of french language and tuff exercice so just for say "good" to it's pleasure to see that and you take time to explain punchlines. Nice job and have good continue :)

damso and orelsan vid in one hour voilà de quoi être heureux

you guys should watch LOUD - 56k French canadian with hard word play

Yes he played all the characters here

11:07 it's called 'tulipes' like the flower, we used to roll like that as teen

You should react to Bloqué by Les Casseurs Flowteurs, Orelsan's duo it's priceless

I’ve been waiting for a long time to see a reaction video of défaite de famille in your channel, it’s dope thanks for this and i would add that he was talking about the Christian name, not the religion ^^

Wesh is a french slang use bye the Getto ppl but for the fame some wannabe white gangster use it several time in a phrase

You can find the Making Of of this clip for all the characters

Yes he plays all the characters in the clip

Listen to the song « la famille, la famille » (not sure of the title) It is basically the opposite of this song, Orelsan recalls memories and tells why he loves his family

I've watch all your video on Orelsan, just keep in mind those song have simple lyrics compared to those he wrote in his first album "Perdu d'avance", or with his friend Gringe and their group "Casseurs Flowters".

Team French on est là !

U need see the second part of that song La famille la famille

11:00 its a joint rolling method named "tulip" lol

They made a video behind the scene of the musics video if you are curious to see the makeup transformation and editing :-)

You should listen " nimporte quel toon" from Casseurs Flowters, the Orelsan's band. The beat and flow are bot awesome

There is the making-off on orelsan's RU-vid channel if you want to see how they did the clip

You should definitely listen to the second song 'La famille, la famille, la famille'. It responds to this song perfectly.

Try to listen to "rêves bizarres" ! It it also from orelsan and definitively my favourite song from him. This guy is a real genius.

Orelsan Jimmy punchline 👍

That's french humor we love that

Orelsan is just pointing out the fact that It's just ridiculous to see white people ("blond") using arabs word ( as "wesh","wallah", "Starfoullah") in every sentence as if they were arabs

11' joints name is 🌷 tulip

lets gooo

you should listen to "la famille la famille", it's sort of the sequel of it

You should also listen to "la famille, la famille" its kinda the following of the story but it a nicer pov! I think he did really well on that

In France, "défaites de famille" means : "family defeat" and the pronunciation is like " family's party"

Basically alcohol in blood is just a french expression to say that he is totally drunk at one step before the coma andhilic

Last sentence is answer to the fasther on stairs early . Hehehe I love listening Orelsan . Orel ( Orelian) San ( is sir in JP kind of respect word. Jp have a really strict way of linguistics communication . Just for info hahahh

yo as a french guy i just love orelsan

it's a "tulipe" a flower..

Juste a little thing ''defaites de famille'' have to be translates like des fêtes de famille cause its a wordplay with the defeat of thé family and in thé clip is a holyday with her family ps:don't pat attention of my english im french 16 boi

Without reviewing it, I guess you should take a look to "La famille, la famille" from OrelSan, it's kind of an answer to this song but it's really different

You can look "Casseurs flowters" that's a group made with Orelsan and Gringe and the song are very good. my favourite is "Inachevés"

la famille la famille it's the next episode of this song

I think that the traduction if you are not scared of heights should have been void Because in french heights and void is the same word

Consider watching Discipline by Orelsan, i've never seen a clip so mad. Thanks for the reaction !

Try it with D. Ace please (I'm french incredible video)

you should react to "Discipline" by Orelsan

Le pétard roulé bizarre s'appelle une tulipe ( comme la fleur, entre 1990/2000). The cigarette to cannabis ( strange) the name is " tulipe" ( like a flower name). It was maked to the period 1990-2000. Voilà

he answers to Défaite de Famille in La famille

As a french speaking i find the french rap in general absolutly ridiculous except maybe 15 songs i heard in parties that remind me good moment

8:12 ==> Yes he is looking too good as a women :D 10:41 ==> The translation here doesn't really add up. What he says is : “to take advantage of being with working-class people to be able to play boho”, referring to a lot of parisian hypocrites, well-off but dressing like the own less than they really do, and “hanging” with poorer people because it's good for their “image” (acting like they do care although they really don't) 10:56 ==> This joint, my friend, is called a “Tulip” ^^ 13:26 ==> What he is saying is like : “You're too white to use “wesh” that often !”. To adapt the translation, I would have said « Using too much “nigga” for a blonde guy ! ». It's not totally correct (because “wesh” cannot be taken as an insult, unlike “nigga”) but both words are strongly associated to an ethnic group, which is not the ethnic group of the guy who Orelsan is talking to. After that Orelsan says : “Since your dad can't bear Arabs, it's quite ironic” because “Wesh” is originally an Arabic word, massively used in France by Middle-Eastern and North African immigrant's children ;) But what seemed to bug you here was “FOR a blonde”. Is this construction incorrect in English ? By the way, the whole video has been shot with... a FUCKING IPHONE ! It's too bad you don't understand French, otherwise, I would have advised you to go and watch the “making of” of this video, It is very interesting. Maybe give it a try even though you won't get what they say : you'll see all the costumes and makeup, which is pretty entertaining (but you'll miss all the jokes, and hearing Orelsan talking about the life of the different characters or improvising line for/from them) :D Anyway, it's really interesting to see an English-speaker discovering a rapper like Orelsan, who is really all about the lyrics :) Hope my comment helped a little ! Peace ;)

5:21 Christian is actually the dude's name, he didn't mention religions here haha by the way there is one character that Orelsan didn't play, it's the dog :p

Hi ! I love this type of video ! But, I’ m french and I would like subtitle when you speak if you can make it ✌️

AT the beginingwhen he starts singing no one listen to him and keep talking even tho they're the ones who asked. But as soon a he says "I have details about my life to reveal" basically *tea* everyone stop talking and listen to him.

🔥🔥🔥

Christian is a name, the same as in English. Basically that member of the family is shady/ has wondering hands once e has has too much to drink so he’s warning the kids.

C'est une tulipe 🌷🌷🌷,le blunt

Nice

For the strange cigaret in france it is 'a tulip'....

the complicated joint shape is called a "tulip"

Please react to SI SEUL and also PLUS RIEN NE M'ÉTONNE just two amazing songs and videos!

What about IAM or Stupeflip?

11:08 the is cannabis cigarette but roll as flower. General is for show off

Regarding the “wesh” line: he’s saying that the guy is using the word wesh (Algerian/Arabic) way too much for a blond (=white) guy that has a racist father (meaning the blond guy is most likely racist too). It also ties with cultural appropriation

do you know that ths video clip was shot on a single IPHONE X

9:00 If you know French History, you'll get that it's full of anachronism

Eh un petit Django - Fichu. ça plairait bien

je connaissais pas cette chanson, hahahahahah c'est trop comique hahahah

If you wanna discover a good french rap groupe, try IAM. Titles like: l'empire du côté obsure, Pas né sous la même étoile, Petit frère...

you need to react to discipline by orelsan

You might need to watch this with someone who actually talks french though

Coffin with cape x)

Je suis français 😂 RU-vid notification lol

Wesh is derived from Arabic , "wesh rak "(how are you ?) the joke is that a blond guy and his father who hate Arabic people say it to much "Wesh" (sorry for spelling mistakes i'am French)

"Prolo" does not mean "nerd" it comes from "proletaire" giving proletarian. Il means worker class

Pls translate for french people 😁 merci l'artiste 💪🏻

U have to go see the casseur flowteur

Ahahahah sa me tue

Thanks bro for the videos. Can you react to some Hayce Lemsi songs ( my favorite artists ) Thanks !!!!

Using too much "wesh" for a blond means that the word "wesh" is a word used from people with an arabic origin in France. These people are more poor and lives in poor district so Orelsan means that his cousin tries to imitate these people to be cool because there are a lot of famous rappers who are in these district at the base.

dude in france we smoke hashich mostly which came from marocco

react to 50 porcents - orelsan please