In an Apple Music track-by-track, Cate elaborates on the meaning of this song, highlighting a desire to identify with an image of stony and aloof French boys, perhaps idealized and cliched from film.
To Cate, this song is about:
Wanting this late-night, smoky, neon escapism. It’s a song about lust...
[Verse 1]
French boys
Take time away
So cold
Faces like lakes
Collaged against rocky terrain
So quiet
But I sense what they're sayin'
[Refrain]
And I'm in my way
But I'm never gonna understand it
[Verse 2]
I caught
A plastic bouquet
Down the aisle
With a sad sashay
Some noise
About
Some noise
[Refrain]
And I'm in my way
And I'm never gonna understand it
But I never want to punish the part
[Chorus]
French boys
Are making me wait
French boys
In invisible towns
[Refrain]
And I'm in my way
[Chorus]
French boys
Are making me wait
French boys
In invisible towns
[Refrain]
And I'm in my way
And I'm never gonna understand it
French Boys was written by Cate Le Bon.
French Boys was produced by Cate Le Bon & Samur Khouja.
Cate Le Bon released French Boys on Fri Feb 04 2022.