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Step onto a neon-lit time machine and roll back to 1987! In this upbeat ode to nostalgia, French singer-songwriter Calogero hops on his skateboard and glides through the sights, sounds, and pop-culture treasures of his teenage years. Think colorful sneakers, cassette tapes carefully rewound with pencils, floppy-disk dreams, and Paris that felt as glamorous as the United States. The lyrics name-drop tracksuits, gravity-defying haircuts, TV show 7 sur 7, pop star Sabrina, and bands like INXS, all while the USSR still loomed on the map. Every detail paints the rush of adolescence when every song on the radio felt like a personal anthem and the future seemed infinite.

Calogero’s message is joyful and universal: he has no regrets about those days, but every so often he loves to revisit them in his mind. He wishes the same for the listener, inviting you to discover your own “1987” — that magical year that will one day play on repeat in your head. Whether you were alive in the eighties or not, the song reminds us that music is a portal to our most vivid memories, and that everyone deserves a soundtrack that instantly transports them back to their brightest moments.

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