Ever feel like you are stuck in a shiny cage of expectations? In Devenir Quelqu'un, French duo Les Frangines turn that feeling into a melodic confession. They sing about powerful people building paper-thin empires while the rest of us shrink inside our own “prisons of ice.” The song remembers childhood dreams that were huge, then wonders why adulthood so often locks those dreams away. Behind the catchy folk-pop guitars, the lyrics ask a simple, urgent question: “What am I doing in all of this, and am I still listening to the quiet voice inside me?”
The chorus is a mantra of hope: “I want to become someone… someone good.” It rejects society’s command to succeed at any price and replaces it with a gentler mission—follow your own path so that, at the end of the road, you can look back and say you tried to live authentically. With smoky metaphors about screens that smother dreams and brains that feel like they might burst, the song captures modern anxiety yet offers a clear remedy: reconnect with boldness, remember the child who dreamed big, and keep walking toward the person you truly want to be.