Respire 2020 sees French indie-rocker Mickey 3D team up with rap brothers Bigflo & Oli to give his early 2000s eco-anthem a fresh, urgent spin. Behind the addictive hook “Il faut que tu respires” (You have to breathe), the song speeds through humanity’s history: from untouched nature to concrete jungles, from wide-open skies to windows slammed shut. With playful yet biting lyrics, it shows humans stomping in with “gros souliers,” drawing one-way roads, taming every element, and even polluting deserts, all to a beat that makes you nod while you wince.
The tone flips between dark humor and stark warning. Tomorrow’s kids might have a single eye in the middle of their foreheads, VR headsets replace fresh air, and we keep digging our own graves hoping to strike oil. Generations toss the blame like a hot potato, but the chorus keeps gasping for breath, underlining the irony of suffocating the very planet that keeps us alive. In short, Respire 2020 is a lively wake-up call: knowing we’re driving toward disaster isn’t enough; if we want the next generation to breathe freely, we’d better crack that window open right now.