Oldelaf’s “Je Mange” serves up a laugh-out-loud confession about comfort eating that many of us secretly recognise. In this playful chanson, the narrator has a rare day off and, instead of seizing it, he raids the fridge at every possible moment. Breakfast blurs into lunch, lunch melts into an endless string of goûters, and even his fleeting wish to exercise ends with a sprint to the kitchen. Each cheerful refrain of « Je mange » turns the simple act of nibbling into an all-day marathon, showing how boredom and routine can turn meals into the main event.
Beneath the comedy lies a tender, slightly bittersweet message. The singer dreams of sports and friends yet worries about mockery, so he retreats into the comforting clatter of pots and pans. When he finally realises that food has become a problem, he swaps chewing for sipping and sings « Je bois » instead—a tongue-in-cheek admission that replacing one excess with another solves nothing. Through catchy repetition and self-deprecating humour, Oldelaf spotlights emotional eating, loneliness, and the search for quick fixes, all wrapped in a tune that makes you smile even as you recognise the deeper truth.