“Waf” is a playful cosmic toast to staying human when the news makes you feel like you have slipped into a surreal cartoon. Julien Doré looks at a world where people swear the Earth is flat, penguins are thriving in global warming and every problem is somehow your fault. Rather than mope, he reaches for a glass of pastaga (slang for pastis, a sunny Provençal drink) and invites you to lean on the bar of the night sky, elbow-to-elbow with the stars.
Between humorous chants of “là là,” the song slips in clever nods to heavyweight writers Verlaine and Kafka, hinting that philosophy and literature can only take you so far before you just need peanuts, ice cubes and a splash of love. “Waf” ultimately says: the universe is strange, so share a drink, sing nonsense syllables, and pour each other a little more affection under the Milky Way.