2016 Lyrics in English The Pirouettes

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song 2016 by The Pirouettes from French to English.

The weekend at my friends'

Past midnight

We were listening to French music

All the old hits

They were more for fun

Gently making fun

Me in my corner, it made me cry

I'm sensitive at parties

So I sang

And I made you sing too

That you become my girlfriend

At that time it was Paris

Hmm hmm

2016

I want photos

A lot of video clips

Show my children how beautiful I was

At that time we were hot

Hmm hmm

2016

The weeks that followed

Alone in my bed

I tried to write the second verse

It was for you that I stayed awake

And as the nights passed

With blank pages or euphoria

I felt the effects taking shape

Of a change in my life

So I sang

And I made you sing too

That you become my girlfriend

At that time it was Paris

Hmm hmm

2016

I want photos

A lot of video clips

Show my children how beautiful I was

At that time we were hot

Hmm hmm

2016

So I sang

And I made Mom sing too

We were young, we understood everything

At that time it was Paris

Hmm hmm

2016

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SONG MEANING

2016 is a dreamy Polaroid of young love and late-night creativity in Paris. The narrator starts out at a weekend party with friends who jokingly blast classic French hits. While everyone else is laughing, he is quietly moved to tears, so he grabs the moment, sings along, and pulls the girl he likes into the chorus until she becomes his petite amie. The song instantly shifts from a casual hangout to a heart-fluttering memory, revealing how powerful music can be when it turns shy feelings into shared melodies.

From there the track turns into a scrapbook in motion. The singer longs for “photos, clips, videos” to someday show his kids how beau and full of life he was back then. Alone in bed, he wrestles with blank pages and bursts of inspiration while writing the second verse, feeling the first hints of a life-changing love story. By the final chorus he even ropes in his mom to sing along, celebrating a time when everyone was “chaud” with youthful confidence. 2016 is The Pirouettes’ nostalgic love letter to carefree Parisian nights, reminding us that every playlist, selfie, and late-night lyric can capture the electricity of being young and in love.

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The Pirouettes 2016 Lyrics