Billie du Page kicks off the festivities at the FME stage with modern Fran-English pop.
Despite the sub-10-degree temperatures and an audience primarily clad in puffer jackets and gloves, Billie’s bouncy beats and echoey guitars, mixed with her silky smooth voice, take the audience on a summery pop getaway. Moving about the stage with efforvecence and ease, she is a Quebecoise pop princess for the whole family. As she introduced her song “Malentendu,” she asked the audience if they had been ghosted before, and an elderly gentleman behind the crowd pipes up with an enthusiastic “OUAIS!”
Billie du Page delivers songs about heartbreak, empowerment and love with Top 40 pop sensibilities. Her vocals do not falter, and her band doesn’t miss a beat. From Milky Chance, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Lana Del Rey, the influences in the music are undeniable. Each song sounds directly pulled from the alternative pop playbook of the last ten years. Inventing your own sound isn’t for everyone, but the talent du Page and her band displays leaves me with the impression that, given some more time to mature, they will step into pop stardom driven by their own sound.
Photos By Jacob Zweig
Photos by Julia Mela
