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In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu

Music Video | 2002
ArtistIn-Grid
SongTu Es Foutu
GenreElectronica (Techno, Ambient, Jungle,...)
IntroNo
OutroNo
NotesThe boat's name is 'Pussy-Cat'
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Video Stream URLviva3779
Release date

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Synopsis

Set against the Ligurian coast, In-Grid plays a woman fed up with a lover who has broken one promise after another. With the song's bright dance rhythm contrasting its increasingly dark humor, she moves between seaside locations, roads and a vintage convertible while plotting her revenge. The video adopts the atmosphere of a 1950s thriller, turning the breakup into a playful murder scheme. By the finale, the unfaithful man is bound to a boat and left to face the consequences of his empty promises.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in and around Sestri Levante on Italy's Ligurian coast. Its opening image shows the Baia del Silenzio, while other scenes use the Aurelia road and nearby coastal locations.
  • Its visual style was described as being inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1950s cinema, which explains the contrast between the glamorous Riviera setting and the video's blackly comic revenge plot.
  • The vintage car featured in the video is a 1955 Triumph TR3 convertible.
  • The title "Tu es foutu" translates roughly as "You're screwed" or "You're finished." The video gives that phrase a literal, mischievous payoff by turning the singer's complaints about broken promises into an attempted drowning.
  • The song was first released in late 2001 and became an international hit during 2002. The English-language version, "You Promised Me," was issued for several English-speaking markets.
  • The official video was uploaded to YouTube in November 2009 and became one of the main online reminders of In-Grid's early-2000s breakthrough.

Lyrics

You promised me
Just me and you

You promised me the moon and the
sun, the birds in the sky
You promised me a wonderful life, they were only lies
You promised me all diamonds and pearls that I never got
You promised me red roses and gold but soon you forgot

[Chorus]

You promised me
Just me and you

...
© In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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