His realization creates an almost insurmountable dilemma for him. Christine and the Queens, an artist committed to ecology, wonders how she will be able to reconcile the fact of having to use polluting means of transport, in particular air transport, with her eco-responsible positions. In a recent interview with Le Parisien, the artist with two Victoires de la Musique, who prefers to be spoken about today in the masculine, said: “Flying is a real problem for me. “.
Christine and the Queens is a member of the humanitarian organization Global Citizen, which fights against poverty, global warming and gender equality. The artist is always ready to put his talents as a singer-songwriter at the service of the causes he defends. Thus in 2021, Chris (one of his other pseudonyms) performed in Paris with Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat and DJ Snake during a concert which aimed to push heads of state to “work together for the planet.”
Chris or Redcar, the latest of Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier’s stage names, knows that it is difficult to remain consistent when it comes to bringing consumer behavior into symbiosis with eco-responsible ideals. The artist still thinks he can overcome his constant tugging: “I hope I’m a responsible citizen and not too bad on ecology, I pay attention to water, waste, I read on the ecofeminism, but as an artist, to be honest, I fly a lot. The Coldplay group can organize their tours, because they are in a much more global system”. And Chris, not yet having the worldwide notoriety of Coldplay, still has to submit to the imperatives of promotion: “…But I still have countries where I have to travel to make my music known. I need to go see people. But it’s a real problem for me.”
Finally, like Adèle Haenel, Christine and the Queens does not seem to hold the liberal system high in her heart. He even believes that he is responsible for the evils from which the Earth suffers: “We are in a society totally subservient to capital. We always ask the average citizen to act. At our small level, we can fight, get involved with associations that affect us, make donations, be careful with the tap. We are very sensitized to a certain ecological guilt, but sorry, we should also talk about all the decisions that are made on a large scale and involve so much industrialization that is ravaging the planet, decimating the planet, devastating the sea. So many decisions should be less hypocritical, less tied to capital and industries…”. In the meantime Christine and the Queens has just released a new album where we can also hear Madonna. It is titled as follows: Paranoia, Angels, True Love… a whole program.
