But I will find my way back home
All my fears, I will let them be my guide
But I will find my way back home
For all I know, I’m no longer in the dark
A lost soul drifts through the haze of nightlife, drowning in excess, wearing borrowed masks to blend in. The hollow thrill of the party numbs, but never fulfills. Yet, amid the wreckage of self-erasure, a quiet resolve surfaces. Fear becomes compass, guiding the way home—toward authenticity, away from the artificial glow of belonging.
Minuit Machine’s Party People, from her upcoming album Queendom, thrashes through the wreckage of self-deception, where the neon glow of nightlife fades into a hollow ache. French musician Amandine Stioui threads brittle longing through relentless beats, her voice teetering between defiance and surrender. The synths shimmer, the bassline drives, but beneath the rhythm lurks a quiet reckoning: the realization that the masks worn to blend in have suffocated something real. Forlorn verses tumble into towering choruses, equal parts invocation and exorcism, pulling echoes of Visage, Anika, Zanias and Molly Nilsson into its current. It’s a fight to escape the false euphoria, to walk out into the cold and claim something true.
Director Manon Dupeyrat strips away spectacle, focusing instead on the quiet intensity of creation. Stioui crouches alone, bathed in a stark glow, hands moving deftly over small machines that hum and sigh beneath her touch. The room is dim, the world outside forgotten. The repetition feels like a private reckoning; an artist locked in silent dialogue with her own ghosts. The minimalism is deliberate, a stark contrast to the storm within, leaving the viewer to wonder what unseen burdens she carries, what stories remain unspoken behind the steady, deliberate composition.
Watch the video for “Party People” below:
Listen to Party People below and pre-order Queendom (out March 21 via Synth Religion) here.
Minuit Machine is currently on tour in France until April. Dates are below:
- Friday, February 28, 2025: TOULOUSE – Bikini (opening for Kompromat)
- Saturday, March 1, 2025: MARSEILLE – Espace Julien (opening for Kompromat)
- Saturday, March 15, 2025: GRENOBLE – La Belle Electrique (opening for Kompromat)
- Thursday, March 20, 2025: PARIS – Badaboum (release party) INFO
- Sunday, April 6, 2025: MORLAIX – Panoramas Festival
- Thursday, April 17, 2025: CLERMONT-FERRAND – La Coopérative de Mai (opening for Kompromat)
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