Comète means comet, the bright celestial body that streaks across the night sky.
Gims compares his lover’s departure to “une comète,” evoking an image of something dazzling yet fleeting—appearing suddenly, burning intensely, then disappearing into the dark. This poetic, astronomy-inspired word is vivid, unusual in love songs, and perfect for sparking curiosity while learning French.
“ONLY YOU” is a heartfelt, bilingual roller-coaster of emotion where Gims (from Congo and France) teams up with Kosovan-Albanian star Dhurata Dora to chase after a love that slipped away as fast as a comet. The singers take turns in French and Albanian, confessing their regrets, their sleepless nights, and the stubborn hope that the other person will pick up the phone and come back. Gims owns up to broken promises, saying he still has “le blues,” while Dhurata Dora pleads, Ty ti fali, fali prape – “I forgive you again.”
Under the pulsing beat, the story is simple yet universal: two lovers standing in the wreckage of a breakup, realizing that no one else compares, and begging for a second chance. Their voices blend desperation with tenderness, reminding us that sometimes the hardest part of love is watching someone walk away and finding the words – in any language – to call them home.
GIMS, born Gandhi Djuna in 1986 in Kinshasa, is one of the biggest stars in French music. His family left the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Paris when he was just two years old, and he grew up in the French capital.
He first made his name as the masked frontman of the rap collective Sexion d'Assaut, one of the groups behind France's rap revival around 2010. Since going solo in 2013 he has become a chart-topping, stadium-filling artist who blends rap, pop and R&B, and he has worked with international names like Sia, Sting, Maluma and Pitbull.