S'en Aller â which means to go away â spins a story of two old flames who keep colliding with their past. M. Pokora walks us through school corridors filled with scribbled promises and memories that refuse to fade. Time has raced ahead, yet the feelings have not; each attempt to avoid one another only proves that the heart still speaks louder than reason.
The catchy refrain âFaut s'en allerâ (We have to leave) is a bittersweet rallying cry. They have exchanged too many words, even curses, and now believe that distance might be the only cure. Still, every step forward is tugged back by nostalgia, showing how love can be both anchor and burden. In short, the song captures that tug-of-war between the need to move on and the ache of letting go of a shared history.
M. Pokora is a French singer, songwriter, and dancer born Matthieu Tota on September 26, 1985, in Strasbourg, France.
He got his start on the reality show Popstars with the group Linkup before going solo in 2004 as Matt Pokora. A 2005 lawsuit from R&B singer Matt Houston forced him to shorten his name, and "M. Pokora" stuck for the rest of his career; the stage name itself comes from a conversation with his Polish grandmother about humility, "pokora" in Polish.
Since then he has become one of France's biggest pop stars, blending pop, R&B, and dance influences across albums like R.E.D. and Pyramide. His 2016 album My Way, a tribute to the legendary French singer Claude François, went straight to number one in France. Off stage, he is married to the actress and singer Christina Milian.