Divaguer means 'to wander', 'to ramble', or 'to daydream'. It's a beautiful and slightly less common verb that perfectly captures a state of mind where thoughts drift freely, often without a specific purpose.
In this song, ZAZ uses divaguer twice. First, she sings, "Quand le manque de moi me fait divaguer" (When the lack of myself makes me wander/ramble), suggesting a loss of focus or self. Later, she describes someone "qui divague un peu pour rien, juste parce que ça fait du bien" (who daydreams a little for no reason, just because it feels good). This dual usage highlights the word's versatility, portraying both a challenging mental state and a pleasant, liberating one.
J’aime J’aime feels like a candid conversation in front of a mirror. ZAZ keeps asking herself “Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ?” and fires back a joyful inventory of little delights: honest people, silly smiles, neon lights, the freedom to bolt out the door and dive into daydreams. The melody skips along with her wandering thoughts, so you can almost picture her scribbling half-poems, cracking jokes to herself, and wondering if someone on the other side of the planet is thinking the exact same random thing.
Beneath the playfulness, the song spins a tender reflection on solitude. ZAZ celebrates the kind you choose—the quiet space where you chat with your own mind, turn the volume down on the world, and pull loneliness out “like a thorn.” Yet she also admits the flipside: the howling noise of emotions, the raging sea of self-doubt when you lose touch with who you are. By the final chorus, time blurs, past and future tangle, and only the present heartbeat matters. It is an ode to knowing yourself, loving your own company, and learning when to step back into the light with everyone else.
ZAZ is the stage name of Isabelle Geffroy, a French singer and songwriter born in Tours in 1980. Trained at a regional conservatory from childhood, she blends jazz, French chanson, soul and acoustic styles, and her warm, raspy voice has often been compared to Édith Piaf.
She broke through in 2010 with 'Je veux', the lead single from her self-titled debut album, which topped the charts in France, Belgium and Switzerland and sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. The song's joyful rejection of money and status for love and freedom made her one of the most recognizable voices in modern French music.