LEARN LYRICS

Bifröst refers to the burning rainbow bridge that connects Midgard (Earth) with Asgard, the home of the gods, in Norse mythology. It's a very specific and unique cultural reference.

In the song, GIMS uses it to convey a sense of grand, almost mythical travel or transition: "Ferme la porte car je passe par le Bifröst" (Close the door because I'm passing through the Bifröst). This unexpected inclusion of Norse mythology in a French rap song makes the word particularly intriguing and memorable.

Immortel drops you into a neon-lit maze where GIMS darts between swagger and suspicion, wealth and worry. He paints a world in which we chase happiness without ever quite spotting it, where even the shampoo might be laced with danger, and where money, status, and social media noise drown out real connections. References to secret doors like the mythical Bifröst or shadowy figures ruling the planet set a paranoid, almost comic-book tone, making the song feel like a cinematic heist of modern life’s hypocrisies.

Yet beneath the witty punchlines and pop-culture name-drops, GIMS wrestles with deeper questions: What does it mean to be powerful, to be immortal? He flexes like a crime-series antihero, brags about bling, then admits he is still stunned by fatherhood and hungry for lyrics with substance, not just flash. Immortel becomes a self-portrait of someone determined to leave a lasting mark while navigating a chaotic society where truth is slippery, money rules the scoreboard, and only those who adapt will “see who’s the strongest” in the end.

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.