Vendetta is an Italian word used in French that means a long, bitter feud or a quest for revenge. It's a powerful, cinematic word you don't often find in song lyrics.
In this song, Pierre De Maere sings, "Il y a dans mon geste... Comme un air de vendetta" (There is in my gesture... Like an air of a vendetta). He uses it metaphorically to describe his actions as having a poetic, almost vengeful quality, suggesting he's determined to prove his critics wrong.
Ever felt like you're on a different wavelength from everyone else? Belgian pop sensation Pierre De Maere captures that exact feeling in 'Je Pense À Vous' (I Think of You). This song is a bold anthem for anyone who has ever been called 'crazy' or felt misunderstood by their peers. The narrator describes people his age looking at him 'comme si j'avais la rage' (as if I were rabid), but he flips this isolation into a source of power. It's a dramatic back and forth between not caring what others think and being secretly obsessed with them.
But this isn't a sad song! Instead, it's about creating your own world where you make the rules. Pierre De Maere declares, 'Je suis l'idôle et le fanboy' (I am the idol and the fanboy), showing he is both the creator and his biggest fan. He finds a 'form of poetry' and even a 'vendetta' in his actions, turning his unique perspective into art. The song is a powerful statement about embracing your eccentricities and taking control of your own destiny, with your creativity as your ultimate weapon.
Pierre de Maere is a Belgian singer-songwriter born in 2001 in Uccle, near Brussels. Entirely self-taught, he started writing songs on GarageBand as a kid and built his sound without ever taking a formal music lesson.
His breakthrough single, "Un jour, je marierai un ange," became a huge hit across the French-speaking world, climbing the charts in Belgium and France and eventually earning a diamond certification. That success won him the Belgian Revelation of the Year award at the NRJ Music Awards and, in 2023, the Victoire de la Musique for Male Revelation of the Year.
"Mercredi" appears on his debut album, Regarde-moi, released in 2023, and captures his knack for turning dreamy, theatrical melodrama into catchy French pop. Openly gay, de Maere has become one of the most striking new voices in Belgian music, known for his flamboyant style both on stage and off.