Coup De Vieux Lyrics in English Bigflo & Oli , Julien Doré

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Coup De Vieux by Bigflo & Oli from French to English.
Intro
My generation's got
It's forgotten everything
About studying for the Bac
She wants a dealer
Not too far from campus
She grew up, she doesn't give a f*ck
About people's gaze
She wants a one-night stand
But that lasts two years
We built giant towers
With Kapla
And went round the world
On a backpack
She'd sneak into a pool
To get through August
She counted the pennies
To tie up a Mammoth ball jawbreaker
Sometimes, no more presents
Parents split up
She joined the gym
But never went
Milk always after the Chocapic
She won't own up
But she danced Tecktonik
Stoned, she watches
The Space Goofs
She wrote stuff
With correction fluid on her Eastpak
High School Musical, Hannah Montana
Karaoke of "The Lake of Connemara"
Aserejé, de a, de
Nobody understood
But everybody sang
In her living room
She has construction signs
She collects them
When she's wasted
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
Can't know
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
It was better before
Turn back time
First gray hairs
I got hit with age
It was better before
Turn back time
First gray hairs
I got hit with age
Whoa
Whoa
It was better before
Whoa
Whoa
I got hit with age
Almost forty years old
I knew Zelda
I saw Régine play
And Jay-Jay Okocha
Generation spleen
Booster or 103
The years roll by
Who will remember?
My generation
It'd like to sleep
It's exhausted
Ace its midterms
Without studying
Bar-hop
Till four in the morning
Then, crack up laughing
In front of Mission Cleopatra
Still shocked by
Happy Tree Friends
Flour on the chewing gum
Two meters long
She had Magix
She had Pogs
On the 3310 there was Crazy Frog
Big Baby Bop dreams of Tokyo
She drank a Yop
In front of Code Lyoko
Because of Tony
She wanted to skate
It was Picasso
When she was on Paint
Already nostalgic for the old days
She'd like to prove to her parents
That they were wrong
She doesn't really care to know
What's after death
She argues about who was
The best Pokémon
Burn the strands of her scoubidou
Ma-i-a hi
In the kitchen with Adibou
Ma-i-a hu
It was better before
Turn back time
First gray hairs
I got hit with age
It was better before
Turn back time
First gray hairs
I got hit with age
Whoa
Whoa
It was better before
Whoa
Whoa
I got hit with age
Hélène, Lola, Lali, Josée
The years roll by
On the podium of spleen
Pokémon, Titeuf
Beyblade, Diddl
I smashed you like Brice from Nice
MSN, send me a wizz
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
Can't know
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
Can't know
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
Can't know
I'm talking about a time
That people under twenty
Can't know
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SONG MEANING

Coup de Vieux is a joyful sigh of nostalgia. Bigflo & Oli invite Julien Doré to time-travel through the childhood and teenage memories of millennials: Kapla towers, MSN wizz, Crazy Frog ringtones, Pokémon debates, and late-night marathons of High School Musical. Each rapid-fire reference paints a picture of a carefree era when passing exams without studying, hunting for playground snacks, and dancing badly to Tecktonik felt like life’s biggest challenges. The chorus suddenly hits with a “coup de vieux” — that moment you catch your first grey hair and realise those good old days are already museum pieces.

Beneath the playful roll call of pop-culture souvenirs lies a gentle message. While everyone loves to say “C’était mieux avant” (“It was better before”), the song reminds us that every generation believes the same thing once adulthood creeps in. By laughing at their own aging panic, the artists encourage listeners to cherish memories without getting stuck in them. The past was fun, the present is different, and that’s okay — the important thing is to keep dancing, even if your knees click now.

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