Des Gens Beaux Lyrics in English Grand Corps Malade

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Des Gens Beaux by Grand Corps Malade from French to English.

Intro

(We've lost today the notion of handsome guys

When are they gonna bring out good-looking guys

Or stunning girls

I mean, do you hang a Hoshi poster in your room, you

But she's scary

That girl's talented, really

But she should hand her songs to gorgeous girls)

What's this musical era

Where we have to listen to those with talent

Who've got guts, who've got b*lls, who've got hunger

Those little writers, annoying guitar strummers

Us, what we want is beauty, is brilliance

It's clean, it's smooth, it's sublime

Us, what we want is the comeback of pretty faces

To fill the glossy pages of magazines

What's this musical era

Where we listen to the lyrics of songs

We've lost the notion of handsome males

The time when we launched very handsome boys

You can write lyrics, that's great

But your little voice tone, we don't care

Please, go give your songs

To the one who'll look prettier on the poster

We need beautiful people

(These days we've neglected the role of the handsome singer

Today, the people who succeed, who make careers

Are all those who strum a bit of guitar, who play piano)

Sir, you who want to go back

To black and white, to the golden days of the past

I'm not sure the great Charles Aznavour

Could match your criteria for success

I'm not convinced that Édith Piaf

Had nice long legs

That she was gonna strut down fancy catwalks

Wearing big-brand platform heels

Sir, you who's nostalgic

For well-built singers, for bimbos

You've gotta know an important secret

It's that Brassens didn't have nice abs

Singer-songwriters

Aren't necessarily imposters

You know sir, sometimes you gotta shut up

Me, I wanna see Hoshi on a poster

We need beautiful people

Very handsome boys

We need beautiful people

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SONG MEANING

Grand Corps Malade opens Des Gens Beaux with a mock radio rant where shallow critics complain that today’s singers are “talented” instead of simply “beautiful.” This tongue-in-cheek dialogue sets up the whole song: an ironic hymn to glossy magazine good looks. Throughout the verses, he repeats the demand “Il faut des gens beaux” (“We need beautiful people”) so often that it starts to sound absurd. The effect is funny, yet it also throws a spotlight on how easily society can value a perfect face over a powerful voice or sincere lyrics.

The slam artist then flips the script. He points out that French legends such as Charles Aznavour, Édith Piaf, and Georges Brassens never fit fashion-model standards, yet their music is timeless. By praising singer-songwriter Hoshi—who is sometimes mocked for her looks—he reminds us that true artistry comes from guts, emotion, and originality. In short, the song is a playful but pointed critique of superficiality in the music industry, urging listeners to find beauty in authenticity rather than airbrushed perfection.

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Grand Corps Malade Des Gens Beaux Lyrics