Maux D'enfants translates to Children’s Pains, and that title says it all. Patrick Bruel and rapper La Fouine pull us straight into a modern schoolyard where the bullying has swapped fists for keyboards. The song opens with a teacher gently trying to understand a girl’s tears, then whisks us home to her bedroom, where anonymous classmates fire cruel messages from behind their screens. Each line paints the rising tension of cyber-harassment: taunts about fitting in, viral drinking dares, and the desperate search for approval that plays out in comment threads rather than playgrounds.
La Fouine’s verse widens the lens, showing how easy it is to become both victim and accomplice in this plugged-in world. He contrasts his own childhood of football and face-to-face talk with today’s emoji break-ups and Bluetooth gossip, urging kids to “lift your head” and parents to listen before silence turns tragic. The chorus answers with compassion: real words, eye contact, and the courage to break the cycle. In short, Maux D’enfants is a powerful call to swap digital cruelty for human connection, reminding us that behind every screen name beats a very real, very fragile heart.