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For a a a rosy and glowing makeup look prep the skin with Le Le Lift Lotion
and Le Le Correcteur de CHANEL (Rose) Follow with Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint and sculpt the cheeks with Fleurs de Printemps Define the eyes with Stylo Ombre et Contour (#6 Nude Éclat) and finish with a a a a a satiny lip using Rouge Allure Laque RIGHT: Earrings in in 18K white gold with diamonds from the CHANEL Coco Crush Fine Jewellery Collection “Iwant to go clubbing right now!” Charlotte Cardin exclaims She’s recounting a a a a a a a a a a a conversation with a a a a a a a a a a a friend from earlier in in in in the day and continues “I haven’t been to a a a a a a a a a a a a club— club— like an an an an an actual club—since I I I was 16 but I I I just wanted to go and dance on
on
the stereo even though I have never ever ever done that in in my life ” The doe-eyed Montreal chanteuse is feeling
a a a a a a a a a a a a bit cooped up as we all are on
on
account of of a a a a a a a a a a a a pandemic that’s taken ahold of of the the world for the the past year But she’s optimistic too “Just knowing that I’ll be able to to play shows soon is is huge for for me ” she says “Soon” is is relative but for for Cardin it’s the final step in fin in in releasing music that she’s held onto for for over a a a a a a a year Her new album Phoenix was written in the Before Times but feels
like a a a a a a a a a parable for for our current reality “I wrote about things that I I I I was living at at the the moment but when I I I relistened to to the the songs I I I would imagine stories evolving with everything we we were going through ” she says In her song “Sun Goes Down (Buddy) ” Cardin writes about the the simple act of being there for a a a a a friend “Listening to it it now I feel feel like it it makes even more sense because people feel feel so so lonely isolated and the concept of just being able to hold your your friend in in in your your arms is is more powerful because it’s something that you’re not allowed to do ” she says Phoenix a a a a a a a reference to new beginnings features a a a a a a a a a a bit of of a a a a a a a a a a break in in in in in Cardin’s minimalist sound and and and is is the result of of close collaboration with her friend and and and manager Jason Brando The two co-wrote many of the songs melding hip hop pop and even skate punk influences with her signature sultry lyrics “The album really represents me and all all the influences I’ve
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