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Dark emotional orchestral rock ballad in French, 72 BPM, minor key, Dominant felt piano, intimate but heavy, carrying the main harmonic emotion, Deep expressive cello strongly present, low and mournful, sometimes doubled by arco double bass for a physical sub-bass weight, Viola adds fragile human warmth, with very discreet violins in long tense notes, never bright or heroic, Electric guitars and bass tuned one whole step down, Use short choked doom-like staccato riffs, palm-muted, low, heavy and restrained, avoiding high lead guitar, Drums stay restrained in verses, then become more intense and wide in choruses with deep toms, kick weight, suspended cymbal swells and dramatic crashes, Add a subtle distant choir or layered backing voices to suggest the public’s overwhelming love, never gospel, never epic, Male lead vocal with accent québécois, emotional, clear, not too low, almost breaking, Female back vocals in selected lines, soft, protective and airy, Keep the same BPM all song long