Dreamscapes and Melodies: Exploring Pomme’s World of Music and Magic

French singer-songwriter Pomme mesmerizes worldwide crowds with her dainty melodies and heartfelt lyrics. From the bustling streets of Bogotá to the sunlit stages of Los Angeles, her Consolation tour has been a transcontinental journey of emotion and discovery. In this interview, Pomme shares her thoughts on the power of language in music, the inspiration behind her dreamy sound, and what it means to create art within such a delicate historical context.

Consolation has been a transcontinental tour, which took you from Bogota to Canada and, just a week before we are having this conversation, to LA. What were the overall vibes of your last Los Angeles concert?

LA was the last show of my very first American tour. It was only my second time in the city and when I came in Dec 22 for the first time, I didn’t get to see anything. I left with this feeling that it was just too big for me and that I could never appreciate such a gigantic city in which you can’t really walk or ride a bicycle, but I did not see enough that first time. this time, I had the chance to stay for 2 whole days!! after the show. the show was so nice, I loved it and I had so much fun. and then I got to get a more precise feeling of the city, which I find myself LOVING: the hikes, the sunsets, the nature around, and the people.

French is now the 5th most-spoken language in the world yet we can see crowds singing along with you at your every concert, from South to North America. Was the language barrier ever a concern to you?

Not really! it’s always been very important to me to travel with French lyrics. it’s part of who I am. I listen to a lot of artists whose lyrics I don’t understand, Japanese, Spanish, Greek, Arab, and Italian. I like the idea that we can find another language through art and that you don’t have to understand everything to feel emotion. although I find it very cool when non-french-speaking people learn French through my music!

You create an atmosphere that feels like a safe space for queer girls and gender-nonconforming people in a holistic sense. Did you have this feeling with any artists growing up as a queer person yourself?

Well, I wish! But no. I grew up in the suburbs of Lyon, in France and I didn’t really have any example of queer artists in the media at that time, or even queer people around me. there were just a few, mainly gay men. I think in that optic it is very very important for me to create that space for queer people cause it is so much needed. but I remember going to that Lady Gaga show when I was 13, not even knowing that I was queer yet, and feeling that it was very special. She had a drag queen open her show. I was so fascinated and felt that new windows opened in my mind, but didn’t realize it was linked to my queerness at that time.

I’ve read that you grew up in a Catholic environment for part of your early years. Did it influence your artistry by any means?

I think maybe in the lyricism of some of my melodies. church songs are so beautiful and taught me at a very young age how to harmonize and create that « choir » feeling. I was also in a choir for 10, years, which influenced my sense of harmonizing a lot.

What’s the importance of constructing video clip visuals in your practice? In terms of video art, you have debuted in the film “La Vénus d’Argent”, by director Héléna Klotz. Can we get a glimpse of your role in this narrative?

It went on screen last November, in France. Now, it is streaming on Canal + platform. I am playing the role of a young woman who wants to be a trader in a mainly masculine world. It was an intense and interesting experience. I learned a lot about letting go and being in the present moment, and it helped with playing shows, too. For me, image and music are always linked. I often have precise visual ideas when I write songs, so I keep them in my phone notes and develop them when it’s time to shoot a video clip. my dreams and nightmares are also a huge bank of images that I use a lot.

Love is a recurrent, intense theme in your songs. How would you define the importance of romantic love throughout your life? We also notice a persistent dreamy quality in your songs. How do you turn dream space into a palatable part of the composition process?

Funny that I talked about dreams without reading the next question! Love is one of the most inspiring, mysterious, intense, and elusive feelings, thing in life. in all its forms. My songs are often tinted by love but also nature, people, and things that question me. and I don’t think romantic love is the most important love. I think friends, dogs, animals, plants, and chosen family, can feel like the most precious thing in life. creation also. it is probably more important than romantic love in my eyes. staying aware and open to anything new. And, yes, my dreams

inspire me in so many ways. for visuals in particular, but I sometimes sing melodies when I’m half awake, record them and later, turn them into songs.

Also, we’d like to know about your aesthetic references…

I like so many different things. korean movies, country, and folk music, but also books, romantic poems, but also just what surrounds me. Natural cycles of life, death, nature, mushrooms, and seasons. I’m also very very attached to magic and fantastic aesthetics. I’ve always needed to believe in magic to keep believing in life. surrealism is a very interesting artistic current in that realm.

Are there any musicians you’ve been listening to and everyone should know about?

Aunt Sally!

What are your plans after the end of the Consolation tour?

I’ll be writing songs in Japan for 3 months at the end of the year. Also, resting if I manage to. I want to find new ways of creating, and trying new stuff!