"Fais les backs" is a song by French hip hop duo

Casseurs Flowters Casseurs Flowters () is a French hip hop duo established in 2004 by rappers Orelsan and Gringe. The duo's name is a reference to the two "Wet Bandits" from the movie ''Home Alone'', called the ''"Casseurs Flotteurs"'' in the French dialogue. His ...

and produced by

Skread Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born September 22, 1981, Hérouville-Saint-Clair), known professionally as Skread (), is a French hip hop record producer and composer. He is the co-founder in 2006 of the record label 7th Magnitude, with his partner " ...

. It is the 11th track from their debut

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, ''

Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is the debut studio album by Casseurs Flowters, a French hip hop duo consisting of rappers Orelsan and Gringe. It was released on 15 November 2013 by 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music in France and on 1 ...

'', where its title is "22h31 – Fais les backs". The song entered the French Singles Chart at number 115 on 16 November 2013, and has since peaked at that same position, despite not being officially released as a

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. In an interview with ''Booska-P'', Orelsan explained that "les backs" (the backs) in the title refer to the words that background singers or rappers repeat at the end of a line in a song. He also explained that the title "Fais les backs" is a reflection of his and his friends' way of life, stating that "we have the same life."

Music video

The music video for "Fais les backs" was released on March 24, 2014. Throughout most of the video, parts of the song's lyrics pop up as

Orelsan Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan (; sometimes stylized as OrelSan), is a French rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ''Perdu d'av ...

and

Gringe Guillaume Tranchant (; born 20 February 1980), better known by his stage name Gringe (), is a French Rapping, rapper and songwriter. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two st ...

rap them, while making robot-like body movements. The video also features the two rappers dancing in 3D cardboard cut-outs of themselves, as well as 3D cardboard cut-outs of robotic versions of themselves. Towards the end of the video, the two rappers' heads are set on fire, and by the end of the video their entire bodies are burning as they continue rapping and dancing, after which they are seen dropping to the ground to be put off using

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s by members of the camera crew. There's then a polish voice saying it was bad, before asking to do it again.

Track listing

* Digital download # "22h31 – Fais les backs" – 2:42

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fais les backs 2013 songs Orelsan songs Casseurs Flowters songs Songs written by Orelsan Songs written by Gringe Song recordings produced by Skread