24 May 2024 - 0 Comments

Miss French is very pleased to share her new album The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French Part Two with you today.

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But who is Miss French?

She has toured 40 countries over the last 20 years, taking Pacific music to the world as the manager of internationally acclaimed South Pacific band, Te Vaka. After seeing Te Vaka signed to Walt Disney Pictures for the animated musical feature film, Moana, Julie Foai – aka Miss French – realised that her vision for Te Vaka was achieved (for now).

The time seemed right for her to pick up where she left off in her own musical journey. Foai's debut album The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French Part One, an album of original songs in the vein of jazz, blues and cabaret, was released in 2016 to a very warm reception.

"I loved this album through and through...The lyrics, the harmony...it is a delight to listen to. Well done to Miss French." – Amazon listener review

After eight years, and many adventures, Miss French now launches The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French Part Two into the world.

Here are a couple of tasters of songs from the album:

Miss French Far Away promo clip

Miss French Imperceptibly promo clip

Both Part One and Two were produced by internationally acclaimed songwriter Opetaia Foai, who is currently signed to Walt Disney Pictures and working alongside Mark Mancina on Moana 2 (due for release on November 27th this year). He also co-wrote a number of songs on both albums.

Miss French's new single Coffee's Getting Cold is also out today, following on from By Their Actions (but in a very different style).

Coffee's Getting Cold
"I’m a big fan of the Blues – artists like Billie Holliday and Robert Johnson. On this track I was lucky enough to have Opetaia play the blues guitar for me which makes this track super special. Having double bass, trombones and a full string section together with some of Sydney’s best singers on BVs really gets the track rocking. “Don’t let your coffee get cold” is a metaphor for “don’t let your dreams get old, don’t wait until it is too late, just do it”. – Miss French

By Their Actions
The first single from The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French Part Two, By Their Actions is a reggae track, and little different to the rest of the album.

"When I joined my first band at age 18, Bob Marley and the Wailers had just released Catch a Fire. Instrumentally, this is not your classic reggae track. As well as bass, drums, keyboard and electric guitars, it has flute, clarinet, saxophone, violins, a viola and a cello. Having Olivia (daughter Olivia Foai, who sings the opening song Tulou Tagaloa in the Moana movie) improvise a vocal outro at the end was great too. To me, the message of the song is simple but important. Take time to observe what people do rather than just listening to what they tell you." – Miss French

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