Listen to this when
La Bohème
for the broke, beautiful years we'll never get back 🎨
Who it's for
Aznavour's signature song looks back on being a young, poor, happy artist in Montmartre, then returning to find it all changed.
Bittersweet, wistful→Tenderly accepting
Feelings it meets
What it is
"La Bohème" is a 1965 chanson by Charles Aznavour, with lyrics by Jacques Plante. It was written for the operetta Monsieur Carnaval and became Aznavour's signature song. A painter looks back on his youth in Montmartre, when he was poor and often hungry but happy and free to invent himself as an artist.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Joy and Sorrow”
