L’Impératrice release their new album Pulsar on June 7th via Microqlima. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the Parisian group have shared the track “Any Way,” featuring Maggie Rogers. Pulsar bridges hip-hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house. It is their first album to feature guest vocalists Maggie Rogers, rapper / producer Erick the Architect and Fabiana Martone.

“Any Way” is paired with a visual that takes fans on an intergalactic-meets-terrestrial adventure, directed by Zite and Léo. Rogers was a fan of L’Impératrice before they contacted her, having seen the band stateside several times. She arrived at their studio, listened to the track, took notes, and nailed her version in a few hours and as many takes. It is a luxurious love song, about savoring the moment rather than fretting the future, at least too much—again, and maybe for better and worse, the American way.

“The French way is that we are pretty slow people,” says the group’s founder, Charles de Boisseguin, smiling. “We really take time to make things good. But Maggie Rogers showed up and showed us her skills and the American way. It was a magical moment.” Rogers adds, “L’Impératrice has been one of my favorite bands for a few years now, so when we started talking about working together on some music, I jumped at the opportunity to travel to Paris and create with them. The song came together really naturally and effortlessly in one afternoon and I really think it represents this perfect hybrid of what we both do. I’m so happy it’s out in the world.”

L’Impératrice
Pulsar
Track Listing

01 – Cosmogonie
02 – Amour Ex Machina
03 – Me Da Igual
04 – Love from the Other Side
05 – Danza Marilù (feat. Fabiana Martone)
06 – Any Way (feat. Maggie Rogers)
07 – Déjà-vue
08 – Girl!
09 – Sweet & Sublime (feat. Erick the Architect)
10 – Pulsar

L’IMPÉRATRICE 2024 TOUR DATES

June 7 Elbjazz – Hamburg, DE
June 8 Minuit avant la nuit – Amiens, FR
June 9 Francofolies – Esch/Alzette, LU
June 14 Heartland – Egeskov, DK
June 15 Pipfest – Oslo, NO
June 22 Les Nuits de Fourvière – Fourvière, FR
June 29 Europavox – Clermont-Ferrand, FR
June 30 Garorock – Marmande, FR
July 4 Open’er – Gdynia, PL
July 6 Down The Rabbit Hole – Ewijk, NL
July 7 Beauregard – Hérouville Saint-Clair, FR
July 10 Les Déferlantes – Barcarès, FR
July 11 Les Vieilles Charrues – Carhaix, FR
July 12 Les Nuits Secrètes – Aulnoye Aymeries, FR
July 13 Décibulles – Neuve Eglise, FR
July 27 Paléo – Nyon, CH
August 2 – Ronquières Festival – Ronquières, BE
August 7 Sziget – Budapest, HU
August 9 Way Out Fest – Goteborg, SE
August 11 Flow Fest – Helsinki, FI
August 15 Paredes De Coura – Paredes De Coura, PT
Sep 5 The Anthem – Washington, DC
Sep 6 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA *SOLD OUT
Sep 7 Terminal 5 – New York, NY *SOLD OUT
Sep 8 Terminal 5 – New York, NY *SECOND SHOW ADDED
Sep 10 MTELUS – Montreal, QC *SOLD OUT
Sep 11 MTELUS – Montreal, QC SECOND SHOW ADDED
Sep 13 Rebel – Toronto, ON
Sept 14 The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
Sep 16 The Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO *SOLD OUT
Sep 17 The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 20 Malkin Bowl – Vancouver, BC
Sep 21 Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
Sep 22 Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Sep 24 Fox Theater – Oakland, CA *SOLD OUT
Sep 25 Fox Theater – Oakland, CA *SECOND SHOW ADDED
Sep 27 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall
Oct 11 L’Aéronef – Lille, France
Oct 12 Stereolux – Nantes, France *SOLD OUT
Oct 17 Le Rocher De Palmer – Bordeaux, France *SOLD OUT
Oct 18 Le Bikini – Toulouse, France
Oct 19 La Sirène – La Rochelle, France *SOLD OUT
Oct 25 Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, Belgium
Oct 26 Den Atelier – Luxembourg
Oct 27 Carlswerk Victoria – Cologne, Germany
Oct 31 Razzmatazz – Barcelona, Spain
Nov 1 La Riviera – Madrid, Spain
Nov 6 Alcatraz – Milan, Italy
Nov 7 La Belle Électrique – Grenoble, France *SOLD OUT
Nov 8 L’Autre Canal – Nancy, France
Nov 22 L’Olympia – Paris, France *SOLD OUT
Nov 23 L’Olympia – Paris, France *SOLD OUT
Nov 26 Roundhouse – London, UK *SOLD OUT
Nov 28 Melkweg – Amsterdam, Netherlands *SOLD OUT
Nov 29 Melkweg – Amsterdam, Netherlands *SOLD OUT
Dec 1 – Grosse Freiheit 36 – Hamburg, Germany
Dec 8 Columbiahalle – Berlin, Germany
Dec 9 Roxy – Prague, Czech Republic
Dec 11 Gasometer – Vienna, Austria
Dec 12 X-Tra – Zurich, Switzerland
Dec 13 Thônex Live – Geneva, Switzerland

pre-order Pulsar HERE