Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top
Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top (; stylised as CHANSONS d'ENNUI TIP-TOP) is a 2021 studio album by Jarvis Cocker, released on 22 October 2021 by ABKCO Music & Records. It is a covers album, featuring twelve cover versions of French pop songs. It serves a companion release to the soundtrack for Wes Anderson's 2021 film The French Dispatch. The songs are performed by Cocker in character as Tip-Top, a singer mentioned in the film. The album is often titled simply Chansons d'Ennui and credited to Tip-Top. Background and recording Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top features twelve cover versions of French pop songs by artists including Françoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Dutronc. It is a companion release to the soundtrack for Wes Anderson's 2021 film The French Dispatch. Cocker's cover of "Aline" is featured on the film's soundtrack. In the film, Timothée Chalamet's character sits in the café called Les Sans Blague's while listening to Cocker, as Tip-Top, singing "Aline". The project began with the recording of "Aline" at AIR Studios in London, accompanied by Anderson who guided the process. Anderson and his music supervisor Randall Poster suggested Cocker make an album of Tip-Top's greatest hits. Cocker and Anderson decided to collaborate