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Bleu d’Alpie — Lady Alpine Blue · Eurovision
Blue
d'Alpie
Lady Alpine Blue · Eurovision 2001 → 2026
A cult song from Eurovision 2001 — resurrected in French, rebuilt for the dancefloor. Twenty-five years later, the song finds a second life.
In 2001, Mumiy Troll performed Lady Alpine Blue at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. The song quietly disappeared — but its creator, Ilya Lagutenko, never forgot it. Twenty-five years later, from Los Angeles, he reached out to Quebec singer Julia Daigle and producer Polarroi with a single idea: to revive it in French and bring it back to the dancefloors.
The result is a collision between Montreal neo‑romantic pop, Los Angeles electronic production and European alt‑dance — carried by Saint Homard Music, a new label associated with the creative community of Toile Blanche in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. An original French-language work that both celebrates and reinvents its model.
« Bleu d'Alpie (Lady Alpine Blue) » is an original creation in the French language that revisits one of the most singular entries of Eurovision 2001 — performed at the time by Mumiy Troll in Copenhagen. This is not a cover. It's a reinvention : new production, new language, new energy — designed for contemporary dancefloors while preserving the emotional core of the original.
The track fuses the French-language neo‑romantic pop of Julia Daigle with the electronic production of Polarroi, creating a sound at the crossroads of Montreal, Los Angeles and alternative Europe. It is accompanied by a short film Produced and directed by a collective of Québec-based women artists, who develop a dense, cinematic visual universe rich in references and symbols.
Ilya Lagutenko is the founder of Mumiy Troll, the Russian alternative rock band that represented its country at Eurovision 2001 with Lady Alpine Blue in Copenhagen. Based in Los Angeles for over 20 years, he also founded V-ROX — a showcase festival for Pacific artists, held in Vladivostok from 2013 to 2020, a unique bridge between the independent scenes of Asia, Russia and the West. In 2026, fascinated by the vitality of the Québec independent scene, he contacted Julia Daigle to create a francophone musical project together. He introduced Julia Daigle to Polarroi — and Bleu d'Alpie was born from this transatlantic encounter.
“A cultural bridge between Montréal, Los Angeles and Europe — which reflects the vitality of local artistic scenes and the blurring of boundaries between music, film, performance and visual storytelling.”— Official press release · 2026
The project carries a rare story: an Eurovision 2001 song reinterpreted 25 years later in French, initiated by the original artist. It’s an immediately accessible and distinctive narrative angle — for the press, cultural media and programmes with a strong editorial identity.
Polarroi's production builds a bridge between Los Angeles electronic pop and Montreal's neo‑romantic sensibility. The track is crafted for radio, the club and playlists — dancefloor energy carried by a distinctive Francophone vocal.
Sung entirely in French, the track sits within Francophone programming while carrying a genuine international dimension — Montréal, Los Angeles, Saint‑Paul‑de‑Vence, and a European heritage via Mumiy Troll and Eurovision.
The track is accompanied by a dense, cinematic short film rich in references (Kate Bush, David Lynch, Polanski). A powerful visual piece for media that programme beyond sound alone — ideal for TV shows, editorial content and video platforms.
Montreal singer and composer, Julia Daigle is co‑founder of Paupière, a neo‑romantic Montreal band known for its cinematic, poetic universe. An established solo artist, she is developing a singular voice that navigates between intimacy and pop scale. Her connection with Lagutenko was forged via the V‑ROX network, following Paupière's performance at the Zandari Festa in Seoul in 2019. On this project, she co‑wrote, co‑produced and co‑directed the short film.
DJ, producer and musician based in Los Angeles, Polarroi crafts a cross‑genre electronic music whose work spans languages and cultures. His recent collaborations include Julia Daigle, Brianna Alomar and Olivia Morreale. His productions blend contemporary electronic production with distinctive melodic songwriting — a sound that reaches a growing international audience on streaming platforms and social media. He appears in the short film.
- 2001Lady Alpine Blue is performed by Mumiy Troll at the Eurovision in Copenhagen. The song — modest in the final standings — lingers in the memory of its creator, Ilya Lagutenko.
- 2013–20Lagutenko establishes V-ROX, a showcase festival for Pacific artists in Vladivostok — a rare bridge between the independent scenes of Asia, Russia and the West.
- 2019Paupière performs at Zandari Festa in Seoul. Julia Daigle meets a booker connected to the V-ROX network — the first link in the chain that would lead to this collaboration.
- 2026Lagutenko — based in Los Angeles — contacts Daigle with the vision of a French-language musical project inspired by the Quebec independent scene. He introduces her to Polarroi. The song takes shape.
- 2026Single and short film released via Saint Homard Music, a new label associated with the creative community of Toile Blanche in Saint-Paul-de-Vence — a crossroads for artists, chefs and musicians from the Americas and Europe.
The track is accompanied by a short film produced and directed by a collective of Québécois women artists : Julia Daigle, Pascale Boissy and Sophia Graziani. Together, they built the visual world around the song — with Max Hart Barnwell as director of photography and Paula Bourgie on editing and art direction. Polarroi appears on screen.
The film develops a dense, symbolic cinematic identity, woven with subtle cultural references. An artistic work in its own right, designed to resonate far beyond mere promotion of the single.
Reserved for interviews, editorial angles and follow-up editorial content — these interpretative keys don't appear in the initial press release but make strong editorial hooks for journalists.
- Kate Bush — The Red Shoes: Visual and choreographic references integrated into the staging and performers' movements.
- David Lynch — Mulholland Drive: Narrative echoes and structural cues woven throughout the film — a logic of gradual revelation.
- Lagutenko Archives 2001: Period Eurovision footage integrated into the edit — a temporal bridge between the song's two lives.
- Rosemary's Baby (Polanski, 1968): Title typography directly inspired by the graphic design of Polanski's film.
New independent label associated with Toile Blanche in Saint-Paul-de-Vence — a creative residency and cultural crossroads where artists, chefs and musicians from the Americas and Europe converge. Saint Homard Music embodies a vision of music as a cultural bridge: rooted in the community, open to the world. Bleu d'Alpie is one of its first releases.
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- Official cover (high resolution)
- Artist press photos
- Audio track (MP3 / WAV)
- Full press release
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