Angèle x Justice’s “What You Want”: A Queer Night Out We’ve All Dreamed Of

Projected onto the façade of La Monnaie in Brussels and shot at night in Marseille with dance collective (LA)HORDE, Angèle’s new video for “What You Want” with Justice is a sweaty, iPhone‑filmed ode to desire, queer intimacy, and female power that speaks directly to a generation raised on club culture and consent.

Angèle is back, and she’s claiming the night

After a short break from releasing new music, Belgian pop star Angèle is back in full force with “What You Want”, an intense, sensual track co‑created with Justice that pushes her sound deeper into the club. The song mixes French and English lyrics over a dark, addictive electronic production, placing her soft, precise vocals on top of Justice’s signature tension‑building synths. It feels like a new chapter for an artist who already played the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony and toured the world, but who is now leaning harder into a raw, unpolished energy.

A queer, cinematic love chase in Marseille

The video for “What You Want” was shot entirely at night in the streets of central Marseille, using an iPhone 17 Pro as the main camera. Directed by (LA)HORDE, the radical trio behind the Ballet national de Marseille, the film follows Angèle and dancer Nora Monsecour in a sensual, breathless chase between a laundromat, the street and a bar. Bodies stay close to the lens, sweat and street‑lights blur together, and the choreography turns cruising, kissing and running into a kind of queer urban ballet where female desire is unapologetically at the center.​

Throughout the clip, kisses, touches and loaded glances between women are treated not as spectacle but as the emotional core of the narrative. Far from the male gaze, the video celebrates same‑sex love and intimacy in a way that feels everyday and extraordinary at once, a continuation of Angèle’s long‑standing commitment to inclusivity and queer stories in her work. The apples appearing throughout the video work as a playful symbol of desire and temptation, turning this Marseille night into a contemporary, queer re‑writing of the “forbidden fruit”.

Brussels, La Monnaie and a very queer homecoming

To introduce the clip, Angèle chose to come home: the video premiered in Brussels with a public projection on the façade of La Monnaie opera house, transforming the city center into an open‑air queer cinema for one night. In front of a packed crowd, the singer presented “What You Want” as the start of a new era – one that her team describes as more pop, young, feminine, queer and resolutely contemporary. For Brussels’ LGBTQ+ community, seeing two women loving, dancing and taking over the streets of Marseille beamed onto one of the city’s most iconic buildings felt like a powerful affirmation that their desires belong in the heart of European culture, not at the margins.

Why this video matters for queer audiences

Angèle has been read as a queer pop voice for years, from “Ta reine” to her outspoken feminist and anti‑sexist stance, and “What You Want” deepens that trajectory rather than turning queerness into background decoration. The collaboration with Justice places her at the crossroads of indie‑electro heritage and mainstream pop, opening the door for a wider audience to engage with images of same‑sex desire that are tender, messy and strong at the same time. For young queer people, especially women and non‑binary fans, there is something quietly revolutionary about watching an iPhone‑shot clip where kissing your crush in the street, running through the city at night and owning your hunger is presented as not only possible, but beautiful.

Useful links

• Official “What You Want” video (YouTube) – Angèle feat. Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5s8MdtnbMM​
• Stream “What You Want” (single landing page): https://angelemusic.lnk.to/wyw​
• Angèle official site: https://angele.music​
• Angèle on Instagram: https://Angelemusic.lnk.to/Socials/instagram​
• Angèle on TikTok: https://Angelemusic.lnk.to/Socials/tiktok​
• “What You Want” on Apple Music (video): https://music.apple.com/be/music-video/what-you-want/1879033520

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