The closing track of Vague Scélérate, “Contre-Corps,” feels less like an ending and more like a descent — a final, intoxicating plunge into the album’s deepest waters. It’s the tart cherry on an already rich, indulgent cake: unexpected, slightly sour, yet utterly satisfying.

From its opening moments, the song draws us into a humid, kaleidoscopic soundscape — lush with rhythm and color. But before we can settle in, the ground shifts. The groove sharpens, urgency rises, and we’re swept into a storm of jagged rock textures that crash spectacularly into a jungle-like finale. That last eruption — wild, cinematic, and chaotic — took inspiration from two unlikely sources: a nocturnal jungle alive with unseen creatures, and the unmistakable pulse of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club.” The result is a delirious fusion of menace and euphoria, primal and playful all at once.

At its core, “Contre-Corps” captures a feeling we all recognize — that moment at a party when the rhythm suddenly escapes you, when words stumble, and you find yourself dancing alone amid the crowd. It’s a song about social vertigo, about the thin line between connection and alienation, and about how sometimes losing the beat is its own strange kind of liberation.

With his masterful mix, Adrien Chappelle stitches together these contradictions — the festive and the forlorn, the lucid and the dreamlike — into something seamless. “Contre-Corps” isn’t just the finale of Vague Scélérate; it’s the album’s mirror, reflecting every pulse and paradox that came before it.

A song for the outsiders on the dance floor — and for anyone who’s ever found beauty in the blur.