What does “un featuring de rêve” mean in French?
Le feat de rêve de Masséo avec Ariana Grande
A2 French listening practice · French from France · Picked for people who know a little
Un featuring de rêve is the standard French music-press phrase for a dream collab. Featuring arrived through American hip-hop and never got translated; French speakers shortened it to feat in writing and slot it into un feat / un featuring unchanged. De rêve is the universal dream modifier (la maison de rêve, le voyage de rêve).
In this Télé 7 Jours interview, French singer Masséo names his featuring de rêve: Ariana Grande or Justin Bieber, the two artists who pushed him to make music. The phrasing is interesting because France usually keeps musical terminology (chant, parole, refrain) French, but borrowed featuring whole and now uses it more often than the older en duo avec.
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- ▸In interviews on Skyrock, NRJ and Mouv' with French rappers and pop singers
- ▸In music-press features by Booska-P, Les Inrockuptibles and Trax Magazine
- ▸In French TV music shows like *The Voice France, Star Academy and Taratata*
- ▸In awards coverage of Victoires de la Musique and the SACEM yearly French-language music report