Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs (album)

Prior to the official launch of the album, four singles were put out. "Rémora" serves as the lead single, which was released on February 6, 2020. She wrote the song after reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, in which he mentioned the remora, a kind of fish that lives on other bigger fishes, using the disk on its head to attach to them. Pelgag explained: "The song "Rémora" is about dependency to a toxic, bloodsucking relationship, to which you hang on even though it drags you down to the bottom of yourself. Eventually, you have to heal from it." Its music video was directed by Baz.[8][9]

"J’aurai les cheveux longs" is the second single, released on March 30, 2020, which is about "reconciliation." The string section was arranged by Canadian composer Owen Pallett.[10]

"Umami" is the third single, released on May 5, 2020. She wrote the song after rereading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. She said: "I felt like I was this old man going into himself, for I don’t know how long. I wanted to return with answers. I knew that life had the potential to be greater than what we’re being offered."[11]

"La maison jaune" is the fourth single, released on June 4, 2020. She refers this song to the house that Vincent van Gogh lived when he suffered from depression. According to Pelgag, the song is about "the moment when you finally leave this place in the hope of never returning there." The string and brass sections were arranged by Pelgag for the first time. The music video was directed by Baz.[12]

On November 12, 2020, "Mélamine" was released as the fifth single. Pelgag revealed the meaning of the song through her website, saying it is about "when just being yourself isn’t enough anymore, when your vision of yourself and of others is distorted, and your pain seems unique and overwhelming. And finally, the struggle to free yourself from this despair that has become casually comfortable." The music video for the song was directed by Soleil Denault.[13]