It’s the emotions he brings with his voice and aura. It’s not a high pitch emotionless shouting . “Due Vite” is a good example of the power of soulful performance.
I don't care much for Due Vite either - it's not like DV is bad, but it accomplishes things I don't care for in music. I have my sad songs. I have my comfort songs. I have my own coping mechanisms for when I desire a handsome man, or wholesome words being whispered in my ear. I don't
require a Due Vite for any of those things, and that's why I always been lukewarm towards it, at best. It was a competent song though with a well-established narrative by a very charming lead and I respect its skill. It's just not my cup of tea. When I listen to music, I just look for other things.
Mon Amour is intended to be like Due Vite, but it's not even close to its level. Its narrative is
wretched. Like, he fucks up his relationship, she not only leaves him, but breaks off all contact AND MOVES AWAY FROM HIS CITY and yet i'm supposed to believe he isn't sure whether she likes him or not? Dude, I don't know her and yet I already know the answer. MOVE ON.
Sadly, he does not, and spends three minutes lamenting it, with a surprisingly lack of dignity. The lyrics establish we're right at the end of a toxic relationship, where HE fails at introspection or understand her need for personal space. And that realization KILLS all the potential romance Mon Amour could have had for me. It makes me want to root AGAINST the person singing it.
Instrumentally, the song is deliberately stripped down for the purpose of vocals and lyrics. Love rich instrumentation, the song offers none. That's too bad. The lyrics suck and the vocals, well... loud is a pitch, not an emotion. Slimane needs to be careful because he sometimes strays into the former without transitioning into the latter.
The song feels like it was specifically put together for people who don't know French, but could be swayed by something specifically French-sounding or a big vocal that (highly contemptuous)
Makes Them Cry. I personally find it phoney and insidious but hey that is (thankfully for France) just me.
Theoretically that voice COULD win Eurovision. But if it does not, can we at least all agree that Mon Amour as a composition fucking
suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks?