There’s a certain kind of nostalgia that doesn’t simply look backwards—it illuminates the present. On La Vie Side B, French indie songwriter INDOLORE invites listeners into that space, uncovering the hidden half of life where vulnerability, memory, longing and wonder quietly coexist.
Released today, June 5, La Vie Side B is a four-track collection that feels less like a continuation and more like a rediscovery. It explores the moments we often keep to ourselves: the people we still love, the places we miss, the dreams we once carried so effortlessly, and the innocence that somehow survives beneath adulthood’s layers.
“This is the B-side of our lives,” explains Indolore. “The side where we feel vulnerable, where we want so badly to dare. To dare to tell the people and places we loved that we will always love them, that we miss them terribly.”
It’s a powerful concept, one that transforms the traditional idea of a “B-side” into something deeply personal. Rather than discarded material or alternate takes, La Vie Side B represents the emotional undercurrents of existence—the memories and feelings that continue to shape us long after we’ve moved on.
At the heart of the EP sits the irresistible new single “Manhattan 89”, accompanied by a striking new video. Equal parts dream sequence and time capsule, the track channels the neon-lit romance of the late 1980s through Indolore’s distinctive lens of reflective melancholy. Weird, sexy, cinematic and unapologetically nostalgic, it has all the ingredients to become one of this summer’s most memorable slow-dance anthems.
The song is rooted in a vivid personal memory.
“I dedicate this track to my teenage self, a young French boy who, in the summer of 1989, slipped away from his parents’ watchful eye to enjoy the most exciting two hours of his life in the heart of New York City. Well done kid, you deserve it!”
That blend of autobiography and universal longing gives “Manhattan 89” its emotional resonance. It captures the feeling of standing on the threshold of possibility, when every street corner feels like the beginning of an adventure and the world seems infinitely larger than yourself.
The EP follows the moving single “Terry,” a tribute to the late Terry Reid, whom Indolore considered both a friend and an idol. Together, the songs form a collection that balances grief, gratitude, remembrance and hope with remarkable grace.
Tracklisting
Manhattan 89 (4:35)
Terry (3:35)
So Long (2:32)
Hotel Chelsea (2:05)
Known offstage as Guillaume Simon, Indolore has built an impressive global audience through understated honesty rather than grand gestures. Drawing on a luminous melancholy shaped by his Irish heritage, he creates intimate acoustic landscapes where delicate guitar and piano arrangements support his soothing vocal delivery.
With more than five million streams across Spotify and Apple Music, Indolore’s success has been quietly earned—one heartfelt song at a time. La Vie Side B continues that journey, offering listeners a chance to reconnect with forgotten parts of themselves.
Perhaps that’s the EP’s central question: what if the things we’ve been searching for all along were waiting on the other side? Not at the end of the story, but at the beginning.
