Charlotte Cardin Kicks off New Era With Francophone Single ‘Tant Pis Pour Elle’

Charlotte Cardin is entering a new era.

The Montreal-born, Paris-based singer has returned with a bold francophone track, “Tant Pis Pour Elle,” out today.

The song — which translates in English as “too bad for her” — boasts a razor-sharp production that amplifies Cardin’s raw emotion. It’s an anthem of visceral freedom that can resonate on both an intimate and universal level. It’s the follow-up to her 2024 EP, A Week in Nashville.

Co-written by Cardin and her collaborators Jason Brando and Ellie Blondeau, “Tant Pis Pour Elle” marks her return to francophone singing.

While Cardin usually sings in English, she spoke about the desire to write in French after her 2023 album, 99 Nights, which peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Canadian Albums chart. “I just felt the need to write music in French because after ‘99 Nights,’ we still felt creative and inspired,” she said in the Billboard Canada Woman of the Year 2024 cover story.

Preceding her sophomore album, she released a francophone EP, Une semaine à Paris, which featured the track “Feel Good,” a bilingual song that peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, and the French version of her 99 Nights hit “Confetti.”

Last March, the Anglo version of “Confetti” debuted on the Billboard U.S.Adult Pop Airplay chart, remaining there for 16 weeks. It was her first time charting across the border. Cardin is a rare Francophone Canadian artist – taking a path forged by Celine Dion — to break through in English-speaking Canada and America.

"Being able to export my music makes me feel so good,“ she said to Billboard Canada. “It's even the thing that makes me the happiest. Ever since I was little, I wanted to make [music] my career, and it makes me even happier to know that it can do good for other people.” In March, Cardin was Billboard’s Global Woman of the Year recipient.

Now, she’s back in full force. “Tant Pis Pour Elle” shares the strength of “Feel Good,” but carves out a new era, driven by fearless audacity and uncompromising authenticity.