It was always a great challenge: how can I make a dreampop album that's still very Alcest, but not a ripoff - how to keep the core.

It was always a great challenge: how can I make a dreampop album that's still very Alcest, but not a ripoff - how to keep the core.

There are so many bands always doing the same album over and over; I want to evolve, try new things.

You just have to be adventurous and that's the way I like to work. I think that's the role of the artist, to do something difficult, doing it first for himself. That's my definition of sincerity.

Every time I make a record, it's a gem with different facets, and every time I like to explore a different side. The core is the same, it never changes, but I try to create a different shape.

Sometimes when you record an album in the end, there are things here and there you regret production wise or in composition.

I always tried to make a diverse album in terms of emotions and sounds.