“Bye Bye Macron”: Claude Semal’s biting satire

Taken from Le Treizième album, released on Igloo Records, the track fits squarely within the great tradition of satirical political song, where humour is wielded like a scalpel.

Driven by a rapid-fire lyrical style, the song offers a caustic inventory: the repeated use of Article 49.3, class contempt, police violence, pension reform, media collusion, and vertical power. Semal deftly juggles contemporary references, from the Yellow Vests to star editorialists, twisting presidential catchphrases to expose their arrogance and absurdity.

True to the spirit of the lyrics, the video amplifies this political charge through an unfiltered visual approach, where caricature and excess become tools of dissent. Beneath the overt mockery, “Bye Bye Macron” captures a collective sense of exhaustion and reminds us that song can still be a space for resistance, memory, and corrosive laughter.

A sung farewell, certainly—but above all a spotlight on a presidency that has profoundly shaped—and divided—contemporary France.