"It's the icing on the cake," said the singer of the group, Flore Benguigui, to AFP during an interview conducted in English.
"It is magic."
The pop group, founded in Paris in 2012, is taking part in Coachella as part of the tour for their second album "Taku Tsubo".
"The world is different from that of 20 years ago... I think people are more open to different languages. They are perhaps a little more curious", analyzes keyboard player Charles de Boisseguin about the success of the Empress, which also performed in New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago before arriving in the Californian desert.
The singer of the Empress, Flore Benguigui, during the Coachella festival, in Indio, California, on April 16, 2022 VALERIE MACON AFP
The French language "is also perhaps a bit mysterious", he adds.
The group, which had only one album to its credit before the pandemic, took advantage of the hiatus to record a new one in a studio made by its members.
"Cry of joy"
The return to the stage after the lifting of restrictions linked to Covid-19 was electric, confides Flore Benguigui, fluorescent pink bucket hat screwed on her head.
The French group l'Impératrice on the Coachella stage, in Indio, California, on April 16, 2022 VALERIE MACON AFP
"You could really feel the energy, some people were downright crying with joy... They were really welcoming and relieved to finally see live music," she says.
"Every show is different and we were so happy to be here at Coachella."
Hundreds of people came to watch the Empress' performance on Saturday, lasting around forty minutes on one of the festival's seven stages.
Fans attend the Empress concert during the Coachella festival in Indio, California on April 16, 2022 VALERIE MACON AFP
The group plays again during the second weekend of Coachella, before continuing its tour on the American West Coast, in Oakland and Los Angeles.
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