Stup Virus is the fourth album by French Alternative Hip Hop trio Stupeflip. It was funded through the crowdfunding platform Ulule.
The Crou has a new spokesperson : Sandrine Cacheton, a synthetic voice which talks about how the Crou has become some sort of scientology-like cult. Meanwhile, Pop-Hip is burning in Stup Hell and we might know more about the origins of Stupeflip thanks to the track "1993".
Tracklist
- "Intro" (0:41)
- "The Antidote" (3:18)
- "Creepy Slugs" (3:52)
- "Cosmocrou (Brochure)" (0:45)
- "La Seule Alternative" (3:09)
- "The Solution" (4:03)
- "Knights of Chaos" (1:14)
- "Stup Virus" (3:13)
- "Des Nouvelles de Pop-Hip" (0:35)
- "Lonely Loverz" (3:33)
- "Understup" (3:37)
- "Stalactites" (2:54)
- "Fou-fou" (0:45)
- "1993" (2:52)
- "Grosse Tête" (0:47)
- "Crou Anthem" (3:04)
- "Forcefield" (2:10)
- "Le Trou Noir" (5:05)
- "Pleure pas Stupeflip" note (15:24)
This album provides examples of:
- Album Closure: "Pleure Pas Stupeflip" starts with lyrics spoken by a fan who says goodbye to Stupeflip. The third part of the track, "Fan de Stup" is also a reminiscence of the band's career.
- Album Intro Track: The appropriately titled "Intro" presents Sandrine Cacheton.
- Album Title Drop: On the Title Track and casually throughout the album
- Bilingual Bonus: Sandrine Cacheton also speaks in English on "Stup Virus" and "Fan de Stup".
- Call-Back
- The Title Track samples bits of "Krou Kontr Atack" and "Apocalypse 894".
- "Fou-Fou" samples vocals from "Apocalypse !!!"
- "1993" samples various tracks from Stupeflip's first two albums
- On top of sampling lyrics from the track "Stupeflip", the lyrics also talk about the genesis behind the song.
- Cadillac talks about a humiliating experience where he felt like a "poor comical clown".
- The scatologic lyrics of "The Cadillac Theory" are sampled.
- Cadillac also mentions Casimir, which is a throwback to "Ouest Region's Inquisitors" (from Stup Religion) and the event where he found out that Casimir is just a costume worn by actors.
And if one day you find yourself inside CasimirThat's not the rule, you need to get out! - Catchphrase: "C'est vraiment très sympa ce truc" note said by Sandrine Cacheton throughout the album.
- Continuity Nod
- "Understup" references the fact that King Ju used to decapitate flies when he was a kid, something he previously mentionned on the first two Stupeflip albums.
- "Le Trou Noir" mentions events following the track "Lettre à Mylène" (from Stupeflip's previous album The Hypnoflip Invasion). Mylène still hasn't written back to King Ju but he understands.
- This is also the fourth album by Stupeflip to mention Mylène.
- In real life, a collaborator of Mylène revealed that she didn't care about Stupeflip.
- Epic Rocking: "Pleure pas Stupeflip" is a track split into three musical parts for the first ten minutes, and a last spoken one where Sandrine Cacheton keeps talking about the Crou in French and English.
- Face on the Cover: While it has been argued that the pink figure on the cover art is King Ju, the cover of the Ulule edition shows King Ju with an orange water gun.
- Fading into the Next Song: The last minute of "Trou Noir" contains the instrumental to "Pleure Pas Stupeflip", the next track.
- Limited Lyrics Song
- The only lyrics on "Grosse Tête" are "Grosse Tête, Jean-Luc Le-" repeated.
- Longest Song Goes Last: The album ends with "Pleure pas Stupeflip" which lasts over 15 minutes and 24 seconds.
- One-Word Title: "Intro", "Understup", "Stalactites" and "Forcefield".
- Product Placement: On "Trou Noir", Reverb Man mentions the Baff popcorn brand.
- Sampling: "Crou Anthem" samples Fryderyk Chopin's "Fantaisie Impromptu".
- Shout-Out: See the dedicated page.
- Special Guest
- King Ju's niece sings on "Understup" and "Fou-Fou".
- Sandrine Cacheton raps on "Crou Anthem".
- Synth-Pop: "Lonely Loverz".
- Take That!: "Grosse Tête" is a short track where King Ju calls French humorist Jean-Luc Lemoine a bighead twenty times.
- Take That, Audience!: On "Pleure pas Stupeflip", Sandrine Cacheton mentions that fans of Stupeflip ("rabbits") only know their song "Stupeflip Vite !!!". She also calls the listener an idiot on two occasions.
- Title by Year: "1993".
- Title Track
- The Walrus Was Paul: "La Seule Alternative" and "Fan de Stup" mention the fact that the Crou is built on a mystery and doesn't make sense on purpose.You'd like to talk with meAnd tell you about the Stup eraBut I don't know as much as youAnd don't worry, it's only lies
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: "Lonely Loverz".