[3] It was recorded at studio Mega, Avenue Maréchal-Maunoury, in Paris (XVIe arrondissement) under the leadership of Thierry Rogen, a renowned sound engineer who had already worked in particular with Michel Sardou.

[4] The cover of the album shows Farmer turned sideways, accompanied by the puppet used in the music video for "Sans contrefaçon".

The album has a melancholy and sad tone, and deals with death, suicide, madness with gloomy and desperate texts.

[12] Its songs were described as "powerful, sometimes catchy and often spellbinding compositions" (Paris Nuit),[13] whose texts are "chiseled but perfectly licentious" (France Soir).

[17] The journalist Caroline Bee said this album is "an ambiguous, bright, romantic and beautifully produced gem".

[8] A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media praised Ainsi soit je..., ranking it as "Album of the week", and added: "A first-class electro-based pop LP... That sophisticated sensuality!

[19] Rock Land qualified this album as a "second collection of bad thoughts with a spectacular flippantly", whose "B-side is flat".