Le chant des sirènes is the second studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released on 26 September 2011 by 3ème Bureau, 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music.

In the end it helped me.The album is called Le chant des sirènes (French for "the siren's song"), because it is "at an age and in an era where there are many temptations, many addicitions, a lot more than in the time of our grandparents.

[3] In a similar fashion he explains the title of his album: It's easy, on Facebook and Twitter, when you're a bit known, when you're not doing well, you say it, and people you don't even know come in to bring your morale back up.

On this album, I was more demanding, more ambitious.In an interview with Les Inrocks, Orelsan says that he didn't know what to talk about anymore.

He explains, "In my first album, I talked about the previous ten years of my life, and at the time I almost never lived at all: I did a tour, sparked a controversy and banged three groupies (laughs)."

"[6] In another interview, Orelsan explains that the album's title song "Le chant des sirènes" was "a breaking point".

"Le chant des sirènes" helped me to get to the end because it talks about reality mixed with fiction.

I had to invent everything.According to the rapper, the song "La petite marchande de porte-clefs" is one that "dragged on for a long time".

In finding a subject matter for the song, he explains that he came across a report on the post-Olympic Games in Beijing and what happened to people who were exploited there, and also saw something on the kidnappings of children in China.

I made something sad and a bit wicked out of it on these people who we come across in the subway at times without knowing where they're coming from.For the track "1990", which was initially called "Dans les années 1990" ("In the 1990s"), Orelsan wanted to "try and write a track today with references of the time."

For Éric Mandel of Journal du Dimanche, Orelsan "drives the point home with a stunning song: "Suicide social".

It alternates trash humour and existential questions, homage to the origins of rap and the art of storytelling.

"[12] Musical blog Goûte Mes Disques says, "Le chant des sirènes appears as a light and shade: an album punctuated by some flashes of genius and, unfortunately, also by several tracks that could be described as rather ordinary.

"[14] According to Désinvolt, since Orelsan released his first album, "time did its course, the artist came of age and on Le chant des sirènes, the themes approached become more personal, more thoughtful, evolution is assumed until the end and finally it is all of his work which gains depth.

"[15] On 3 March 2012, Le chant des sirènes won the Victoire de la Musique award for Urban Music Album of the Year.

[22] One month after release, Le chant des sirènes was certified gold in France with over 50,000 copies sold.