[1] The band that would become Metrô was founded in 1978, under the name A Gota Suspensa ("The Suspended Drop"), by six friends (all of them coincidentally French Brazilians) who studied together at the Lycée Pasteur in São Paulo: former model and actress Virginie Boutaud (vocals), Alec Haiat (electric guitar), Marcel Zimberg (sax), Yann Laouenan (keyboards), Xavier Leblanc (bass) and Daniel "Dany" Roland (drums).

They were originally an experimental/progressive rock ensemble heavily inspired by acts such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Novos Baianos and the Tropicalista movement, among others,[2][3] and toured extensively around Brazil to perform in numerous music festivals.

Not being able to recover their fanbase, Metrô split up in 1988, with its members pursuing different projects: Dany Roland and Xavier Leblanc briefly played for Okotô, and after moving temporarily to Brussels, Belgium, Roland and Yann Laouenan formed the alternative rock band The Passengers (not to be mistaken with an earlier, also Belgian post-punk band with the same name formed in the late 1970s) alongside Diako Diakoff, Denis Moulin, TC and Jack Roskam, releasing a fairly successful self-titled album in 1992.

Leblanc later opened a French bistro in São Paulo, La Tartine, while Roland settled in Rio de Janeiro, where he began a career as an actor and sound designer, frequently collaborating with his wife Bia Lessa on her theater plays; the couple also directed two critically acclaimed independent full-length films, Crede-Mi (1997) and Então Morri (2016).

Alec Haiat decided not to partake in the reunion due to "personal reasons" and his involvement with other projects at the time,[2] and so was replaced by Patife Band and Okotô member André Fonseca.

Heavily inspired by folkloric Brazilian songs, samba, bossa nova and MPB both in sonority and lyrical themes, Déjà-Vu counted with the participation of a vast array of guest musicians, such as Preta Gil, Jorge Mautner, Nélson Jacobina, Lucas Santtana, Waly Salomão and Otto.

[12] In May 2015 Metrô announced a new reunion, once more with its original line-up; their comeback show would take place at the Virada Cultural in São Paulo on June 21,[13] but it was ultimately cancelled due to the death of Virginie's husband two weeks prior.

A special 30-year anniversary re-issue of their debut Olhar, originally scheduled to come out in 2015 but delayed due to minor setbacks, was released on August 5, 2016 via Warner Music Group.