The song was released as a digital download in Belgium on 13 May 2013 as the lead single from his second studio album Racine carrée (2013).

Father and son are dressed in identical outfits consisting of garishly patterned aqua shirts and shorts, knee socks, and orange bowtie.

The boy looks longingly through the window at other parents and children who likewise wear matching outfits that identify them as pairs: a mother and daughter dressed similarly to Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz do a dance while walking their identical dogs; a garbageman and his son collect rubbish together while doing another dance; while still another father (played by Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis, one of the creators of Krumping) does an aggressive, threatening dance at his reluctant son before the boy finally begins to imitate him.

In frustration, the son joins Stromae on the sofa, assuming a rigid, lifeless position identical to his father's.

[9] The title of the song is an intentionally misspelled form of the phrase Papa, où t'es?, which translates as "Dad, where are you?"

[10] Erza Muqoli performed this song with self-accompaniment on piano for her audition for the ninth season (2014–2015) of the French television show La France a un incroyable talent.

Kenza Blanka covered the song on series 8 of The Voice UK on 9 February 2019, singing it in English and Arabic and French.