Turning in the empty or tourner dans le vide, is in the terms of this song sung by Indila is treading water / staying afloat. Learning to live with a love that drowns you is something that only the strong can do and at the barest minimum, keeping one's head above the water of emotions is the most difficult. This song espouses about a young woman who is deeply in love with a working class man and whose passion has her gasping for air:
Qui peut bien me dire, ce qui est arrivé? (Who could tell me, what happened?)
Depuis qu’il est parti, je n’ai pu me relever (Since he left I could not recover again)
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The European Music Awards for Emerging Artists has pegged her music as "a mix of pop and French variété, creating unique songs and her live performances invite you into to her magical world of Indian and North African influenced music. Of Indian, Algerian, Cambodian and Egyptian descent, she was born in France. More than 10 million people watched the video for her hit single Dernière Danse, which features the singer in an Amélie-like fairytale."
It is this very type of unique music that one can see in Tourner Dans Le Vide, where in the official music video, the fairytale-like element is maintained as the persona almost literally spins about in the empty space, a metaphorical way of showing that she is attempting to keep her head above the troubled waters of her heart. In the end, she maintains that she will only love the troubled working class man, and not the rich tyrant when she finally gives in and sinks below the waves.
