Music / Stup Virus

Stup Virus is the fourth album by French Alternative Hip Hop trio Stupeflip. It was funded through the crowdfunding platform Ulule.

The Crou has a new spokesperson : Sandrine Cacheton, a synthetic voice which talks about how the Crou has become some sort of scientology-like cult. Meanwhile, Pop-Hip is burning in Stup Hell and we might know more about the origins of Stupeflip thanks to the track "1993".

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Tracklist

1. "Intro" (0:41)
2. "The Antidote" (3:18)
3. "Creepy Slugs" (3:52)
4. "Cosmocrou (Brochure)" (0:45)
5. "La Seule Alternative" (3:09)
6. "The Solution" (4:03)
7. "Knights of Chaos" (1:14)
8. "Stup Virus" (3:13)
9. "Des Nouvelles de Pop-Hip" (0:35)
10. "Lonely Loverz" (3:33)
11. "Understup" (3:37)
12. "Stalactites" (2:54)
13. "Fou-fou" (0:45)
14. "1993" (2:52)
15. "Grosse Tête" (0:47)
16. "Crou Anthem" (3:04)
17. "Forcefield" (2:10)
18. "Le Trou Noir" (5:05)
19. "Pleure pas Stupeflip" ^note two hidden tracks follow this one: "Tales from the Crou" and "Fan de Stup" (15:24)

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This album provides examples of:

• Album Closure: "Pleure Pas Stupeflip" starts with lyrics spoken by a fan who says goodbye to Stupeflip. The third part of the track, "Fan de Stup" is also a reminiscence of the band's career.
• Album Intro Track: The appropriately titled "Intro" presents Sandrine Cacheton.
• Album Title Drop: On the Title Track and casually throughout the album
• Bilingual Bonus: Sandrine Cacheton also speaks in English on "Stup Virus" and "Fan de Stup".
• Call-Back
  • The Title Track samples bits of "Krou Kontr Atack" and "Apocalypse 894".
  • "Fou-Fou" samples vocals from "Apocalypse !!!"
  • "1993" samples various tracks from Stupeflip's first two albums
    • On top of sampling lyrics from the track "Stupeflip", the lyrics also talk about the genesis behind the song.
    • Cadillac talks about a humiliating experience where he felt like a "poor comical clown".
    • The scatologic lyrics of "The Cadillac Theory" are sampled.
    • Cadillac also mentions Casimir, which is a throwback to "Ouest Region's Inquisitors" (from Stup Religion) and the event where he found out that Casimir is just a costume worn by actors.
  And if one day you find yourself inside Casimir
  That's not the rule, you need to get out!
• Catchphrase: "C'est vraiment très sympa ce truc" ^note "That thing is really nice" said by Sandrine Cacheton throughout the album.
• Continuity Nod
  • "Understup" references the fact that King Ju used to decapitate flies when he was a kid, something he previously mentionned on the first two Stupeflip albums.
  • "Le Trou Noir" mentions events following the track "Lettre à Mylène" (from Stupeflip's previous album The Hypnoflip Invasion). Mylène still hasn't written back to King Ju but he understands.
    • This is also the fourth album by Stupeflip to mention Mylène.
    • In real life, a collaborator of Mylène revealed that she didn't care about Stupeflip.
• Epic Rocking: "Pleure pas Stupeflip" is a track split into three musical parts for the first ten minutes, and a last spoken one where Sandrine Cacheton keeps talking about the Crou in French and English.
• Face on the Cover: While it has been argued that the pink figure on the cover art is King Ju, the cover of the Ulule edition shows King Ju with an orange water gun.
• Fading into the Next Song: The last minute of "Trou Noir" contains the instrumental to "Pleure Pas Stupeflip", the next track.
• Limited Lyrics Song
  • The only lyrics on "Grosse Tête" are "Grosse Tête, Jean-Luc Le-" repeated.
• Longest Song Goes Last: The album ends with "Pleure pas Stupeflip" which lasts over 15 minutes and 24 seconds.
• One-Word Title: "Intro", "Understup", "Stalactites" and "Forcefield".
• Product Placement: On "Trou Noir", Reverb Man mentions the Baff popcorn brand.
• Sampling: "Crou Anthem" samples Fryderyk Chopin's "Fantaisie Impromptu".
• Shout-Out: See the dedicated page.
• Special Guest
  • King Ju's niece sings on "Understup" and "Fou-Fou".
  • Sandrine Cacheton raps on "Crou Anthem".
• Synth-Pop: "Lonely Loverz".
• Take That!: "Grosse Tête" is a short track where King Ju calls French humorist Jean-Luc Lemoine a bighead twenty times.
• Take That, Audience!: On "Pleure pas Stupeflip", Sandrine Cacheton mentions that fans of Stupeflip ("rabbits") only know their song "Stupeflip Vite !!!". She also calls the listener an idiot on two occasions.
• Title by Year: "1993".
• Title Track
• The Walrus Was Paul: "La Seule Alternative" and "Fan de Stup" mention the fact that the Crou is built on a mystery and doesn't make sense on purpose.
  You'd like to talk with me
  And tell you about the Stup era
  But I don't know as much as you
  And don't worry, it's only lies
• Xtreme Kool Letterz: "Lonely Loverz".