Reni Lane

TLDR: I made a song with PAPOOZ and they put it on their super fun new collaborative album!

Story time: I love making music with friends.

I met Papooz in 2018 when I was in Paris modeling for BALENCIAGA and playing early shows with Oracle Sisters . They always seemed to be at all the fun places - where never-ending jam sessions went hand in hand with one too many nightcaps. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of being in their orbit - sharing musical discoveries, festival stages, sold-out shows, and of course, many, many laughs.

One of the things I admire most about them is their ability to shine with warmth and humor, even when things are messy or uncertain—and somehow bottle that sunshine into their music. It’s impossible not to love them for it.

And now there’s a little piece of that friendship captured on tape. “I Don’t Feel The Same” is about refusing to succumb to negativity—maybe even to an absurd degree. (It might just be the anti-nihilist anthem we need right now.) Give it a listen and let me know what you think… and thank you Papooz for making this American in Paris’s dreams come true.

Did you catch us in the Sunday édition of Ouest France ? It’s our first French newspaper feature (hopefully the first of many 😉).

Check out the full article link in comments! Merci André 🙏🏻