Adam Aminé Daniel, better known as Aminé, is an American singer who began his musical career in 2014 and rose to fame with the release of Caroline in 2017. His songs span the pop, hip-hop and rap genres. In May 2025, he released his album 13 Months of Sunshine, which includes the song ‘Arc de Triomphe’.

The music video was released on 24 April 2025. In it, the singer is seen walking alone in the city of Paris (France). Classic Parisian architecture contrasts with Aminé's contemporary style, as he wears clothes in bright, saturated colours that contrast with his surroundings. A lively rhythm accompanies the singer, whose main message is the triumph of his musical career.

The video, starring Aminé, makes elegant use of wide shots that capture the urban architecture of Paris. The cover image is the Arc de Triomphe, in which the singer is seen from a low angle, with the monument in the background, which gives the song its name. The camera movements are fluid and the editing follows the rhythm of the beat, with short cuts that coincide with the changes in tempo.

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is shown as an emblem of achievement and victory, of self-esteem and self-acceptance, and appears next to the singer when he wants to express triumph and victory.

«Arc de Triomphe» by Aminé

«Arc de Triomphe» by Aminé.

As for the colour scheme, the video begins with a palette of complementary colours in the range of yellows and purples. The colours turn into reds and greens, oranges and blues through constant intercutting shots. Only when the singer appears next to the Arc de Triomphe, the colour palette changes to more neutral tones to give more importance and prominence to the main character of the video: the Arc de Triomphe.

Aminé. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT.

Credits.-

Director.- Owen Schatz.
EP.- Alex Figs.
Producer.- Adrien Leborgne.
Stylist.- Tinbete Daniel.
Model.- Melissa Bon.
Titles.- Bijan Berahimi.
Mixed Media.- Ann Maren, Evgenii Shelkovoi, Danil Yelizarov.

Lyrics.-

[Intro] 
Original Pirate Material 
You’re listening to the Streets
Blind’em with the lights 
Lights lights lights

[Chorus]
Question… the fuck you be on? 
Burnin’ these bridges y’all niggas is nothin’ like my boy Leon 
I need a bitch that’s bad with an arch in her back like the Arc De Triomphe 
Original Pirate Material 
You’re listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial

Jesus Christ had dreads
So yes, I’ma shake em 
Welcome to the party baby
As-salamu alaykum (spell this correctly)
I hate they flows, who's doing their creative? 
Im a MC first and a Portland native
Yeah
¡Ay, caramba!
I take his bitch then I beat the bumper 
Started with the IG… then the number
now she at my house cuttin’ up cucumbers
True
And her moisturizer, turned my face to a merchandiser 
They lips is looser
The money tied up
The faces screwed up
When they see that I'm up 
Please don't test me 
It’s A-M-I-N-accent É
I'm steppin on these niggas wit my own NBs 
And my own cup full.. why is yours empty? 
Drink one!

[Chorus]
Question… the fuck you be on? 
Burnin’ these bridges y’all niggas is nothin’ like my boy Leon 
I need a bitch that’s bad with an arch in her back like the Arc De Triomphe 
Original Pirate Material 
You’re listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial

Close your eyes and imagine 
Me getting no paper? Not happenin’
Put your back in, get to chiropractin’ 
Tit for tat
I tip about a thousand
Look down nigga watch your lips 
Get off your soapbox get to boxing bitch 
And my money getting taller than an ostrich is 
I'm finna do the Macarena in my moccasins 
Yeah 
I am not a nepo baby 
No trust fund so it’s fuck you pay me
These niggas glazin they ways is shady 
So I mus’ put’em in the grave like Kacey
I'm hot baby, where’s the AC?
Who are these niggas? 
Someone take the gate key
C-E-O I'm the one that pay me 
Shit I’m good, but I'm wonderin’ lately

[Chorus]
Question… the fuck you be on? 
Burnin’ these bridges y’all niggas is nothin’ like my boy Leon 
I need a bitch that’s bad with an arch in her back like the Arc De Triomphe 
Original Pirate Material 
You’re listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial

More information

Published on: September 20, 2025
Cite:
metalocus, IRENE ÁLAMO MARTÍN, JOSÉ VELÁZQUEZ
"Showing off in Paris. «Arc de Triomphe» by Aminé" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/showing-paris-arc-de-triomphe-amine> ISSN 1139-6415
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