Strange weather - New Single by Camille Delaquise
Strange Weather – A New Single by Camille Delaquise
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On 7 December, Melbourne-based poet, composer and artist Camille Delaquise released her powerful new single Strange Weather — a contemplative and urgent work that speaks directly to the environmental and emotional climate of our time.
Known for her poetic lyricism and cinematic restraint, Camille continues to carve a distinctive space within Australia’s independent and neoclassical music landscape. Strange Weather is both intimate and expansive — a meditation on climate change, responsibility, and the uneasy awareness that the world is shifting before our eyes.
A Song for an Unsettled Time
“We've known for awhile now
Alarm bells sounded
Broken promises falling like ash
Thick air and grey skies…”
From its opening lines, Strange Weather establishes a tone of quiet reckoning. The lyrics evoke environmental collapse not through spectacle, but through imagery that feels lived-in and human: ash falling, heavy air, rain that no longer soothes.
Rather than preach, Camille reflects. The repeated refrain:
“There’s some strange weather coming
And it’s no surprise…”
feels less like a warning and more like a recognition — a collective admission that we have seen this coming.
The line “We all loved that money / But it never did love us the same” distills the moral centre of the song. It speaks to consumerism, fossil fuel dependency, and the cost of prioritising growth over sustainability. The lyric lands with understated clarity, allowing the weight of the message to settle without melodrama.
Environmental Poetry Through Music
Camille Delaquise has long explored themes of social responsibility, introspection and environmental awareness in her poetry and visual art. With Strange Weather, those themes find musical form.
“Fossil fuels choking out
Their last breath
Responsibility lies heavy
Water dripping on a stone…”
The imagery here is elemental — air, water, stone — grounding the song in the physical world. The phrase “water dripping on a stone” suggests both erosion and persistence. Change may be slow, but it is inevitable. The question becomes: will it be change we choose, or change forced upon us?
As an Australian artist working in a country already experiencing the visible effects of climate instability — bushfires, floods, rising temperatures — Camille’s reflections feel especially resonant. The song situates itself within a broader conversation about sustainability, environmental grief, and generational accountability.
Living on the Edge of Time
“Rain falling isn’t so peaceful anymore…
Living on the edge of time
Like the last leaf falling.”
This is where Strange Weather shifts from observation to existential reflection. The environmental crisis becomes a mirror for human fragility. The image of the “last leaf falling” captures both beauty and finality — a signature trait of Camille’s poetic style.
The repetition of questions throughout the song — “How many days? How many chances?” — reinforces its central tension: awareness without action. The message is clear, she suggests. There is “no time to waste.”
Yet even in its urgency, the song avoids panic. Instead, it carries a contemplative steadiness, inviting listeners to reflect rather than recoil.
Camille Delaquise: Music, Poetry and Contemporary Australian Art
As a Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist, Camille Delaquise moves fluidly between poetry, visual art and music. Her work consistently explores language, emotional honesty, and the search for meaning within complex social landscapes.
Strange Weather continues this trajectory — blending lyrical poetry with atmospheric composition to create a piece that feels both personal and universal.
For listeners interested in:
Contemporary Australian songwriting
Poetic, socially conscious music
Environmental themes in art
Melbourne-based independent musicians
this single marks an important addition to Camille’s evolving catalogue.
A Timely Release
Released in December — at the height of the Australian summer — Strange Weather arrives with symbolic weight. As heat intensifies and skies shift, the song’s imagery feels less metaphorical and more documentary.
“There’s some strange weather coming
And it’s no surprise…”
It is a refrain that lingers.
Not because it shocks — but because it rings true.
Written by: Editorial Team