Paris-based producer, songwriter, and visual artist Crayon unveiled his new single “Kill Your Idols” featuring painter-turned-singer Lossapardo.
“’Kill Your Idols’ was originally just an instrumental I made with my old guitar and a looper/reverse pedal,” Crayon explains. “It sat in a shared folder with Lossa for a while, until he spontaneously sent back a version with his vocals pitched down. It’s one of the songs that stayed closest to its original form—which fits the title’s message: kill your idols, become who you are.”
The single follows two previous glimpses into ‘Home Safe’: the reflective title track featuring Yamê and JPL (Tora), and the groove-rich ‘Diamond Miner’ with ELIZA and FKJ. Together, these tracks map out the album’s expansive sonic palette, moving fluidly through soul, folk, jazz, hip-hop, and electronic textures.
A fixture in the Paris music scene and a trusted producer for artists like Josman, Dinos, and Prince Waly, Crayon now steps fully into the spotlight with an intimate, genre-blurring project. The seeds of Home Safe were planted in a shared Paris apartment, where Crayon and jazz pianist Bastien Brison hosted Sunday jam sessions with musicians, dancers, and visual artists including Leo Walk and La Marche Bleue, painters Enfant Précoce and Julien Bernard. These gatherings, rich in improvisation and cross-disciplinary energy, became the creative heartbeat of the album.
After this vibrant period, Crayon retreated to his childhood home on the outskirts of Paris, where over three years he shaped the album’s warm, orchestral-meets-bedroom sound. “Home Safe is about reconnecting with all the music I found comfort in while growing up,” he says. “I remember the smell of the chimney fire, my stepdad’s folk records playing in the background. I needed quiet music, music that felt like that.”
Central to the record is the question Crayon asked each collaborator: What does home mean to you? The answers echo through an impressive lineup—anaiis, Rhye, ELIZA, Yamê, Arthur Teboul (Feu! Chatterton), JPL, and Lossapardo—each lending their voice to this deeply personal exploration.
Crayon’s artistry has always bridged sound and image. “When I started making music, it was about painting with sound, harmonising textures like fabrics and shapes,” he says. That visual sensibility comes to life here with Sulian Rios, Home Safe’s creative director and choreographer, whose surreal papier-mâché masks channel a 1970s New York avant-garde spirit. These characters allowed Crayon to appear on camera for the first time, while still avoiding the spotlight entirely on himself.
