Maladie (Cheveux blonds)
Mauvais djo
How to study this song
Learning “Maladie (Cheveux blonds)” means 68 entries at B1- — 33 French words, 13 adjectives and 22 verb forms, every one taken from what the song actually says. Begin with maladie, cheveux and bijou: get those and most of the lines stop being guesswork. It is unusually descriptive — 13 adjectives alongside 33 everyday words — so expect colour rather than plot. At this level part of the list will already be familiar; the rest is what closes the gap.
The words of this song, in several languages
Every word below is taken from this song and translated by us. Nothing here is the lyric itself — these are the individual words you need in order to follow it.
Vocabulary
| FR | EN | ES | IT | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maladie | illness | enfermedad | malattia | doença | ziekte | Krankheit |
| cheveux | hair | pelo | capelli | cabelo | haar | Haare |
| bijou | jewel | joya | gioiello | joia | juweel | Schmuckstück |
| bonbon | sweet | caramelo | caramella | rebuçado |
What this song teaches you
Level · B1-
- Vocabulary words
- 33
- Adjectives
- 13
- Word combos
- 4
- Expressions
- 10
- Verb forms
- 22
- Quiz questions
- 35
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Background
About the song
Mauvais djo released «Maladie (Cheveux blonds)» with an official video on 20 March 2026. The «illness» of the title is a joke he makes about himself — that he finds every woman beautiful — but the song does not stay there. By the last verse it has narrowed to one person, the one who was already around when he was still taking the bus, and the closing line simply says that he loves her more and more. The track moves between three languages without marking the seams: French, English in the intro, and Lingala in the ad-libs.
Did you know?
The Lingala phrases come from the Congolese diaspora in France and are common currency in French rap; they are sung, not explained, and most French listeners take them as rhythm rather than meaning.
Charts & streaming
The official video was published on 20 March 2026 on the artist’s own channel.