In February 2025, Swimming Paul first introduced us to his debut album, Smiling Through The Pain – an album which, in his own words, was a dialogue between the depths of sorrow and the heights of joy. A lot has happened since then. In the autumn of 2025, this enigmatic French producer released the eagerly awaited follow-up, Smiling Through The Pain 2 – fifteen tracks brimming with bittersweet piano and ethereal synths. An album that once again proved his ability to transform heartache into movement. Now that quiet, emotion-laden sound is returning to where it all began for us.