In his latest single, Bateaux Mouches, Eddy de Pretto evokes his past as a singer for tourists, chaining the covers of Rihanna and Edith Piaf in almost general indifference. “When I was too ugly guy singing on riverboats, with nothing in my pockets / I was less choosy. / On my fake platform that I took as a scene, / I felt like a rooster but I was only floating on the Seine. “ A difficult but also formative experience. Like him, before taking over the top of the bill, many artists ate their black bread.
Susan
“What do you want to do later? / Ah, you want to be a singer. / And what do you do for a living? / Ah, so you’re a waitress. “ In her eponymous title, Suzane tells a true story: her own. Before you sell out, and get the music victory “Scene revelation” last year – she was nominated this year in the best female artist category – Océane Colom worked in a bistro in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Between two orders, she scribbles on a corner of the counter snatches of words, sometimes inspired by customers. (The Dissatisfied). So many pieces of a puzzle that the young woman will assemble to constitute her first album, Toï Toï, released in early 2020, which mixes song with lyrics and powerful electro.
Orelsan
For three years, Aurélien Cotentin was a night porter in a hotel in Caen. An experience that Orelsan likes to talk about, and that he stages in the feature film How far it is released in 2016. This little job suited him at the time, while he was living in a parallel life, punctuated by drinking, general laziness and his desire to become a rapper. This hideout is a welcome bubble of calm for this quiet nerd, who doesn’t come too much to upset his cheerful and a little sad gland routine. This quirky way of life will eventually wear her out. Even if Orelsan, fan of video games and addicted to green tea, remains today still a night owl in front of the eternal.
Julien Doré
Before becoming a popular singer who whispers pop melodies, Julien Doré studied at the fine arts of Nîmes. To pay for his studies, he is a mover. A small job that he will continue to do for two years after graduating. Because if he has fun with Dig Up Elvis, the cover band with which he scours the bars of Nîmes, his meager fees are not enough for him to live. At the same time, in 2007, the jurors of the New Star see him tumble down, with his singing accent and his ukulele under his arm. He won the edition, at the age of 24, thanks to an electric recovery of Moi… Lolita. Since then, water has flowed under the bridges and he unveiled his fifth album, Loved, in September.
Clara Luciani
Born in the south of France, in Martigues, Clara Luciani has dreams of a capital in her head. When she arrives there, at 19, the young woman juggles between small food jobs. Before setting the first steps in her singing career alongside La Femme (we hear her on the songs Psycho Tropical Berlin and It’s Time To Wake Up), Clara Luciani works as a saleswoman, baby-sitter, English teacher but also hostess. An experience she does not have fond memories of: “We were treated like vases, flowerpots. Maybe that’s one of the experiences that made me so feminist ”, she confided to Sunday newspaper. We want to believe him listening to his dreadful hit the grenade, ode to feminine power. While her first album, Sainte-Victoire, was certified double platinum, the singer is currently working on the next one. We can’t wait to listen to it, of course.
Bob Sinclar
Before mixing in the biggest clubs in the world Christophe Le Friant was a tennis teacher. A choice he did not make by chance: the DJ has been a big fan of this sport since he was little. At 16, he began by supervising the kids of the club where he was licensed, in the Marais, then, later, tourists from Club Med. We can easily imagine him in this role, a mini-short dressing his slender figure, always quick to draw an ultra-brite smile. In an improbable interview with Tennisaddict.fr, we learn that he is friends with the former French players Paul-Henri Mathieu and Julien Benneteau and that he even mixed for Roger Federer’s birthday! The circle is complete.
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