In 2008, Sheryfa Luna – who celebrates her 35th birthday on January 25, 2024 – released her first single, “He had the words”, which was a real hit. But ten years ago, she decided to take a break from her career. And now ?
She got us hooked. With her title “He had the words”, released in 2008, Sheryfa Luna was a hit. However, the team of the singer, who won a recording contract thanks to her victory on the show “Popstars” a year earlier, was not sure that a song describing a man’s hold on a young woman is ideal for a hit.
“When I made “He Had the Words”, there was a debate within the artistic team. From a marketing point of view, was it really a good idea to talk about a young girl under the influence of an older man? What would people think? “, told Sheryfa Luna in an interview with “ West France » in June 2023.
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“But at 18, I already had this desire to talk about things that are not necessarily brought up. I wanted to make a difference. » And she was right to insist to her team: her single ranked number one in sales in France in the first week of its release, and her album, entitled “Sheryfa Luna”, third in the French top.
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Sheryfa Luna in concert at the Stade de France, in Paris, in 2008 © Gorassini Giancarlo/ABACA
The secret of his success
““He Had the Words” is not a fictional song, it is an autobiography. I think that’s the secret of my success, even 15 years later. The words are true, authentic,” analyzed Sheryfa Luna. Authenticity continued to be his credo. In December 2008, she released her second album, “Vénus”, the first name of her partner at the time and her son.
At just 19 years old, Sheryfa Luna became a mother for the first time. At the end of “Pop Stars”, she discovered that she was six months pregnant and gave birth to a boy, Venus Junior, in February 2008. A denial of pregnancy which she recounted in her autobiography “T’ was already there my son, but…” (2009).
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Sheryfa Luna followed up with two other albums, “If you see me”, released in 2010 after several postponements, then “Little silk fairy”, released in 2012. While she was preparing a fifth album, financed through crowdfunding, the singer announced that she was taking a break from her career, after being cheated by her artistic team in 2013.
« [Mon équipe artistique] disappeared with the 100,000 euros collected from Internet users to finance a new album,” lamented Sheryfa Luna in an interview with M6. Separated from the father of her first child, she had a second son, Ibrahim, in 2015, during her hiatus.
Finally back ?
In 2017, Sheryfa Luna attempted a first comeback with the single “If we spoke”. At the same time, she announced that she was preparing a fifth album, which has (still) not seen the light of day. She increased her comeback attempts with singles. And she doesn’t lose hope: “I’m preparing new songs, but I don’t want to promise an album. I don’t put any pressure on myself. »
For less pressure, she decided not to associate with a record company. “I made the decision to remain independent. […] It’s a rebirth. I feel free to act, to try things. I am no longer locked into waiting for numbers or success, in a marketing machine. »
Between studio recording sessions, Sheryfa Luna goes on to perform concerts, particularly in Normandy, since she lives near Évreux. “I was convinced that I had been gone long enough to have been forgotten. I finally realize that it never stopped. Every time the audience sings my songs by heart, I am amazed. »
2024-01-25 05:57:11
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