Romain Rouillard / Photo credit: Europe 1 4:27 p.m., October 7, 2024
On the occasion of her farewell tour “I draw my bow” at the Dôme de Paris and the Palais des Congrès, in partnership with Europe 1, Sylvie Vartan was the guest of “Culture Médias” this Monday morning. The singer with 40 million records sold notably spoke of the sometimes harsh media treatment reserved for her.
You can be an icon of French song and sometimes suffer criticism from the press. Sylvie Vartan has experienced this during her 60-year career. Guest of Culture Médias this Monday, on the occasion of her farewell tour “I draw my bow”, of which Europe 1 is a partner, the singer regretted the “not very complimentary” comments she may have received from the past.
“I didn’t read the press too much,” she corrects, however. A press which had, for example, described its pants-jacket ensemble as “pajamas”, far from going unnoticed during the winter of 1965. “Our generation brought all that: excessive media coverage, the tabloids… We were the first to experience all that,” recalls the artist with 40 million records sold.
“We didn’t care at all what we said”
Increasingly in the spotlight, Sylvie Vartan speaks of a “quite painful” situation, particularly in the second half of her career. “At the beginning, we were caught in a kind of permanent whirlwind. We were always on the road, we sang, we went to hotels, we traveled and all in happiness and in total madness. And we didn’t care not at all what we were saying and what was happening around us. What was important was what we were doing and the pleasure we found there.
During her six decades on stage, Sylvie Vartan appeared on the covers of magazines more than 2,000 times, more than Brigitte Bardot or Catherine Deneuve. Now at the twilight of his immense career, the interpreter of The Most Beautiful to go dancing will capture the light one last time on November 8, 9 and 10 at the Dôme de Paris, then on January 24, 25 and 26, 2025 at the Palais des Congrès. A final tour to close his glorious chapter in the book of French song.
