Alain Souchon may have the great career that we have known him for nearly 50 years, he has never hidden his discomfort with the media and promotional system forcing artists to have to chain programs to talk about music. Far from being a fan of showing up to talk about himself, Laurent Voulzy’s great accomplice did not hide that he felt out of place on television. During an interview with Eric Dussart and Jade in “We redo TV” on RTL, Alain Souchon confided bluntly: “I’m not cut out for television at all. On television, you have to be either handsome or funny or have something to say. And I don’t have any of that stuff.”he estimated.
The 77-year-old multi-generational singer added: “It is necessary in my job, to sell records. It’s done like that, all the people who go on TV, it’s to sell something, either a book or a record… So I go there because I have to but without that… As much as the radio I love it, but I could do without TV. I don’t know how to do it well“, he conceded.
Last July, the interpreter of “Sentimental Crowd” had again displayed his frankness by pushing a frank rant against the anti-vaccines. “It’s extraordinary these people who know nothing about it, but are against it on principle. We live in a crazy world! We know, however, that this is the only way to achieve collective immunity and avoid falling into the same difficulties. We are lucky to have vaccines, but a lot of people are still hesitant or refuse to get vaccinated. There are other poorer countries in the world where people would love to, but don’t have access“, he openly lamented.