Come to make a nice surprise to Julien Clerc in the show The Secret Song broadcast on November 27, 2021 on TF1, Vanille Clerc was able to move her dad by resuming his title My preference. Daughter of the singer and of Virginie Coupérie-Eiffel (descendant of Gustave Eiffel and Napoleon I’s Minister of Police, Joseph Fouché), the young woman born in 1988 is also a singer, songwriter like her father. Behind the scenes, she says more about the special bond that unites her to her father: “It was he who gave me this taste for French song and especially he’s the one who raised me a lot because my mother is a professional rider and therefore a high level athlete, I was very much alone with him little one so I think I have a very strong bond with him.“
After performing the song My preference with Carla Bruni on the set, the young woman – who became the mother of a little boy named Léon in April 2020 with her companion Robinho Tavares – revealed to have been very stressed to sing in front of her dad.
“I was quite stressed I must admit then above all I am not used to making big TVs like here so for me it was doubly stressful and I must admit that indeed your songs are very difficult to sing and typically my preference looks like it’s super simple because it’s just a flowing melody that really stays in the head etc. but it’s all your talent I think of making simple melodies which finally when you want to sing them it’s almost, not inchantable, but limit!“she says with humor.
Barnabé’s sister (born in 1995, fruit of the love between Julien Clerc and Virginie Coupérie-Eiffel) also gave her impressions to Gala following his performance on TF1. “To be able to sing with her (Carla Bruni), in front of my father, it was really a gift. Even though it was stressful, it was a very strong, moving and joyful moment at the same time.“Very admiring of Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, she adds:”Carla Bruni has always been an inspiration to me. I really like his lyrics and his words (…) I learned the guitar on my own on YouTube and one of the first songs I played was L’amour de Carla Bruni, which appeared on his first album. So it really echoed my early days in music. “
During the evening, Julien Clerc also had a magnificent surprise from Calogero and Jeanne Cherhal who came to sing his title Ivanovich.