After having worked for a long time as a manager, Bénabar launched into song in the 1990s and released his first album in 1997. Nominated in the “Revelation” category at the Victoires de la Musique 2003, the singer won the prize for best album the following year for his opus “The Risks of the Trade”. And in 25 years of career, Bénabar, whose real name is Bruno Nicolini, has released ten albums, the last of which was revealed last November.
Invited on the set of the show “En Aparté”, this Thursday February 3, 2022 on Canal +, the 52-year-old singer confided in his duet with Renaud and on his daily life in the south of France where he passes ” most of his time”. “The Corsicans, it was Renaud who introduced them to me. They were friends of his originally, and they became mine.” he revealed to justify his duet with Renaud which is literally a song about the Corsicans. “Someone depressed who goes to see another singer even more depressed than him, everything matched. He is happy with the result.” he added.
“I was never a fan”
Faced with these confidences, the presenter of the show Nathalie Lévy then tried to find out more about her musical preferences: “Renaud – Gainsbourg, the match, it is immediately bent for you? Honestly, Bénabar then replied: “Oh yes, me I am part of this minority of humanity which does not like [Serge] Gainsbourg“.
And to continue:“I’ve never been touched… It’s not a crusade and I recognize that there is talent, but I’ve never been a fan. And then it always inflated the character Gainsbarre to me a little. And then the cult… it is perhaps the posthumous costume around him that inflated me, as if it were the alpha and the omega of French song, which I do not think of the everything. I find that there are a lot of facilities.”.
Aware of his exit, the artist apologized in advance for his remarks: “I know it’s going to piss off a lot of people to say that.”
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