On the occasion of the release of his new digital album called Phosphorus, Jeanne Mas was the guest of Éric Dussart and Jade in We’re doing TV again on RTL this Saturday, November 18, 2023. The opportunity for the 65-year-old singer to look back on the great career she enjoyed in the 80s, and who confronted her with another star of French song: Mylène Farmer. For more than forty years, persistent rumors have suggested that the two stars of the 80s were rivals, and never accepted each other’s success. Rumors that the two stars have never really commented on, without ever confirming or denying them. But questioned on the subject by Éric Dussart and Jade, the interpreter ofIn red and black removed doubts.
“It’s a fantasy, totally. I think that the fans who appreciate me and who appreciate Mylène see the difference. We are two artists, we were born more or less at the same time, but we do a totally different job“ estimated the singer, who never understood that she was opposed to Mylène Farmer, but not to “other artists (like) Patricia Kaas” : “It’s very, very foreign, and I never understood why. Maybe she has the answer, because we talked about it once, it’s true, she explained it to me that was happening, and we talked about it. I won’t tell you what we said because I have too much respect for her, and for me“ she continued, without wanting to specify the details of this exchange.
The entourage responsible for the toxic rumors?
For Jeanne Mas, the rumors of rivalry were fueled at the time by their toxic surroundings who did not help them : “In fact, I think the environment wasn’t great at that time. You can’t say to an artist: Look what she does, you should do the same. You don’t say that to an artist, because the artist has her own personality, her own charisma, and her own ambitions. And besides, she showed that she managed to exist outside of everything”. And to conclude, convinced and convincing: “I never saw any conflicts between her and meI’ve never seen any rivalries, nothing, we’re totally opposites.”.