525,000 streams in a single day. This is the record, without counting the radio broadcasts or the sales of the single as well as the others broken since, of the title Those we were. A piece of which Pierre Garnier
the winner of the star Academyis the origin and with which he captivates his fans with every listen.
But how was this title born that he had the chance to perform during the final of the program hosted by Nikos Aliagas? Joseph Kamel gave the answer. Indeed, the author-composer and performer, revealed by the telecrochet The Artist on France 2 with Nagui, knows well Pierre Garnier
. he comes from Caen, like the winner of the Star Ac’. In fact, the two have been dating for a long time. And this, long before Helena’s sidekick participated in the program of TF1.
In an interview given to Ciné Télé RevueJoseph Kamel spoke of this special relationship that he maintains with Pierre Garnier but also, how the title was born Those we wereon which he collaborated.
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A piece that was born in a basement, on a sofa
“Pierre is a friend from Caen, artists from Caen we met very quickly. And before his adventure at Star Ac’ came the desire to create songs together. We found ourselves in the studio in the basement. floor of my parents’ house, in which I made a lot of songs”he first confided without forgetting to mention the singer Daysy, also present in this famous “basement”.
The trio reportedly spent a lot of time on a “title which was not the idea” before finishing “by switcher”. “Pierre told me that what interested him was love stories that don’t end very well but of which we want to keep the best”remembered Joseph Kamel.
It is once this idea in mind, and a guideline to follow for good, that Those we were was born : “The song was born like this: the three of us on a couch, a guitar, in 45 minutes, maybe an hour.” As it turns out, working in a basement can often give rise to sumptuous ideas.