Almost six years after his disappearance,
Johnny Hallyday
will offer a new title to his fans. Indeed, an unreleased piece by Taulier will be revealed this Thursday, November 16, 2023. The song would have been composed by the artist who died on December 5, 2017, after he learned of his cancer. Laeticia Hallyday
the rocker’s widow, made some confidences on this subject in the columns of Parisian
and took the opportunity to discuss the role of Maxim Nucci in this piece entitled The Scream. “When he begins his fight against illness, he has this visceral, vital need to call Maxim, to have him come to Los Angeles and record a new album. Johnny can’t wait to get into the studio”first indicated the mother of Jade and Joy.
Maxim Nuccialias Yodelice, does not hesitate long before accepting the proposal of Johnny Hallyday. To his great surprise, he discovers a Taulier “in great shape”. “He calls me every day. I start composing and I contact authors”, explains Isabelle Ithurburu’s companion. In the end, he will join the father of David Hallyday and Laura Smet in February 2017 in Los Angeles.
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An unreleased track by Johnny Hallyday
“I’m leaving with a batch of songs, without really knowing where we’re going, just Johnny’s desire and this feeling of urgency. He makes models of his songs, which to my knowledge he has never done”admits the 44-year-old artist before specifying: “In his directives, there are the words epic and stage, he wants to go towards something more orchestrated than Love”.
But the title was finally put in a drawer upon the death of Johnny Hallyday before it is opened by Laeticia Hallyday in 2023 when “Antoine asks if it’s time to release this song”to Jade and Joy’s mother. She would then have confided: “If Maxim accepts, I will accept too. He needed time to digest the disappearance of his friend.”
Now out of the drawer, Maxim Nucci didn’t know what to do with it at first before it opened its “hard drive, isolate Johnny’s voice, listen to it”and take an electric guitar so that he “Something pretty crazy is happening.” “I was dreading going through an extremely difficult moment, it’s like I found my friend again. It’s cool, fluid, fun. I’m getting back to work in my studio, I’m having a lot of fun there”rejoiced Maxim Nucci nearby Parisian. A new piece to be found in a few hours.
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