Julien Lieb is also preparing to release his opus. Two weeks after the publication of Those we were, the first single already ready by Pierre Garnier even before his entry into the Château de Dammarie-les-Lys, his finalist friend Julien Lieb will soon follow in his footsteps, trying to also achieve success. Friday February 23, 2024, Julien will offer his very first opus, called Like everyone, which was designed by authors from Sony Music France. A few days ago, the artistic director of the label offered two titles to the finalist, and asked him to choose between the two: he ultimately preferred Like everyone has Yoursand intends to make this very first single a real hit.
Like everyone was co-written by Tibz and Vincha, two lyricists who have previously worked for many French-speaking artists, such as Zaz and Barbara Pravi. The text deeply moved the singer, who saw in it an echo of the impossible mourning of his father, who died ten years ago of a brain tumor: “It almost brought me to tears” recognized the young man when he heard the lyrics of the song for the first time. In the latter, one verse catches Julien’s attention more than all the others: “At night I went into my dreams for hours / I made big films where I was the actor”. To note that Sony Music France also supports Héléna Bailly and Axel Marbeuf
both of whom have also signed with the label and are expected to release their respective debuts in the coming weeks.
Pierre Garnier made history
It must be said that Julien Lieb has a lot to do to do as well, or even better, than Pierre Garnier. The winner of season 11 of the star Academy entered the history of the French variety since according to The Parisian this Saturday February 17, his first single, Those we were, has become the best historical start for a French variety since the creation of the Spotify platform… in 2006 ! His hit already has 1.5 million monthly listeners, and has exceeded 7.7 million plays. One of the main French executives on the platform is delighted and reveals that this success is historic for them: “It’s a pretty crazy phenomenon. We already felt a lot of anticipation during Star Ac, where he regularly played his song, and where Dadju asked him to perform it. And when his title was released, on February 6 at midnight , we put it on one of our Future Hits playlist. Two days later, it was also on one of our Current Hits playlist, which is extremely rare for a new singer and a new song. In two and a half years, this is the first time I’ve seen this.” It will be complicated for Julien Lieb to do so well, but let’s bet he will do well, quite simply!