If he sings a kiss, it’s for her! For more than fifty years, Alain Souchon has been writing, composing and performing in honor of love and the one he loves, precisely, is his wife Françoise. If they only appear together on very rare occasions, the lovers have, together, accomplished great things. They had two beautiful children, in 1972 and 1978, baptized Pierre and Charles – the latter is known, in the musical landscape, under the pseudonym Ours. They have also, hand in hand, year after year, built the immense career of the 78-year-old artist.
I’m still married to the same person
When they met, Alain Souchon had not yet reached the heights of glory. However, Françoise bet everything on him, blindly. “I’m still married to the same person. My wife helped me a lot because she is an intellectual, a girl who did higher studies in biology, when I did not have the baccalaureatehe said, in 2019, in the pages of the magazine Female version. But seeing that he liked me, when I was like a barefoot, it gave me courage!“If she carried it at arm’s length, Françoise remains a woman in the shadows. A pillar on which he can count in the greatest discretion.
Today, Alain Souchon and his Françoise, whom he nicknames Belote, share their lives between Paris and their country house in Blois, in the Loir-et-Cher, a region that the singer appreciates for his endless hikes – even if his wife is obliged to pick him up, by car, at the end of the course! If they have known love and small joys together, the lovebirds, like everyone else, sometimes go through more tense moments. “It’s difficult at times, we get a little annoyed, but there are more important things for us, he assured. First, we have children who bond us a lot, and grandsons. It’s amazing. They call me Patela and look at me saying, ‘Patela, you have a big red nose!’“