In thirty years of career, Pascal Obispo has several million albums sold. The singer-songwriter, who has been a hit with numerous titles such as Fan, Lucie, Vintage, The important thing is to love or fell for her And Die tomorrowhas also written hits for many artists: we owe him in particular the album The password for Patricia Kaas, the hits Sing, Know how to love And My freedom of thought for Florent Pagny, the hit Zen for Zazie, followed by the album The best enemies in the world. He also worked for Johnny Hallyday, Marc Lavoine and Natasha St-Pier. An all-terrain singer, who has been back since this fall with a twelfth opus called Le beau qui pleut, and which he will promote on the set of the star Academy this Saturday January 6, 2024.
In an interview given to ProgressPascal Obispo’s pianist, who worked entirely on the music for his new album, reveals for the first time international and very serious ambitions of his mentor: a few months before celebrating his 60th birthday, the former coach of The Voice intends to draw inspiration from big names on the international scene, including the king of pop Michael Jackson, who left us fourteen years ago: “For this new project, he wanted to surround himself, like Sting, Michael Jackson with Quincy Jones, with jazz musicians to take his music to another universe.”
For this new album, he surrounded himself with the best
And to add: “Pascal is a music fan, a fan of art in general. He is someone who has a very great knowledge of rock and English pop, but who also knows jazz”. One thing is certain: thirty years after his debut, Pascal Obispo remains immensely popular. In October 2023, the singer began a tour with 12 musicians on stage, called 30 years of success, including the pianist Fred Nardin, and the lyricist Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, who has collaborated with very big names on the French music scene. , as Sylvie Vartan, David Hallyday, Laura Smet, Diam’s, JeniferGaëtan Roussel, Johnny Hallyday, Patricia KaasDani, Clotilde Courau, Alain Chamfort and Louis Chedid.