Since January 2022, Florent Pagny
is battling lung cancer. If the 62-year-old artist was already one of the most appreciated artists in the country, this fight against illness only increased the French people’s love for him. So much so that he was elected second personality of the French in 2023 according to the JDD.
In fact, many viewers will be in front France 3 this Friday March 15, 2024 to discover the documentary Florent tells Pagnyin which Aël’s father retraces his life, through archive images and numerous anecdotes.
In addition to evoking his disagreement with Johnny Hallyday during a concert at the Parc des Princes in 2003, the interpreter of Know how to love will also tell the incredible story of its cult title, My freedom of thought. A piece which was released in March 2003 and which was a monstrous success. But this success visibly annoyed.
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“My freedom to think”, the title which caused harm to Florent Pagny
Indeed, a few hours before the broadcast of the documentary, Mohamed Bouhafsi broadcast some images of the project during
his intervention in C to you
this Friday evening. The opportunity to discover an overview of the crazy anecdote linked to My freedom of thought.
“The song came out and it was a hit. And that was too much”first reveals Florent Pagny by mentioning the Tax Office. “I pissed them off and at one point I was the man to shoot.”continued the singer before making a crazy revelation: “I even received a phone call from the ministry who said to me, ‘Mr. Pagny, that’s not good, eh! You withdraw that immediately, we have to remove that from the airwaves. But are you kidding? You’re crushing me there. It’s the public who will choose. If it’s not a success, well you’ll crush me, on the other hand if it works, perhaps it will be more difficult'”.
In the end, the song is a monumental success and Florent Pagny wins his “battle” against his detractors. Although he had to repay his debts to the tax authorities years later.
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