At 82, Michel Fugain thinks (very) often of death. But the singer still has a dream to fulfill before taking his bow …
See you almost 83, Michel Fugain has lost none of his passion! On October 24, 2024, he released a new album entitled Life, love, etc …and it is with an eponymous spectacle that he celebrates the year 2025. But behind this apparent vitality, the singer seems to be crossed by tenacious anxiety: that of death.
Michel Fugain, terrorized by death: “We think about it all the time”
In an interview with VSDthe singer Michel Fugain spoke of his obsessive relationship to the time that spins … He entrusted without detour: “I am 82 years old and at that age, we think about it all the time. I am launched in a chase and I don’t want her to make up for me“Words that reflect a very real fear of death, but also an incredible desire to stand up to him. For him, keeping the form has become a daily mission:”I have to keep in shape!“. A discipline of life which he fully assumes because he has his head full of projects!
The singer of the Big Bazaar also compared, with admiration, to those who have pushed the limits of age: “I race with Charles Aznavour, who died at 94, or Hugues Aufray (95, editor’s note) who still sings. “A personal challenge, fueled by an urgency to live. Because for the artist, it is out of the question to be braked by the years:”I have lots of things to do, so there is no question that I am capitulating. “
Michel Fugain: his big project before retiring … “It will be the end of the end”
For the Swiss media The morningMichel Fugain also wanted to make herself know that he had not disappeared from traffic. “”I started writing three or four years ago. There was no emergency. It was time to be sure of melodies and convince the band with whom I play“He explained. Then with his spicy humor he added:”There are people who think I’m dead. Sorry guys! (Laughs.) If only one remains, I will be this one“. A sentence that slams like a reminder to order for those who would have a little too quickly stored in the souvenir department.
The singer of Do like the bird also revealed that a project was particularly close to his heart. “”There is one last show I want to make. And this one will be the end of the end“He said. A show he imagines as the culmination of a whole life as an artist:”As long as I am presentable and I can be the pivotal character of this show. It will imply everything I have done. I don’t tell you more. But this show will exist“. Michel Fugain did not say his last word!
