Serge Lama never felt satisfied with his physique. On the contrary, the singer, now 82 years old, revealed in “Ladies” that he regretted having kept his legendary haircut for so long. It must be said that the artist was forced to wear his hair like this for a specific reason…
Many remember the haircut that Serge Lama sported at the start of his career, in the 70s and 80s. With his long hair and thick bangs, the interpreter of I’m sick was easily recognizable. But the singer, now 82 years old, was not particularly a fan of this hairstyle, as he confided to Maïtena Biraben in Ladies.
Serge Lama weighs in on his hairstyle: “I should have changed it long before”
If the singer showed off this haircut when he started, it was in particular because his label and his team wanted to find him a recognizable look that rode on the success of the biggest rock groups of the time. “My hair was difficult to tame, it was the Beatles era, so they made me a Beatles hairstyle“, he explained in complete transparency.
But the artist nevertheless regrets having kept this haircut for a long time, even when it was no longer in the era of the times: “I kept this hairstyle too late, I should have changed my hairstyle way before“. And to add however: “It’s an image, once an image is printed, it’s like that. I had become this guy with a slightly ‘Beatlese’ hairstyle“.
Serge Lama, self-conscious: “I’ve always had problems with women”
Serge Lama may be happy in a relationship with his manager Luana Santonino, whom he married in 2021, and having known several women in his life, he has often had difficulty with seduction. “I always had problems with women, I was never sure of myself, except for my job, then I knew what I wanted“, he assured.
It must be said that the singer has always felt bad about himself. “My physique is a bit rough on all sides, a bit hasty. I am very self-conscious, I always have been, I still am and I will be all my life“, he confided in the early 2000s, in the show Private life, public life.
“From the moment I had success, it’s true that many women came to me“, he added. But despite the success and the recognition of the fans, Serge Lama remains this man”melancholy” And “unsure of himself” that he has been trying to appease for decades by writing songs.
