“It’s a terrifying thing to have the drop of ice water”

Questioned by host Maïtena Biraben for Ladiesthe popular singer Serge Lama did not avoid any subject. In particular his retirement, he who decided to say goodbye to the stage in 2022.

Serge Lama “suffers on stage” : “There are nights when we know we should stop…”

The interpreter agreed to dive back into his memories, even the most painful! While the host asks him about the most cult song in his repertoire, I’m sickwritten after a deception by his second wife, Michèle Potier, Serge Lama recounted the extent to which some of his songs had made him suffer morally. But, in recent years, it is mainly his body that is failing him, he who has problems with one leg after a serious car accident that occurred years ago.

“I suffer on stage, but not when I write them (the songs, editor’s note)”confided the one who unveiled a brand new album, Poetsin November 2025. And it’s up to him to admit: “There are nights when we really suffer. And there are nights when we know we should stop singing because we’re so scared. Suddenly we ask ourselves: ‘What am I doing in front of 4,000 people?'”

Serge Lama frightened by memory loss: “It’s terrifying“

“We have a drop of ice water sliding down your back”continued Serge Lama, who received an honorary Music Victory in 2023. “With each phrase of song that comes, you don’t know if you’re going to find the next one. It’s terrifying. The memory, it’s a terrifying thing to have the drop of ice water”finally dared the one who said goodbye to the stage but does not rule out the upcoming release of a new album.

Now married to the discreet Luana Santonino – his partner 34 years his junior – Serge Lama is spending happy days in his Parisian apartment. And he took a very romantic ritual with her: “Every evening, I write her a poem that she finds in the morning. It always ends with ‘I love you, my pale’ (…) It can be between four and eight lines, it depends on what’s going on in my head.”