Florent Pagny rowed before becoming a recognized singer. The coach of the new season of “The Voice” confided in “TV Magazine” on the complicated moments he had to go through …
Florent Pagny is today one of the greatest artists of French song. But its beginnings were particularly difficult and no one would have bet on such success. But how the coach of the new season of The Voicenow 63 years old and in remission of lung cancer, has he managed to make a name for himself?
Florent Pagny, “At the bottom of all the garbage cans“: its chaotic beginnings
In 1987, the artist decided to write and compose his first song, Anythingproduced by Gérard Louvin. But at the start, the success of the song was far from being insured! “”My disc was at the bottom of all the garbage cans in France and Navarre“, he remembered in a recent interview with TV Magazine.
And to specify: “With anything, I was in a register that did not work at that time. The trend went more to introverted singers like Étienne Daho, Alain Chamfort, Serge Gainsbourg and Renaud. We were not in the vocal. The only guys who was allowed to send were Johnny Hallyday and Michel Sardou“.
How did Florent Pagny rebound? “”We must provoke luck“”
One day, against all odds, luck has turned. “”It was scheduled on NRJ, which was the reference station, and where everyone followed. The public discovered and loved the song. My luck was that the title is so important radio. Sometimes you sometimes have to cause this chance. Sometimes fate does things well. And sometimes it doesn’t happen“He said.
But it was partly the producer of the song, Gérard Louvin, who had provoked fate: “He had asked Max Guazzini, the boss of the station, to broadcast him for a week in exchange for visibility of his logo in a prime time program at the Midem gala in January 1988 on TF1 “.
After having had this first success, Florent Pagny, however, had a difficult pass. “”I had a big vacuum in my career where it was a bit folded. My second album was not staggering in 1992. In 98% of cases, the career stops there“He recalls.
Fortunately, the artist and colleague of Patricia Kaas in the TF1 musical show was able to bounce back: “I returned in 1994 with the help of Jean-Jacques Goldman with a new album, Remain truewhich gives me colors“. It was in 1995 that he was able to confirm his status as a French song star with his album Welcome homesold over a million copies.
