Christophe Willem is not shy and does not hesitate to express his opinion. He has even already trapped the M6 channel to achieve his ends, as he told Christophe Beaugrand…
One year after winning his season of New StarChristophe Willem returned to the set of the show that made him known to sing his own single for the first time on television. But that evening, the winner of the 2006 edition of the telecrochet played a hell of a trick on them…
Christophe Willem “trapped” his record company and Nouvelle Star
The one nicknamed the “Turtle” had to sing his first single which had been sent to the radio at the time, Voted product of the year. In any case, this is what was planned with his record company. But the singer saw things differently: he absolutely wanted to perform his other song Double gamewhich was not yet known to the public.
“First of all, it was a title made in collaboration with Zazie, and I dreamed of working with her. And I found that this song represented the perfect disconnect with who I was. In terms of sound, there was this kind of madness“, explained the now 42-year-old artist on MRadio, while he was a guest on Christophe Beaugrand’s show.
An opinion that his team did not share: “The record company found that Double Game was too electro. So they weren’t convinced it could affect“. So, Christophe Willem did not let himself be intimidated and decided to take the lead… even if it meant “trap“his record company, the production of New Star and the M6 channel!
Christophe Willem took Virginie Efira by surprise
“With my manager at the time, I said: ‘Have the soundtrack for Double Jeu prepared’, and in the afternoon, I rehearsed Voted Product of the Year in front of the record company. And it was Virginie Fira who presented the show, and in the evening, we gave her the cards, and we said: ‘No, in fact, you say that exclusively, I’m going to sing Double Jeu‘”, he said. The artist, who now resides between France and Brazil, therefore went against the advice of his record company and was able to sing the title of his choice without even warning them of this change…
But the singer, who returns today with his new song Systaime and could perhaps soon become a coach in The Voice Kidsdid well to listen to his intuition at the time since this title experienced phenomenal success, remaining at first place in the Top Singles France for 7 weeks and being certified platinum single. Just that!
