he evokes the criticisms of his entourage during the announcement of his project with Vitaa

Success is again at the rendezvous for Slimane who has just released his third solo album Chronicles of a Cupid through which he pays tribute in particular to his granddaughter. The expectation was great, both the success of his previous album VERSUS (2019) recorded with Vitaa was great. More than 900,000 copies have been sold in three years, and several hits have resulted from this collaboration. Gold, I give it to you, Before you, XY : so many popular titles! However, the duet project which also gave rise to a major Zenith tour had surprised Slimane’s entourage.

This is basically what you have to understand. The singer spoke about it on the show Sunday in the countryside hosted by Frédéric Lopez, and broadcast on Sunday November 13. “A lot of people when we announced this project said to me, ‘Why are you doing a duet with Vitaa? She’s a singer from the early 2000s! Just because you covered her song doesn’t mean you have to that you make an album with her'” he reported, referring to his cover of the title On the edge of you during the blind auditions for the fifth season of The Voicewhen he was still unknown to the public. “A lot of people, in the media, around me. Everybody thought I was the one who was gonna pull her up…” he added, before declaring: “I just needed someone to help me. She made me understand that in this job, there were ups and downs, that you could have a family life on the side. She taught me this step back”.

Slimane struggled to grasp success

The interpreter of Night confessions is now one of the most listened to French artists and her repertoire continues to accumulate millions of plays on streaming platforms. This is also the case of Slimane who returned to the beginnings of his career during the same interview. “As soon as the show airs, my life changes. My phone bugs. I can’t open my apps at night because everyone marks me, everyone talks about this cover, about this guy with his hat” he remembered for the France 2 program, while his performance on the set of The Voice had impressed.

This sudden notoriety worried Slimane at first. “Very weirdly, instead of being super happy and living my best life, it scares me” he said, before clarifying his point. “All of a sudden, everyone loves you when no one was calculating you. Everyone is listening to your music, when no one was listening to you. The Voice. It was inconsistent. I couldn’t realize that it was me, this singer who was in the process of achieving his dream. I took a long time to realize. To the point where for a very long time I wasn’t happy with what was happening to me.” concluded the one who was recently giving advice on this subject to one of the students of Star Academy.

Since its beginnings in The VoiceSlimane has published three studio albums and participated in many projects with Jenifer, Patrick Bruel, GIMS, Patric Fiori or even Julie Zenatti and rapper Hatik. An essential artist of the musical landscape!