Patrick Fiori was the guest of Quotidien on TMC on Thursday May 2. After being confronted with archive footage that caused hilarity on set, the singer opened up about his ascetic dynamic for the sake of his career.
Patrick Fiori operated on his comeback earlier this year with a new album that he almost co-wrote and composed entirely with Ycare, who had already put his hand on the last single Until the last one des Enfoirés 2024. The singer, now 54 years old, continued to promote it on Thursday May 2, while he was preparing to perform on the stage of the Seine Musicale, a splendid venue located in the Paris region. in which many French and international artists such as Dido, Kylie Minogue and Björk have performed before him. This record defended on the radio by its eponymous title The singing is free also includes several vocal collaborations with very popular personalities including Amel Bent, Soprano and Slimane, to name a few.
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It’s on the set of Daily that he spoke about it again. Invited for the first time by Yann Barthès, the interpreter of 4 words on a piano was first entitled to a particularly funny archive sequence. Indeed, several images of him younger, in his early days in the 1980s when he was not yet famous, were broadcast to the delight of the public gathered around the talksow table.
Patrick Fiori finds himself ridiculous in the face of Yann Barthès
The TLC star host commented on a recording of the musical The legend of the santonniers of Provence at the Marseille Opera, dated 1985. Patrick Fiori immediately made it clear that he must have been “13, 14 years old” , at the time. “I find myself ridiculous, but I have a lot of tenderness for these images,” he stammered, responding to Yann Barthès who found this passage despite everything “super cute”. “Excuse me, the face was not finished,” quipped the singer in the process.
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The father of Sevan, Gabin and Ange then spoke more widely about his daily life as a singer and the habits he adopted to stay in shape after 50 years. The artist confirmed that a tour like the one he is starting this year requires great rigor, even if it means feeling frustrated. “It needs to be worked on. It’s very, very serious,” he said from the outset. He then clarified that he didn’t drink sodas at all and that he ate “less salty”. According to him, having a healthy and balanced diet means eating “chicken legs and rice”. “I see my whole team eating good things and I’m paying attention,” he added.
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Patrick Fiori invokes respect from the public
Patrick Fiori takes particular care of his voice, his instrument without which he would undoubtedly never have touched the heart of his faithful collaborator Jean-Jacques Goldman who wrote several of his greatest hits. “I do my singing lessons for an hour and a half, three hours before singing”he said about this, stressing that he was very careful about it. “It’s religious”he assured, arousing admiration around him.
It must be said that Patrick Fiori has a deep respect for his audience who have followed him for 30 years and a large part of whom discovered him in the shoes of Phoebus for the musical Notre-Dame de Paris. “People came, they took tickets,” he recalled, to explain his choice of an ascetic life and a strict routine during his tours. “I want to honor their presence so I pay attention to the voice,” he insisted, before speaking about a participatory song found at the very end of his record Le chant est libre – Infini -, for which he asks lyricists to send him proposals. “I will go to my record company, and I will choose the text that suits me best, with that person. And if she sings behind it, why not even do a duet! It will be on the reissue of the album,” he said. It’s up to you !
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