The more the years pass, the rarer he becomes, yet he still remains number one in the hearts of the French. This is obviously Jean-Jacques Goldman. This is the cover of the new issue of Star TV, published Monday, September 4, 2023. However, the artist did not grant an exclusive interview with our colleagues, it was however from one of his relatives that they were able to gather news of the singer. We thus learn that Jean-Jacques Goldman now lives “between London and Marseilles”. He thus devotes his life for his family in “calm and serenity”, explained the weekly. And according to Jean Bender, his childhood friend with whom he went to high school and shared his passion for rock, the songwriter “sees her eleven grandchildren and goes to all their birthdays”. It was in 2015 that Jean-Jacques Goldman had composed his last title for the restaurants of the heart entitled, All the life. He also made a surprise appearance at the launch of the fourth season of Yann Barthès’ show, Dailyon September 2, 2019, as sponsor of the program.
Jean-Jacques Goldman: “a comeback that will never happen”
If Jean-Jacques Goldman has always preferred to avoid the media world, it is also becoming very rare for him to agree to collaborate with other artists. The latest is the one with Patrick Fiori. Indeed, he had participated in the writing of some titles of the latter’s album, entitled Promisereleased in 2017. So, as for the question of a possible return to the stage of the legendary Jean-Jacques Goldman, which some fans are still hoping for, it seems that the artist has definitely drawn a line under his musical career, since like the said his friend, Jean Bender: “he has the intelligence to avoid an unfortunate comeback, which will never happen”. It must however be believed that this withdrawal still arouses as much interest, since a new autobiography of him, written by the historian Ivan Jablonka, was published on August 13, 2023, by Seuil editions. “Goldman” did not please Jean-Jacques Goldman, since it brought him out of his silence. Indeed, on August 23, 2023 it was with the chained duckthat the singer of 71 years had expressed. “I’ve never met this author, neither have my friends. I’m sad for all the people who get tricked into buying his books about me”he reacted.