Kendji Girac gives news of the singer

It has been almost ten months since Florent Pagny announced to have a lung cancer. Sad news that deeply moved the singer’s fans, but also his closest friends, including many celebrities. Since then, the interpreter of Know how to lovewho had been forced to cancel his big sixty-year tour, fight disease by undergoing treatment with chemotherapy. This Saturday, October 15, it’s Kendji Girac who gave news of his condition. Guest of the show 1 hour with… presented by Bernard Montiel on RFM, the coach of The Voice Kids announced that they have recorded a duet with the 60-year-old artist, an unreleased title which will appear on his next album.

“It’s a very important duo for me because I’ve been waiting for it for a long time. We had met at a party where we were supposed to sing, and lo and behold, I was embarrassed to ask him to sing with me”explained the dad of a little Eva. “One day, three years ago, I said to him: ‘My Florent, you know very well that it’s my dream to sing with you, would you like to do a duet with me one day? ‘” he remembered. “So I waited, I remained patient, and then, since he got better, he came to join me in the studio“he continued.

“He is much better”

Kendji Girac then indicated that Florent Pagny was from elsewhere “very happy” to share this duet with him, in particular because “it was one of the first times he started singing again. He hadn’t sung for a while. So we made this song called ‘Encore'”, he added. What push his interlocutor, Bernard Montiel, to ask for “fresh news from our friend Florent Pagny”. What the interpreter of Gypsy replied reassuringly: “He’s fine. He’s much better.” “There, he is resting. He is in Argentina and we are waiting for him to come back”he detailed, before concluding: “I’m waiting for the title to be released so that it comes back into shape and we can sing it together.” Promising!