Cradled by the songs of Enrico Macias, Kendji Girac has often grabbed his guitar to interpret them and seduce young women on the beach. A funny anecdote shared by the 25-year-old singer in the documentary “Enrico Macias, the unexpected”, broadcast this Monday, December 27 on France 3.
If he has a crazy success with the fairer sex, Kendji Girac certainly owes it to Enrico Macias. Before charming his fans with his guitar tunes and Andalusian charm, the 25-year-old singer already won all the votes on the southern beaches. Willing to do anything to curry favor with young women, the winner of the third season of The voice did not hesitate to take back the great titles of Enrico Macias to capsize them. Cradled throughout his childhood by the songs of the 83-year-old artist, the interpreter of Gitano took them back for become the killer of his ladies, as he admits in the documentary “Enrico Macias, the unexpected”, broadcast this Monday, December 27 on France 3. “I got to know them and often played them with my guitar when I started playing on the beach. I even flirt with Enrico’s songs. I looked the girls straight in the eyes and I sang to them ‘You gave me your woman’s smile, sweet tears that I won’t forget’ and sometimes there were some who succumbed to the beautiful words of this song“, he confides in front of the camera with a charming smile.
It was then impossible for these two artists not to find themselves on stage one day. In 2019, Enrico Macias invites him to the Olympia where he debuted 55 years earlier with his cult song of the uprooted “Goodbye my country”. A memory that will forever be engraved in the memory of the father of little Eva Alba, inspired by the singer with Algerian origins. “When I sing this song, I have the impression that she looks like me. I feel like this traveler who has come a long way and has landed in France for hundreds of years. The story is magnificent “, he admits the voice charged with admiration for Enrico Macias.
Enrico Macias fan number 1 of Kendji
Despite their fifty-eight years apart, Kendji Girac and Enrico Macias have created a tender bond. While the protégé of Florent Pagny could not hide his admiration for the octogenarian singer, the latter was full of praise about the young artist. “I find myself in him. He arouses the same enthusiasm that I aroused when I started out”, confided Enrico Macias in the columns of Star TV Monday, December 20.
In addition to recognizing all the talent of the singer, Enrico Macias noticed that Kendji had a real “respect for the elders”. “He respects the elders just as I had respect for Charles Aznavour when I started out”, observed the singer. Absolute fan of Enrico Macias, Kendji Girac certainly dreams of having the same career than the singer who continues to bring the crowds together at 83 years old.
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