Friday March 10, 2023, Christophe Miossec gave an interview to Liberation on the occasion of the release of his new album. During the interview, he wanted to tell an anecdote about Johnny Hallyday.
Known in the world of music since the mid-1990s, Christophe Miossec released his twelfth album SimplifyFebruary 17, 2023. After this release, he wanted to confide in his long career in the columns of Release, Friday, March 10. The opportunity for him to approach her relationship with Johnny Hallyday. Indeed, the two artists had collaborated and Miossec had notably composed the titles Of love And Waiting for the Taulier.
Regarding this former collaboration, the 58-year-old recalled: “It was nice to hear that from the audience. I wanted to write for him with the idea of giving him pleasure, so that he wouldn’t get bored“. In 2014, Johnny Hallyday had also received music victory song of the year for 20 yearswritten by Christophe Miossec.
Johnny Hallyday had things in common with Miossec
If Johnny Hallyday and Christophe Miossec had worked together more than once, it’s because the character of the young lyricist particularly liked The idol of young people. “I think Johnny liked me, maybe because I’m not bulky. He was very shy like me, he had a very animal thing, which brought us closer“he remembered before continuing:”My parents were shocked when he said one day ‘Christophe, he’s a rebel, he was born in the street’. But I saw what he meant“.
Indeed, by stating “born in the street“, the husband of Laeticia Hallyday alluded to its own titlereleased in 1969. In it, he sang his own story: “My name is Jean-Philippe Smet/I was born in Paris. You know me better as Johnny. One evening in June 1943, I was born in the street/On a stormy night. Oh yes, I was born on the street“. A song that had become one of his emblematic titles.