the underside of their collaboration

A choice that was made on a whim. Very popular singer and lyricist of French song, Serge Lama signs in October a 24th album entitled To like, which is also his last. After more than 50 years of career, the artist has decided to bow out as a singer, without depriving himself, however, of continuing to write for his brothers and sisters. Something he has done in the past with artists like Céline Dion, Francis Cabrel, but also Florent Pagny. On his latest album, released in September 2021, the former juror of The Voicewhose Zazie recently gave reassuring news about her state of health, chose to interpret The future, a title that also inspired the name of this opus. And the text, vibrant and full of emotion, was written by Serge Lama himself. That the interpreter initially did not know.

“He wanted to listen blind, as they say”thus entrusted Serge Lama to Laurent Delahousse, of which he was the guest on the set of 8:30 p.m. on Sunday on France 2, October 9. So it was Florent Pagny’s producer who made him to listen “blindly” this title, without him knowing who was the author, surely to better savor the words without worrying about the prestigious name or not of the lyricist. Charmed, the singer still had the curiosity to ask for the identity of the author of these words by launching: “But who is the idealistic young guy who wrote that song? A somewhat surprising remark which proves that, even at the age of 79, Serge Lama is “always in the loop”as the journalist from France Télévisions pointed out to his guest.

Florent Pagny works with a singer

An amusing anecdote therefore about the collaboration between Serge Lama and Florent Pagny, who also decided to withdraw from artistic life, for health reasons. Suffering from inoperable lung cancer, the interpreter of My freedom of thought was, a few months ago, revealed to be currently “in controls” while he rests with his family and recovers his colors. Good news supported by several of his friends, like Patrick Bruel, while he recently participated in a project with Kendji Girac by recording a duet with him on his next album. A “voice song, of course”which should appeal to fans of the two artists, especially delighted to find Florent Pagny in the music.