Renaud continues to fascinate his fans. In recent years, the artist has been discreet since his marriage to his new Cherry partner. Let fans be reassured, after years to have fought against his alcohol addictions, Renaud seems to regain control, as his new wife affirms. If he began to sing in 1968, it was above all his meeting with Coluche who will take off his career. He will make his first part during a show and a link will be created between the two men, to the point that the artist of the Restos du Coeur becomes the godfather of Lolita, the daughter of Renaud. Coluche’s disappearance in 1986 was a real drama for the artist, who will dedicate a song to him. Renaud is used to putting his emotions in music, and that’s what pleases fans. In March 2025, Thomas Chaline decided to analyze his discography in his work, Renaud, a song lifepublished by Hugo Doc editions and that Télé-Loisirs was able to read. If one of his famous songs was inspired by his ex-wife Dominique, another provoked the anger of a famous French businessman: Bernard Tapie.
How did Renaud choose the title of his song To the beautiful of May ?
In 1994, Renaud released the song To the beautiful of Mayextracted from his eponymous album. In the text, he has fun with slang and Marseille accent, a style he has been passionate for several years, because Renaud adores the Marseille city, where he spends his holidays there. “My friends introduced me to Marseillais who told me about the beautiful of May. Hearing this name pronounced with this accent, I said to myself: ‘What a wonderful song title. So poetic and mysterious! “entrusted Renaud to TV 7 daysin 1995. In the text, Renaud speaks of a “fier parigot”which is gradually imposed in Marseille. “According to legend, Bernard Tapie would not have appreciated the song at all. Worse, he would have upset. Renaud smiles “explains Thomas Chaline in his book, recognizing himself in the lyrics.
What is the real story behind the title To the beautiful of May ?
“That, I can imagine it! I would have preferred that he had a little humor, but it is true that the song falls rather badly for him. She comes out in the midst of his personal and political embarrassments”confided Renaud in this same interview of 1995, recalling the history which opposed the businessman to Crédit Lyonnais. “When I allowed myself this mocking pagolade on an oh so controversial, mediatized and invasive character, he was on the rise (…) The character is certainly not my cup of tea, but I can’t find him unfriendly. Besides, at the start, I thought I was talking about myself, a little parigot that arrives in Marseille. I did not know that the beautiful of May was the district where he had been elected “. A tribute to the style of Renaud.
