In 2001 released the song that made it known: “We all need love”. In duet with Johnny Hallyday, a little girl named Clémence placed in the 4e Sales place in France.
Daughter of composer Saint-Preux, the young woman, now 36, still sings. And she tells the genesis of this project which should never have materialized!
In an interview with battery, on the occasion of the recording of a new version of its 2011 tube “Defenseless”the baby-singer confided in open heart.
Unlikely duo with Johnny Hallyday
She remembered: “I was really little, I was 11 years old, and my dad who composed the song We all need love made studio sessions to find a singer to interpret it “.
Clémence also reveals that at the start, the man behind the “Concerto for a voice“did not plan to make it a duo. Even less to give it to Johnny!
Behind the scenes, Clémence already had only one dream: to be a singer. And she says she begged her dad to give her a chance. Opposite, the classical music composer was reluctant.
Clémence says he was saying to him: “You are too small, maybe you say that now, but in fact it’s just a childhood desire, it’s not really what you want. And it’s a difficult career and environment. Perhaps, drop, finish your studies, stay in school, quiet, make your life as a little girl “.
Very determined, the little girl made her way to the microphone, and finally managed to record a model. It was without knowing that the disc, which has “Trained in a record company”for more than a year, was going to land in the idol of young people.
Clémence is still enjoying it today when she explains: “Johnny Hallyday heard it by magic, luckily, it’s a stroke of fate “. And that’s how one day, at the end of the school, we came to get her to take her to Marnes-la-Coquette.
Clémence reveals a little secret on the song
The 12th year old, the little girl entered the house and found Johnny, Laeticia and a piano there. The Taulier then asked him to interpret him the song. And the rest, everyone knows her.
Johnny, who had completely cracked on Clémence’s voice Asked if she wanted him to record the song with her. And she, to reveal, more than 20 years later: “The first catch I made (for the model) is the socket on the disc. They kept the initial recording, theE spontaneous and natural thing. It’s not perfect, but it’s full of emotion and that’s what they found pretty. “
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