Kendji Girac is back in the spotlight. It was last April that the singer greatly worried his fans since he was urgently hospitalized at the Bordeaux hospital. He found himself on the busy Biscarrosse area when he was shot. It was later revealed that he had faked a suicide and many confessions regarding his drug and alcohol use were made. A bad memory for the artist who is now delighted to find his audience again. Guest of the show As an aside this Thursday, October 17, he made many confidences about his return and his new album.
In his new album, Kendji Girac first thanks his audience, his loved ones but also another person in particular. An extract of a song was revealed and, in this one, we can hear him say: ”Papa, te amo tanto. Papa, gracias por tu amor”. Nathalie Levy asked her guest to provide details and he did not hesitate to do so. “It’s a bit of my rebirth. This song is a song that is another father for me, it’s God. The father of all things”, he said. The singer then adds: “I call him dad and thank him for his love. It is a praise to God”.
Kendji Girac: a somewhat special song
This piece is special for Kendji Girac. “The story of the song is incredible to me,” he confided before remembering this specific day: “It was on the way back, leaving the hospital. I was in the ambulance, I was going home and I tried to sing a song again to see if I could do it.” Following his accident, the singer was afraid of never finding his voice again and thus having to end his career. I started singing this hymn loudly and now I see that I can sing, my voice is still there. She is as good as she should be,”
he continued, relieved to see that he could continue his passion.
At that time, Kendji Girac was with Alban, his friend and manager. “We both start crying,” he remembers. A moment he will never forget.
“It was so powerful… it makes me shudder to talk about it. I hadn’t arrived home before I already wanted to go back to the studio”continued the singer. Kendji Girac had a lot to say and he wanted to do it in his songs. “I was obsessed with being able to sing about what I felt, about the love and support I received,” he declared, then specifying: “This hymn was the first song I recorded when I discovered my voice was still there.” A piece that is particularly close to his heart.
Kendji Girac: a very special return awaited by his fans
On August 29, Kendji Girac surprised his fans by announcing his return to the forefront. Determined to turn the page on the events of recent months, he let his fans know that he was going to release a song a few days later. “Hello friends, hello everyone. I am really happy and above all very moved to announce to you that I am finally back”he begins before adding:
“and I admit that I missed it”. A piece titled If only and which the artist wished to dedicate to his audience.
In this song, Kendji Girac speaks to his fans for the first time. “It’s been ten years, so I had to make a song just for you,” he continued, very moved. This return is an opportunity for him to “share good times together”, he continued before adding: “I’m really happy and really moved to tell you that I’m finally back.” Impatient, Kendji Girac declares that he wants to return to his audience as quickly as possible. He concludes by kissing his audience, saying he will “see them again very soon”. The singer wants to forget the past and move forward with his fans.
