Philippe Katerine releases “Zouzou”, his new album with the biggest featuring of the moment (or almost)

MUSIC – Philippe Katerine got dressed: he put on a bucket hat and a trench coat. A few months after causing a sensation at the Paris Olympics in his simplest outfit and covered in glittery blue, the unclassifiable artist is back in music, this Friday, November 8, with the release of his new album Zouzounamed after his dog.

Be careful, he didn't come alone. Angèle, Clara Luciani, Juliette Armanet, Camélia Jordana, but also Zaho de Sagazan (and even Adèle Exarchopoulos) are there. The jack-of-all-trades singer brought them together in what could be the biggest featuring in French song of the moment. Well almost.

Because they're not really them. And it was not artificial intelligence that enabled this feat either. No, we owe this irresistible and mischievous piece entitled Edie's song to her daughter (Edie, therefore), and more precisely to her incredible talents as an imitator.

In this title designed as a game with her father, the young woman brings together all these stars of the current pop scene in her own voice, singing in turn in the style of one then another. It's very funny and above all, very successful. “ I also know how to do November Ultra and Rosalía », told us the performer, ahead of the release of the record.

The real star of this piece doesn't make a career out of imitation. Director and author, Edie Blanchard above all discovered a « don » impromptu during middle school. “ I noticed that I knew how to do Shakira very well », remembers the young thirty-year-old. Stored in the attic, her talent resurfaced two years ago, after she realized she was also rather gifted when it came to Angèle.

Philippe Katerine « nothing is forbidden »

This didn't go unnoticed by his father. “ He thinks I have talent in that. It's cute », Recognizes Philippe's daughter Katerine, also working as a backing vocalist on the album. “ He wrote the lyrics on his ownthe singer tells us. And before going to the studio, he asked me if I knew how to do Zaho de Sagazan. I tried for five minutes. I sent him a voicemail. And he said: “let’s go”. »

The track they created together is more subtle than it seems. “ I find that we human beings tend to fit into one box.explains the impersonator. However, we are multiple. And this song pays homage to that. Also, we are immersed in pop culture. Personally, I am imbued with all these singers. And what they say builds me as a woman. »

This title is not their first father-daughter collaboration. We owe several of Philippe Katerine's clips to the young woman, including those for the songs Confessions et Stone with you. Together, they also recorded a previous title: Yours – Yoursin 2011. She is full of praise for him. “ He doesn't forbid himself anything. He is a very creative person. He has a very developed intuitione”, estimates Edie Blanchard, who finds “ always nice to see someone who is not in absolute control ».

Words like his latest album. Zouzouwhich Philippe Katerine describes as “ a memento mori in the shape of a surprise bag », mixes rhythms, colors, registers and self-mockery, while delicately addressing certain more sensitive themes, such as the passing of time and friendship. Bonus: it's a “super dad”his daughter tells us.

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