An album that is close to his heart… On June 21, 2024, David Hallyday released his new album, Requiem pour un fou, in which he covered many pieces by his father, Johnny Hallyday. If he obviously sang Blood for Blood, he also revealed his version of Laura, the song dedicated to his half-sister, Laura Smet. Friday June 28, 2024, in the show In private with, for Pure People, the singer assured that the actress was “very moved” by discovering it.
“She listened and it wasn’t completely finished yet (the song, editor’s note), but she wanted to listen to it. I don’t like to listen to it when it’s not finished. It’s like looking at a painting that isn’t finished, you can’t savor all the stuff”he explained before specifying: “I made her listen to it and she was really moved. and so, obviously, me too, because I can only think of her while making this song. It was important for me to succeed and for her to be the first to be happy because it’s her song.”.
David Hallyday: “I think it would make sense”
While he is very close to his half-sister, the father of three would really like her to go on stage alongside him.
“On Laura for example (the song, editor’s note), she could sing with me. I’m thinking about it, but I don’t know yet in what form, but I would like very much.”he said in complete transparency.
Having a very precise idea of what they could do, David Hallyday specified during this interview: “On a live show for example, I would like, if she feels like it, to have her work on it. It would be great, I would love to do it, because it’s a song that is so close to her and that she cares about. I think it would make sense for her to come and I would love to.”.
David Hallyday and Laura Smet have many things in common
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, on the set of Clique, on Canal+, it was with emotion that the singer spoke about Laura Smet. “When we practice the same style of work, we inevitably have common points which are established automatically.
I think we have the same sensitivity., we have the same tastes more or less, cinematographic, musical. Even though we are a different generation, we understand a bit of the same things.”he had said.
“What’s funny is that we often talk about half-sisters, but she’s my sister. And I see the things we have in common, it’s funny in fact. It’s stupid humor, a little sarcastic, hypersensitivity, those things…”, he added. Friday June 15, 2023, on the set of The Secret Life of Songs, on France 3, Laura Smet recalled having already sung with David Hallyday in 2009, when their father was hospitalized. “It was a way for us to stick together at that time (…) Suddenly we truly became brother and sister. And I’m not talking about a half-brother here. For me, he’s really my brother.”she confided.
