A year after leaving the castle Star AcademyLénie, 19, has already released three singles and is preparing to hit the floor of Dancing with the Stars. Guest on the set of Cliquebroadcast on Canal +, the young artist returned to her complicated relationship with her father. She who performs a song, entitled Without youaddressed to his absent father, evokes with Mouloud Achour the verbal blunders of the man who should have been his male referent. It was when the host mentioned the family events in which Lénie sang, before her participation in the Star Academythat the young woman reacted: “It was the only moment when I could accept myself as I am. That thing where, well, no, actually, I’m not a nobody“, she said to the attentive ears of her interlocutor: “But who put it into your head that you were potentially worthless? Because it’s a strong expression“.
“You’re bad at that” : Lazy (Star Academy) recalls her father’s harsh words when she was a child
“Indirectly, my Dad, with whom I have a rather complicated relationship“, replied Lénie, before going into more detail. “I think he wanted to instill certain things in me, and he didn’t have the art or the way. And even as a young woman today, it’s hard to grow up with certain words that stay in your mind and with which you build yourself. Like: ‘You’re bad at that’, ‘But do you really think that’s a success?!’. Whereas for me, it was my whole life. In fact, these are words that are really impactful as a child and that we get hit in the face like that even though we didn’t ask for anything. But in fact, it was as I grew up that I understood that the person in front of me was just giving me what they had, and that it was their way of being too. So it’s a look that I have today as a young woman that I didn’t have when I was little.“
“I had a real rage for men” : Lazy (Star Academy) evokes the consequences of the absence of her father in her life as a young woman
“I think I’ve forgiven some things but there are still many things in me that, I think, I have not forgiven but that I do not admit to myself. Because it’s hard. The fact that he is absent, that there is no recognition. Because even though I have grown up, I still need paternal recognition. It’s hard to build yourself with an imbalance, a constant instability“, continued Lénie, when asked about her current relationship with her father and about her own feelings. “There was no real contact, there was no feedback on my song. I know that my Dad loves me very much, and that he really loves me very much. Even if he doesn’t admit it, he has a lot of pride, and I think the fact that it’s him who comes back is complicated.“, she continued, referring to her single Without youreleased in September 2024. And to talk about the other consequences that this relationship may have had in his life but also about the one who brought him a certain stability: “I had a real rage for men, and there was my father-in-law, who was there and who showed me another side of the man. He showed me a lot of respect and listening; All these things allowed me to maintain hope, too. And I’m very proud to keep that from him“.
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