The countdown is on for Sylvie Vartan. In a little over a month, on November 8, 9 and 10, she will perform for the last time on stage in front of his audience at the Dôme de Paris as part of his final tour: I bow out. The singer decided to stop concerts.
Invited this Tuesday, October 1 in the morning of France Inter, Sylvie Vartan was questioned by Léa Salamé about this decision. She then explains that it is a choice she makes out of respect for her audience.
Sylvie Vartan: “do not be pitied”
“I find that it shows respect for people, for the public. Because, at my age, I’m not going to sing for, I don’t know, another 10 years. It’s not possible”, she explains “I want to sing with full ownership of what I do and present myself properly to the people I love, who have followed my whole life and who I grew up with. I think that it is a respect that we owe them not to cause pity“ continued the artist.
Before continuing: “We don’t ask ourselves the same questions when we are 20 years old, or 40 years old even, as when we are 80. The road narrows”, concludes Sylvie Vartan, who says she no longer has the same vision of things as in her youth.
The one who shared her life with Johnny Hallyday, the two singers had a son: David Hallyday. And definitely, mother and son are similar in many ways. Both experience great melancholy.
Melancholy: a family story
At the start of her interview, Léa Salamé asked her guest what emotion she was going through at the moment. “Melancholy” replies Sylvie Vartan tit for tat. A response that surprises the host of What an era! on France 2. And for good reason: a few weeks ago, David Hallyday sat in the same place as his mother and spoke of melancholy.
“When I was little, I always had this kind of sadness, I don’t know where it came from. This is what followed me for a very long time. JI think that this kind of melancholy is a bit genetic” the singer said. Now he knows it and he has proof: it seems to be genetic.
To this anecdote, Sylvie Vartan reacted with a touch of humor. “I’m sorry then, it’s just me“, she commented. “I have paradoxes, indeed, I go from melancholy, which is part of my genes and those of my parents too, and at the same time, I like to laugh a lot, I like cheerfulness. I’m extreme actually,” she concluded.
