“Lots of girls refused to sing with me!“
That’s what Chimène Badi says. In a long, very candid interview with our colleagues at Purecharts, the interpreter of “Entre nous” and “Je suis du Sud” draws up a crude observation on the absence of solidarity between girls in the music industry. On the Deluxe version of her album, she sings “Rehab” with Natasha St-Pier, this pair's first studio recording. But it's rare: many singers would have refused a duet with her, despite her strength of proposal over the years. Sad.
And this inevitably makes the main person concerned react: “It's very new, I believe that women are reaching out to each other. And I dream of this world where finally, girls hold hands with each other, carry each other. We need this! It's starting, but we're not quite there yet“.
Chimène Badi will even go further in his reflection – which reeks of experience. And reach stars through his speech…
“They shoot each other”: from France to Hollywood, solidarity between girls is absent, and Sydney Sweeney affirms it as much as Chimène Badi
Still at Purecharts, Chimène Badi deplores solidarity with absent subscribers.
We listen to it: “This solidarity, we really have to go there, it's important because the girls who shoot each other… It's sad all the same. I think we are all sisters and we should all congratulate each other naturally, without any jealousy“.
Ego concerns? Female rivalries? Competition for who sings the best? How can we explain that women “shoot each other”, as the cult singer of the 2000s puts it? Solidarity between “girls” – to use Chimène Badi’s words – a myth?
We can see one of the incidences of the famous Smurfette Syndrome: in a society where men are over-represented and/or hold power, “the most privileged and the most daring can dream of becoming exceptional women in a man's world – these are the Smurfettes“, we write in this analysis on this dizzying concept.
What gives rise to female rivalries, a principle which invades our popular culture – we had reviewed Mean Girls on this subject, and we struggled, experience to be found here.
From France to Hollywood, the same observation.
In unison, criticized by women, Sydney Sweeney is a victim of the lack of sorority that reigns within the dream factory.
The hyper-eclectic actress and producer, followed by tens of millions of fans, recently told Vanity Fair: “It's very disheartening to see women belittling other women. Especially when women who are successful in other areas of their industry see young talents working very hard“.
“Everyone in this entire industry says “women empower other women.” None of this is true. This is all false and serves as a cover for all the other bullshit they say behind everyone's backs!“
You must read his testimony.
On the dream factory side, the actresses practice invoking this solidarity when they can. We think of this declaration of love from one icon to another. In the French music industry, some voices are alarmed on this subject: like Clara Luciani, whose new album has just been released, and who shatters an unfortunate sexist myth in this mood post.
