The emotion was palpable on the set of 'En aparté' on Tuesday November 19, 2024 on Canal+. Lara Fabian, who came to promote her new album “Je suis là”, was touched when talking about her friendship with Maurane. After being invited to look back on her greatest hits, she faced images of her duet with the Belgian singer. Together, they wrote the hit “Tu es mon autre” in 2001.
“It’s one of the most beautiful voices on the planet”
“What is she missing!” reacted, on the verge of tears, Lara Fabian before Nathalie Lévy commented: “Maurane and two voices in unison…”. “She is missed so much… She is one of the most beautiful voices on the planet. Her voice will always resonate. She said that when she sang with me, she dove into my great lakes with her little Belgian accent. And I did the same , I plunged into his big heart”confided the Quebec singer. She then returned to her meeting with the former juror of the “New Star” who died suddenly at the age of 57 in May 2018.
“I met her, I was barely 17 years old. I am absolutely nobody, it was before leaving for Canada. She knows that I like to sing, I go see her everywhere. I buy tickets for all the shows at the time, it was a mutual friend who introduced us. She will remain in my life in filigree and dotted lines at very, very strong moments, and at others a little less.explained Lara Fabian. She then returned to the history of their duet on “You are my other”.
The guest of 'En aside' wrote this title expressing the wish that Maurane would agree to do it as a duet with her. “It wasn't won, I can tell you, because at first, she didn't want to. And then finally, she listens to it, listens to it again and says to me: 'Well yes, it could be us like that can be anyone. We can find in the other, his other And then, this song has made the journey that we know it has made.she confided, still very moved.
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“It was beyond show business”
Lara Fabian also confided that her parents loved Maurane very much. “We also had a bit of a family relationship like that where she showed up with her daughter Lou. We sometimes spent time together or we met in a little Greek restaurant that she loved”she declared before concluding: “It was beyond show business and the fact that we had made this song. There was something where we always shook hands very tightly. We sincerely loved each other with all that intense love can be conflicting”.
