Even today, Florent Pagny is one of the essential singers of French music. It must be said that his hits have crossed generations. In addition to his career as a musician, the 63-year-old man has tried his hand at another role: that of coach on the talent show The Voice. His fans will also be able to find him soon on TF1 where he intends to discover even more new talents.
Florent Pagny prepares his big return to the stage
A true star of song, Florent Pagny nevertheless made himself
quiet lately. And for good reason, the interpreter of Know how to love revealed in 2022 that he was suffering from lung cancer. An illness which forced him to put his career on hold. Today fortunately, and after a long treatment, Florent Pagny is doing better and even plans to return to the stage.
“I will come back in 2026 for my 65th birthday tour. (…) With certainly a new album in line with what I “have experienced over the last five years”he told AFP last year. At the time, the man who exploded against Guy Carlier expressed his desire to move away from the spotlight for a while: “To be, I am going to withdraw from the mediawe ate a lot of Pagny in 2023, between activities and illness, so I'm going to try to get back into creation”.
The singer helped and supported by Jean-Jacques Goldman
Azucena Caamaño's husband therefore prepares new musical gems for his audience. Long considered an immense musician, Florent Pagny nevertheless had a few moments of hesitation during his career. Fortunately, his meeting with another living legend of song allowed him to bounce back. It is nothing more and nothing less than Jean-Jacques Goldman.
In a recent interview given to Paris Match in the company of Marc Lavoine, whom he gently mocked, Florent Pagny returned to the role played by Goldman. “When this (periods where things worked less well, editor’s note) happened to me, I went to look for Jean-Jacques Goldman. The same one who two years before had told me no. I went back to look for my chance. Not only did he give me a song, but also he accompanied me with his teams. And I have
learned a lot with them”he reveals while ensuring that the 73-year-old singer is “the perfect example of the guy who wasn't cut out to become a superstar”. “At first he just wanted to play guitar. His problem is that he should have more ego sometimes!”he also says about his counterpart.
Like Florent Pagny, Marc Lavoine collaborated with Goldman
For his part, Marc Lavoine reveals that he also collaborated with Jean-Jacques Goldman: “I also made songs with him and he helped me by putting me in the hands of his brother. (…) One evening, I was at his house, he said to me: 'Do you think you're really made for this job? Maybe it'll never work for you again.”.
“I thought he was making fun of me but no, he was serious. He went so far to push me to question myself.”remembers the singer. Upset yes, but for the right reasons. “I subsequently proved to him that it was more than a job for me, that I had not chosen to do it”. A perseverance that finally paid off.
