Without him, his album The Beautification would perhaps never have seen the light of day in 2009. Indeed, invited by Elodie’s World On France Info this Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Calogero wanted to talk about his relationship with Jean-Jacques Goldman. A friend who knew how to help him, and use the right words, to allow him to compose his fifth studio album.
During the show, the interpreter of In weightlessness indeed recalled that he had lived through a very complicated period before composing the said album. This is also why he wanted to give this name to this project, even if his state of mind went against the current of improvement.
Calogero in a bad situation
“It’s an album where I come out of a somewhat complicated period”acknowledged Calogero as relayed by our colleagues at Télé-Loisirs. Before continuing: “Typically, I called it L’Embellie, when it wasn’t at all the embellishment in my head, but it was a force of persuasion”.
According to his own words, the 53-year-old singer wanted to “convince” and that has it “brought to the upturn, finally”. “And I really like this album today”he noted in Elodie’s World. But if he appreciates it so much, it is partly thanks to Jean-Jacques Goldman, who greatly helped him in this project which he was struggling with.
The valuable help of Jean-Jacques Goldman
Especially when he was writing the song It is said. “The song that was the driving force of the album. There are these very modest and respectful emails that we sent each other with Jean-Jacques Goldman, to make the song. I remember that for C’est dit, my theme was a little sophisticated, a little particular”Calogero first remembered.
The latter, revealing that Jean-Jacques Goldman had therefore decided to “reframe” him to make him aware of his errors: “et Jean-Jacques Goldman asked me: ‘But Calo, where is the hook?’, and I didn’t know anything about it so he answered: ‘Well I’ll look for the hook and we’ll find it’.And finally it became: ‘We are only rich with our friends, it is said’ It is so similar to my life, it is true wealth in the end”.
