“It was bound to happen” (EXCLUSIVE)

Behind the name Jukebox hide two rather original concepts: an album and a tour. Which of the two was born first?

Jenifer I think it's about the tour, even if the idea of ​​a best-of record is circulating

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then a few years already. But it really wasn't obvious to me. There, in addition, I was starting to work on the sequel, an unreleased album with surprises… So, it disturbed me.

Why Jenifer agreed to make this album

What convinced you?

When I finished the album tour N°9I quickly missed the scene. Although I was also happy to return to a calmer life. But still… I need these bounces, because that's how I feel alive. For the best-of, what convinced me was when the idea came that it would not be a compilation, but an album where we would revisit my old titles, those which meant so much to me and to the public, in order to allow them to exist differently. And also, returning to a studio for which I have a lot of affection, which is very special to me: Spookland (the studio of Yodelice, Maxim Nucci, his real name, her former companion and father of her first child, Aaron, editor’s note)

Jenifer talks about her reunion with Maxim Nucci

You work again with Maxim Nucci on this record. Who asked the other?

Oh, we always had this desire to collaborate together again. We have excellent memories of my third album, Moody (2007). And I have always admired his work enormously, from the beginning. It was bound to happen. He is someone instinctive, who needs to feel things to…

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