You have experienced important moments in recent days, placed under the sign of Grégory. What did they bring up in you?
Lucie Bernardoni. I'll tell you the truth: I've worked so much this week that I haven't yet had time to realize everything that happened, especially during the recording of Grégory's unreleased single, And if you feel. It will be performed by the students on prime, I think that's when everything will come back together. I was particularly touched by our visit to the Château, Karima Charni and I. It was our first time there, together, in 20 years. I told myself that some people weren't born when we were singing and dancing. And then, we felt useful: paying tribute to Grégory, with this new generation who will sing his words, there is no greater gift. I was very moved.
Tell us about this song, Et si tu sens (available on streaming platforms, the profits will be entirely donated to the Grégory Lemarchal association), which you came to present to the students and which they will perform on the prime…
It’s a text that Grégory wrote six weeks before he died on April 30, 2027, as his parents told me. This song helped me put things into perspective, it gave me a lot of strength and I tell myself that it can give it to a lot of people.
“Greg was a bit of a leader of all the stupid things we did in this castle !“
What do you have left of Grégory today?
Lots of memories where he was very funny! Karima and I reminded the students that Greg was the ringleader of all the stupid things we did in this castle! When you know him and hear people talk about him “angel voice“, we said to ourselves that it would make him laugh a lot. He was such a cute little demon who made everyone laugh.
We never get used to his absence?
Never. Today, I had a daughter who was almost 15 years old, Grégory was 23… I have had a different approach to her disappearance since I became a mother… This is why it is important that the association Grégory Lemarchal continues to exist. The title recorded by the students will help raise money for her.
Is Lucie Bernardoni still in contact with last year's students? She answers!
How is this new season going at the Château?
It's going very well. Every year feels like it’s the first time. The energy is created with all the students and teachers. It's a particularly happy season, we have quite a few clowns… It's true that sometimes you have to tell them to get back to work, but they are very endearing students. The issues begin to emerge, things become a little more complicated, the workload increases. This is the moment when we see who is working well and who needs to put in a little more effort.
You were very attached to the previous promo…
And I still am. I am in contact with everyone, there is not a single one that I do not have on the phone during the week. It's true that last year, something special happened… But I didn't come into this season telling myself that we couldn't do as well. Otherwise the work would have been in vain. And we really have a promo that turns out in a completely different way.
