Michel Polnareff ends his career in style. Indeed, the iconic singer has just announced his “later tour”, with 24 concerts planned in London, at the Printemps de Bourges, at the Accor Arena in Paris, the LDLC Arena in Lyon, the Décathlon Arena in Lille, and in the Zénith of Caen, Rouen or Toulouse. The opportunity for the public to applaud one last time the legendary singer of “Lettre à France”, who will sing his biggest hits but also new songs live. Indeed, the 80-year-old artist will offer a “ latest albums » on February 28, including “ pop influences rub shoulders with Debussy and California » according to an official press release. This disc will follow “Enfin!”, released in 2018 and which attracted more than 50,000 buyers.
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“A song that bears witness to its times”
To present his new album, the artist has set his sights on the single “Sexcetera”, described as “ a clever urban hit, a street tease “. After singing about carnal pleasure in “L'amour avec toi” in 1966 and then about online meetings on “Goodbye Marylou” in 1989, Michel Polnareff addresses the issue of gender and sexual orientation in 2024. “ I said to her “what”, she said to me “who?” / He told me he wasn't her / She told me she wasn't him / I broke up with her / Sexcetera, sexcetera, sexcetera » he sings on the chorus of this audacious pop track, mixed in London by Tom Archer (Sam Smith, Editors, Goldfrapp) and Ross Fortune (Ed Sheeran, A$AP Rocky, Julian Perretta). “ It's a kind of polaroid, sorry polaroid of a society. A song that bears witness to its times. I am part of a society that has changed a little, I find that I am continuing what I have been doing since the beginning: being interested in sexuality »
Last year, Michel Polnareff raised the question of his retirement in “50’ inside”, and he was clear: “ This is non-negotiable! If you want, I have great moments of… We can call it latency, we can call it suddenly a disappearance. But it's always momentary. What I like is to disappear to come back even stronger “. So he changed his mind!
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