On the verge of tears, Lara Fabian remembers her meeting with Maurane who had refused to sing with her at the beginning

This Tuesday, November 19, Lara Fabian was the guest ofAs an aside on Canal + and during the show, she returned to her friendship with Maurane.

The emotion is still palpable. For several years, Lara Fabian has been recognized in France but also in Canada for her unique voice. At 54, Gabriel Di Giorgio's partner is releasing a new album on November 29 entitled I am here. Ahead of this new project, the singer with the golden voice unveiled last January a first extract from her new project, Your pain in duet with Slimane. The singer with 25 million albums sold praised a few weeks ago her collaboration with the winner of the fifth season of The Voice – today entangled in legal cases -. “We work well together and with his writing companions Yaacov and Meir Salah”she declared. Next year, Lara Fabian will begin a Zénith tour with even a date at the Accor Arena in Paris on December 7, 2025.

Lara Fabian collapsed at the death of Maurane in 2018

If Lara Fabian is still so popular with the French public, it is because she has managed to conquer their hearts with songs with timeless lyrics and thanks to emblematic duets. This is particularly the case for his song You are my other with Maurane. His death on May 7, 2018 plunged the coach of The Voice Kids in immense pain. This Tuesday, November 19, she was the guest ofAs an aside on Canal + and Nathalie Levy showed him images of her duet with Maurane. On the verge of tears, Lara Fabian returned to their strong friendship.

Lara Fabian looks back on her friendship with Maurane, now deceased

“I miss her so much. She was one of the most beautiful voices on the planet. She told me that when she sang with me, she dove into the great lakes. I did the same. I dove into her big heart”she began, her voice betrayed by emotion. “I met her, I was barely 17 and I was ready to go to Canada. She knows that I like to sing, I go see her everywhere I buy tickets to her shows. At the time, it was a mutual friend who introduced us“, she added before returning to the story of her hit You are my other. “When I write You are my otherI hope she sings it with me. But it was not won. At first, she didn't want to…” before she changes her mind upon discovering the lyrics. A few seconds later, she returned to his closeness to her. “My parents loved her very much. She would show up at our house with her daughter. We spent time together. We went to restaurants. It was beyond show business. There was a thing where we always shook hands very strong. We loved each other sincerely with all the conflict that intense love can have.“she concluded.

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