And now: Alizée! Here she is!
Ah, my dear.
Good day.
I kiss like an Italian.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- Welcome Alizée. - Thank you.
How are you?, "Ca va bien?" - even I can say that.
- Fine, thanks. - I'll go then... - No, don't!
Ok. Let's start right away with a question. Because there's a doubt we had.
It's about the name. Because, well, in the lyrics she changes it frequently.
Well, in the song you are Lola, Lo, Lolita, Alizée...
Alizée. My real name is Alizée.
And why? Yes, why?
My parents were fond of windsurfing and they called me Alizée, like a wind.
Her parents were fond of windsurfing and they called her Alizée, like a wind.
Ok. But why does she change that name in the lyrics. Why does she say "my name's Lo, Lola"?
Why do you say your name is Lolita, Lo, Lola?
Because I play a role, like in the movies.
Aaah, she plays a role like in the movies!
I see.
A bit like Kubrick who changes the lens and perspectives to change the intensity of the feeling which....
Oh, but never mind that. Let's talk about...
Let's talk about your song.
The song has been inspired by Nabokov's novel.
What did she say?
The song has been inspired by Nabokov's novel.
Ah, sure it was. And you know him?
Who was Nabokov?
He's a writer.
A writer, right. Ok.
Since she is young, very young, I would like to know if that success has changed her attitude;
if she had to grow up prematurely.
Seeing that you're very young, isn't it the case that success has forced you to become a woman,
too early perhaps. Isn't it so?
Since I live in Ajaccio with my friends there,
I'm still the same person as before, except for my work in Paris.
She practically lives in Ajaccio, in Corsica, like Laetitia Casta,
so she is still the same as her friends in Ajaccio. That's all.
So, nothing has changed?
No, absolutely nothing.
- Are you happy? - I don't think so.
How do you say "happy"?
Heureuse.
- Are you happy? - Yes, very happy.
Also because you're in Italy, right?
Exactly.
Yes, I'm. Also happy to be here in Italy. It's very close to Corsica.
- Is it the first time you're in Italy? - Yes, it's my first time.
Italy is close to Corsica, which has, by the way, close cultural links with Italy.
So she probably swam here over and we didn't even know it.
- He says you came here by swimming. - Yes, I did, as a dolphin.
Yes? Let me check your shoulders?
Ok. Let's see your video now. May I try?
Could you introduce the video, your video, please?
Yes, here is my clip "Moi Lolita".
We are still here with Alizée.
And with the Lolita.
This is also a lesson of french for me, right?
Perfect.
- Ah, I do speak French very well, don't I? - Yes, very well.
So I want to...
"Demander", to ask is "demander"
...to ask you what do you do when you don't sing. Bello!
Yes very well. I'm at Ajaccio, I take my dance and English classes, I meet my friends and family.
Oh, but now you have to help me out.
She goes to Ajaccio, meets her friends, takes English classes and dances.
At this point we'd like to see some dance. How long have you been dancing?
I've danced since the age of four.
Well, my friend dances as well. Let's see it.
Tell her I have a black belt in classical dance.
- But I don't dance classical dance. - Ah, I can't do anything else but classical dance.
What are her dainties? "Gourmandises" means dainties and that's the title of her album.
What are your dainties?
Candies. Sour/Citrus candies.
Candies. What candies?
Sour/Citrus candies.
Such as lemon ones and so on.
Ah frizzi-pazzi!
Those that make you....
Or maybe Popeye's spinach? Do you know Popeye's spinach; that he ate and then...
- And the Popeye's spinach? You know it? - No.
- What is it like? - How should I know? I was born in the 80s.
- So why do you ask her? She's just sixteen. - Whatever... Ah...
Is it true you have won a drawing contest?
Yes. At the age of 11.
And what did you draw?
Well, a plane. In fact, the plane was already there, but I coloured it.
Ahhhh, she didn't draw it! She only coloured it.
And the drawing was reproduced on a real plane.
The drawing was reproduced on a real plane, that is to say on a wing of a real plane.
Hmmmm, great.
- You're happy about it? - Yes.
And how did you pass from painting airplanes to being a singer?
The drawing was just a coincidence.
It was just luck, coincidence.
Ok. Since we have to move on fast, we will see "l'Alizé", or Eliza in Italian, on the 6th place.
Speak french, you do it so well.
On the sixth place there is "l'Alizé".
That's it.
We go with a baguette... I speak French well?
Yes, very well.
Very well, right? Have you seen all those young people down there?
There are a lot of... a lot of people.
Yes, Fans.
Fans, yes, yes, yes. Ok. We'll meet with Alizée again in a moment.
Now a short break. I'll practice my French.
We are still here with Alizée.
Good morning. How are you. Very well.
Can you help me with translation?
I'd like to ask you a question:
How did you feel when you first heard your song on the radio?
When I first heard my song on the radio....
She's learning Italian fast!
...I was in a cafe with my friends,
but I hadn't told them I had recorded a song so it was a surprise for them.
So she was in a cafe with her friends, that I understood. And then... You heard it?
So you were in a cafe with a friend?
No I was in a cafe with all my friends when we heard it on the radio and I had't told them that I had recorded it.
She was in a cafe with her friends when they heard it on the radio
and she had't told them that she had recorded it.
So everybody was surprised, Ok.
Now, what's your favourite song in this album? No, you ask her.
Moi Lolita.
- Moi Lolita? - Yes.
I understood that on my own: "Moi Lolita".
But you haven't even asked her about a boyfriend, love...
Ok, so I'm asking: Are you engaged?
Are you in love with someone?
- No. - No? - No.
You see, Alizée, everybody writes and asks about it.
And my last question: When are you going on a tour, an international tour?
After my second album is published.
When? I haven't understood a thing.
After my second album is published.
After her second album.
So that's going to be?
Next year.
Next year, next year. Ok. Great thanks to Alizee for being here with us.
- Merci beaucoup, Merci beaucoup a Diggio. - We have to run.
Ok. But wait a while; let's take a photo together.
May I?
Come.