Translation by Backinblack, subs by moi-alizee.us
It's the big return of this fall.
Alizee's new album, but without Mylene Farmer at the helm.
Is there a rift between the two artists? The answer, coming up.
Alizee's return was the big event of last week.
After a three-year absence, she was invited to the radio show 6/9
to officially surf to them on the waves Mademoiselle Juliette,
the first single from her new album.
Her return put an end to this little debate and to the craziest rumors.
For the first single, it's a very very good choice. A very very good choice for a very very good return. I'm sure of it.
Let's back up a little. In December 1999 France discovered Alizee in the Graines de Star finals.
But that night, she didn't just charm the French public.
At the same time, Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat
were looking for a young girl for whom they would write custom-made songs.
It would be Alizee, and we know what happened next: Alizee became Lolita,
sold more than 1,200,000 copies of the single of the same name
and 600,000 copies of her first album.
Lolita was an unbelievable success. Especially to the radio listeners, to our listeners. It really had an impact.
Followed by another album, a concert tour, and above all international renown:
a commercial in Japan, magazine covers in Mexico, China, and all over Europe.
Alizee exported herself and sold like crazy.
She wasn't just a phenom in France, like I was saying.
When I see in Japan she even did a commercial for, as I was telling you, a brand of cookies.
Afterward, what I was really surprised about was her success in Mexico.
We didn't know there was such a craze about Alizee there.
And then, nothing more. Total silence for three years.
No public appearances, no interviews, the news practically dried up.
We do know that she married Jeremy Chatelain, from the second year of Star Ac,
on November 6, 2003, and that their littl Anny-Lee was born five months later
And then, a few weeks ago, the rumors began flying.
Alizee was preparing her return, alone without Mylene Farmer, her mentor,
without whom she would be nothing.
It's true that there was a falling-out, a kind of falling-out between Alizee and Mylene Farmer,
who was indeed her mentor at the beginning.
And this rift is, I think, as much due to Mylene Farmer as it is to Alizee.
Whether it was natural distancing,
an irreversible falling-out,
an independence crisis, or freedom from a too-tight grip,
all kinds of rumors have sprung up. But what does Alizee have to say about it?
At 16, Mylene Farmer, to whom you owe your career, how did you see her?
Like ....... a big sister.
Ok. And today, at 23?
As the one who taught me everything.
So no settling of scores on the horizon,
contrary to what had been announced concerning ambiguous songs on her new album.
It's something natural, since she was young then,
and now she's freed herself from the tutelage of her parents.
Her emancipation a success, the decision of releasing Mademoiselle Juliette is also a success.
The radio hosts are all caught up in it.
After 30 seconds, you're like, what, Camille?
Alizee's new single, it's huge, and also, we got lots of positive reactions from text messages,
even though they were surprised at first because of the different path she had taken.
And the listeners, are they crazy about it?
All the returns we've seen, it's like, finally, she's here, it's unbelievable.
That's where you really find out if a single, and an artist making their return, has succeeded or not.
A successful return, a blossoming marriage,
all that remains is to wish that her comeback won't be just a dream to Alizee
on the subject of dreams, what is your dream, Alizee?
To sing with Madonna.
OK, we promise, the next time we see her