Originally Posted by dana0_7
Translation 83-94 - without interviews
Reconnected, disconnected
Alizee goes into a short tour in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, exceeds the understanding. Paparazzi are waiting for her there. She’s insulted, but she continues her tour to South Korea, giving a great show. Before she goes again abroad, she presents us her new single, “A contre-courant”, including a new clip made by Pierre Stine. It was filmed in Binche, in a huge old building. She’s running after a man through the ruins of that building. She goes to several shows, including the sixth part of “Star Academy”, where she sings on 4th of october 2003 with Johnny Hallyday, Isabelle Boulay et Nolwenn Leroy. She goes in different parts of France during 10th of octobre – 20th of december 2003. She goes also in Belgium in october and in Sweden in november. Although the concerts should last until spring, her las show is on 17th of january 2004 at Zenith, in Paris. The public knows he’s filmed because of the new live clip.
In february, the newspapers write about the separation between Alizee and the recording label, but there’s nothing more than a rumour. But what is true, is the relationship she has with Jeremy Chatelain. They went in Las Vages where they got married in secret, on 6th of november 2003.
She goes for the second time at “Pour Laurette”, dressed with one of the dresses she used in her tour, singing with Natasha St Pier a Pascal Obispo’s song, “L’important, c’est d’aimer”. A few weeks later, she celebrates with Jenifer the 43th anniversary of Charles Aznavour, singing “For me, formidable”.
On 18th of october 2004 appears the live recording. But her fans have to thanks to a little, only an album and a DVD, with a little of making off. Although a new single is sent to the radios (“Amelie m’a dit”), Alizee decides not to promote it until her 3rd album is ready.
In november, one year after her american marriage, seems that she’s going to be a mother and we understand why she had this lack of interest in promoting her new single. On 29th of april 2005 she gives birth to a lovely little fairy (petite fee) named Anny-Lee.
Starting with this moment she’ll think more about her 3rd album. No new infos about it, but the separation seems to be done. Her destiny won’t be reduced to Mylene, but maybe to Indochine. Asked about a colaboration, Nicola Sirkis (during a show under the Eiffel Tour, a show for the coming out of their new album, “Alice and June”), sais that, for the moment, he only “gives her advices about how to escape from the claws of the spider (?). It’s not made already, but it’s not wrong either.”
Alizee is present at the party for the appearance of Sir Sid, her husband’s chothes brand. The couple also goes to the theater to see their friend Pierre Palmade acting with Isabelle Mergault, into a laurent Ruquier’s play, “Si c’etait a refaire” (If i had to do it again).
Emancipation(s)
Decided to make an original album, Alizee prepares her return in family. Jeremy is put to make the melodies and to create the songs for the new album, helped by his friend, Sylvain Carpentier. They met each other (J & S) when they recorded for “Varietes francaises”. Together, they moved to B cabin, in Juno studio, Yerres. The album is so waited and the fans are making pressures. A few months later, like so many french celebrities, Alizee is involved in Clearstream, a politico-financial scandal. That’s why the prucence is more that ever here. She makes herself descreet, but she assures her fans that she will be back, using a short lovely message, posted by one of her fans on a site. During this time, a hurricane is almost born in South America. Alizee’s popularity is bigger with every month that pass. An year later, in february 2007, Universal decides, as their request, to public her DVD live and a limited edition of an album connected to the DVD. The newspapers write about Alizee and she becomes an idol there, although she have never been to Mexico.
During this time, at the biginning of year 2007, “Moi...Lolita” is still heard, so everyone speaks again about Alizee. On 3rd of january appears “A good year”, a Ridley Scott’s movie after a Peter Mayle’s novel. “Moi...Lolita” has a huge role in this movie who was filmed in Provence. In may, the same song is sung by Julien Dore, a candidate at “Nouvelle Star”. He sings a rock version. Everyone thought that Alizee would be there on that evening to sing with him, but nothing. It’s not about grudge, but that was the single that she chose when there was the question of publishing a single to make her public wait until her first album’s appearance. And Mylene opposes to every change of the original text.
But where is that preparation of the album that we’ve been heard about? We know that Jean Fauque confirmed on 1st of april 2006 that he was working with her. We hear about Oxmo Puccino too, about the great Bertrand Burgalat, but also about Daniel Darc. The album is ready. She produced the album all by herself, after she bought back her name with a symbolic euro. So, Alizee and her producer go to search a recording label. Finally, the one who accept is Marc Hernandez, from Sony-BMG, RCA recording label. RCA also represent Patrick Bruel, Laurent Voulzy, Rock Voisine, Pink, Avril Lavigne and Usher.
Delight on Christmas
So it started the preparation. Alizee goes a lot at her recording label to discuss about the promotion strategy, about her image and radios. As a first single, they decide to chose “Fifty Sixty”, a pop song inspired of Blondie, with a text writen by Jean Fauque, speaking about fashion and Andy Warhol’s NY. But the spitefulness of a person who worked in the studio makes him post on internet a version of this song, not even the final version. So, Alizee and Jeremy decide to not come out with this song as her first single, but with “Mademoiselle Juliette”. The newspapers start to talk about other rumour, that Alizee has on her album a song about Mylene. The show “50 min inside” shows a report where journalists like Bertrand Dicale from “Figaro” and Benjamin Locoge from “paris Match” are asked about both of them.
On 24th of september 2007, there’s an oficial press release where she deny the rumour and she also sais that the new single will be MJ and the new album, Psychedelices, will appear until the end of the year. First is announced for 26th of november, but it appear on 3rd of december.
Considering Alizee’s interntions, we are sometimes tuched by her 11 songs. It is a pop album, which contain the elegance, the innocence and the glow of the 80s. it has something from Deborah Harry and Madonna (FS, MJ), from Nelly Furtado (Decollage, PLP), from Killers – their “Hot Fuss” period (Psychedelices) and something from Depeche Mode and The Cure too. Most cases of text are writen by Jean Fauque, who makes word games with great meanings. He gave Alizee stories about a dive who kills herself because of drugs (Idealiser), about 80s NY (FS), about sensual dates (Mon taxi driver) or about an imaginary city where you can meet Paris Hilton, John Lennon, Ghandi, Rolling Stones, one of the Desperate Housewives or Al Capone (Lilly Town)... Symbols from a zapping generation. Alizee also asked him for an intime song. So Jean wrote “L’effet”, a song about the great feelings of being a mother. When he proposes her a modern version of the story of Romeo and Juliet, he describes a heroine who wants to escape from her own history. How can’t you imagine that when she sings about a heroine who often had the feeling that she was in the audience at her own adventure? And what we should say about Oxmo Puccino’s text which speak about a Alizee ready to take-off? About Daniel Darc, he shows us the dark side of Alizee, speaking about “ac-triste” and “cica-tristes” in “Lonely List”. He also speaks about one who has the courage to write a goodbye letter (Jamais plus).
Don’t cry for me Mexico...
Having a clip filmed at Epinay-Champlatreux, in Val d’Oise, using scenes from “Eyes Wide Shut”, MJ remains only for 8 weeks in the top, but on the last possitions. During this time, her bet is achieved. She has a popular public and new listeners seduced by her originality. Because “Le 6/9” obtains the exclusiveness to show to the public her new single for the first time and some scenes with Alizee and her grandmother Marie-Jo and her bestfriend Helene, “Le grand journal” and “Cafe Picouly” goes together with “Fan 2” and “Star Academy”, and “Le Parisien”, “le Point”, “Le Monde” and others goes with “madame Figaro”, “Liberation”, “So Foot” or “Voxpop”. She doesn’t handle carefully her paine to defend her first album of heart and to explain the return of Tinkerbelle independently of Boutonnat/Farmer. She’s present at the inauguration of Zenith in Strasbourg, she goes to a autograph session on Champs-Elisees and she doesn’t grumble when they ask her to join some chats on the internet.
After she participates in january 2008 at the concerts of Les Enfoires or she goes to some concerts like “M6 Live” in Provence on 15th of february where she sings ML and FS, she goes to Mexico.
Radios, press, tv... There will be a huge promotion. On 3rd of mars, she responds to several questions in a press conference, where she’s dressed with a spring dress, where she seats on a sofa, surrounded with cakes like the one from the album’s cover. Two days later she has to cancel the autograph session from MixUp shop. They waited there 500 people, but there came more that 8000. She presents her excuses on Prodigy MSN’s site. The album receives a gold disc, competing with Alicia Keys album or Britney’s.
After her return in France, she goes on 20th of mars to a concert for Fight Aids, singins 3 Gainsbourg songs with Adrienne pauly, Elie Semoun and Jean-Felix Lalanne, whom she will meet a few week later at Casino in Paris.
About shows, she sings “Love is all”, “hung up” and “Adelaide” with Alain Chamfort. Again bad luck. The FS clip is uploaded on the internet, exactely on the server of those who were responsible for it. Her recording label is asking for the deleting of the clip, but without a good result. To promote the new single, Alizee already taken some photos at H&K. The photos are less sophisticated than the Nathalie Canguilhem’s. Starting with 21st of april 2008 she repetes for her future concerts, which will start at Moscow, than in Mexico from 22 to 31st of may. In june she will go in Argentina and Colombia, and then on 23rd of october in Paris, at Grand Rex. Coming soon a new live adventure.
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07-25-2008, 09:20 AM
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