Passing on France Inter this Thursday morning on the eve of her return to the charts, Vitaa spoke about the sexist remarks she received at the start of her career in music.
D-1. On the eve of the release of her first solo project in five years, Vitaa is the guest of Léa Salamé this Thursday, October 5 in her morning show, on France Inter. The singer returned to the forefront this summer with two new singles: Charlotte – his real first name and title of his new album – and The things we do. Faithful to his pen, the artist recounts his heartaches of yesteryear, but also his doubts in this opus of “maturity”. At 40, the mother of three children takes stock of her career and has bitter memories of her beginnings.
Vitaa opens up about her difficult breakthrough in the music industry
If many discovered Vitaa thanks to her duo with Slimane, the Lyonnaise rose to fame alongside Diam’s then alone in the industry in 2007. But her arrival on the music market was not easy, on the contrary. The song that bears his name also serves as “settling scores with all the people in the profession” who “have put obstacles in the way for years.” During the radio interview this morning, the host revealed to her interlocutor that she was surprised by the lyrics of the song saying: “I was told you sing well, but it’s your body that you have to focus on”. The interpreter then explains: “It was an era where being a woman with a physique, curvy, tall, didn’t help me. It should have been an asset and in the end, because I had things to say, I was an author and I wasn’t a bimbo, it didn’t help me.”. In addition, the companion of a man named Hicham specifies that she had to prove herself and endure sexist remarks.
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Vitaa speaks out about sexist remarks against her
“I was entitled to all kinds of thoughts”warns the forty-year-old before citing one of them which had a profound impact on her. “As ‘You’re cute, you should date a rapper first to make a name for yourself, it might help you get a buzz‘. While I come to approach the record companies with an album”, she recalls, still seeming offended by these inappropriate words. And Léa Salamé repeated, stunned: “They tell you, ‘Go and hook up with a rapper like that, maybe it will work!'”. Vitaa confirms this and admits to having been particularly “disconcerted” because “meeting at a record company”.
