Zazie opens up about her difficult relationship with fame at the start of her career

Invited in Elodie’s World on France Info, Zazie looked back on her career. She spoke about her complicated relationship with fame in her early days.

In 30 years of career, Zazie continues to reinvent herself. One of the French’s favorite singers released her latest album in December 2022 and is currently starting her “Airtour” tour. At the same time, she also released a new hit, a duet with her partner from The Voice, Vianney. Last August, she looked back on her career in Elodie’s Worldon France Infoand spoke of her beginnings which were not easy to live with for someone who was not immersed in fame.

An instant success

It’s at the exit of his tube Zen, in 1995, when she was 27 years old, that the singer experienced very sudden success. And she explains having “very bad“experienced this notoriety, but it still allowed him to have strange experiences.”We did tests with those who were newly famous: Pascal Obispo, etc. For example, to call a completely crowded restaurant which, in any case, never found a place for us because they didn’t care at all. I was calling saying: ‘Hello! Is… No, there is no room…’. I called back saying: “Hello, this is Zazie’s press officer, do you have room for 12 people… ‘While there was no room for two, we then replied: ‘But of course, there’s no problem. What time?‘”, she says. But Zazie quickly understood that this fame also went hand in hand with the arrival of people who wanted to take advantage of her.

An achievement that was not easy

For Lola’s mother, certain experiences were easier than others to live through. “There was everything else, that is to say we were still using the cassette answering machine (…) and we went from two messages per week or per day, I’m exaggerating a little, to 70! ‘Ah hello! I don’t know if you remember, we saw each other once. But yes, yes. Reminds you..’. So“, confides Zazie. “It was so obvious that it hurt me. I understood that fame was going to damage my private life. I understood that there were a whole bunch of flattering people, false friends and others who were going to prevent me from having a more normal life.“, she admits. But fortunately for Zazie, she had friends on whom she knew she could count to be able to manage this rapid notoriety at a young age.