EXCLUSIVE. Upset by the war in Ukraine, which echoes the departure of her family from communist Bulgaria to France when she was a child, the singer is releasing, this Friday, May 13, a mini-album for the benefit of Unicef. She tells us why.
“It was obvious. I had to do something”. When the war in Ukraine began on February 24, Sylvie Vartan was « overwhelmed » by the images of this Slavic people, like her. Having herself fled communist Bulgaria with her family in 1952, she wanted to make a gesture for the victims of this war and decided, during her last visit to Paris, to make a mini-album for the benefit of Unicef, the United Nations organization dedicated to children.
It will be released on May 13 on digital – May 27 on CD – and contains five tracks, his classics « La Maritza » and « Nicolas », « Le Bleu de la mer noire », from his latest album « Thank you for the look » , released in 2021, a live cover of John Lennon’s « Imagine », and an unreleased version of « Odessa », a song from 1998, which she has just re-recorded.