A few seconds of introduction. And we already recognize each other My philosophy. 2003. Amel Bent of the New Star, signs a contract with BMG. He did not win telecrochet, but he was offered to release an album.
“I tell her that I would like to meet Diam. He tells me ‘ok no problem, you can meet whoever you want’. I tell him ‘the most important thing for me today is to tell people that I’m like them, that life hasn’t always been kind. We’ll start there and then we’ll see,’ recalls Amel Bent.
Diam’s knows how to handle words better than anyone. A short discussion between the two young women and the case is quickly heard.
“The rumor says 15 minutes, although I may have gone a little too far. In any case, I think it was done in less than an hour”, evokes the singer. “She took my words, she brought her forceful words, her shocking words.”
Within a few weeks, 200,000 copies of the 2-track CD had been sold. Amel Bent knows success, but at first it’s hard to really understand what’s going on.
“It pissed me off. I remember calling Mélanie. I said ‘I don’t understand’. She has a queue of 200,000 people. That’s it!”
“It’s beyond commercial success”
Almost twenty years later, the song has become the anthem of those who want to follow their dreams. Sung in demos, and even by children who weren’t even born when it came out.
“This song fundamentally changed the course of my career, except I didn’t have a career before this song! For me it’s beyond commercial success, what I experienced with this song, which I still live with. Go on, this song, it’s in feminist groups, is sung by associations. It is a pride of being human, in fact”.
There is no doubt that when Amel Bent returns to the stage, My Philosophy will occupy a prominent place in the list of performed titles.
Source: BFM TV
