new fan question

[Terry]

I have just recently been introduced to Alizee online. I bought both albums of course, but I was wondering about a question that probably has been discussed before, but here goes:

I have read about Alizee's hiatus and the various reasons. Was it because of personal reasons(ie getting married and having a family), a fight with Farmer, or being dropped from the record label? Any new takes on this while we wait for a new album?

Terry

[Oh_Snap!]

nobody really knows for sure. There was apparantly a rumor in the press that Alizée said she planned to take 3 years off...this was in early '04 i think (?).

If I had to guess (and just purely guess)...I would say she needed a break, she was burnt out, she got married, had a family...yada yada yada. Alizée is secretive about her personal life...as far as I know, she has never even officially acknowledged in public that she married or had a child...maybe someone can prove me wrong, though.

[Rocket]

Aliz'ee is the love child of Elvis and Briget Bardot. She is currently living in a log cabin that she helped her dad build. Bardot ran away before Aliz'ee was born so she never got to know her.

How's THAT for a rumor? hehe

[aditya8617]

Originally Posted by Rocket

Aliz'ee is the love child of Elvis and Briget Bardot. She is currently living in a log cabin that she helped her dad build. Bardot ran away before Aliz'ee was born so she never got to know her.

How's THAT for a rumor? hehe

people will believe anything these days!

[mal]

Im guessing that her unknown boyfriend singer got her pregnant and is now frustrating her career. For her to fly is for him to lose her or so he thinks.

I also have some suspicioin regarding her first arrangement. I wonder how much royalties shes getting from her music. She was barely known and Mylene Farmer, a veteran, came in and promoted her. Mylene could be gettng all the royalties.

Omg it just hit me. Maybe shes waiting out her contract with Mylene. In other words maybe she got fed up with doing all the work and only getting a salary or worse hourly.

We need the A team!

[Oh_Snap!]

What makes you say all that? Jeremy is her husband not boyfriend. They were husband and wife before she got pregnant.

[TurinSZ]

WTF is your problem your assuming to many thing's

[lefty12357]

I have no knowledge of the details of Alizée's recording contract, but a typical contract would be for 3 albums to be done over a 5 year period. The contract is usually broken down into an initial period and 3 option periods. After the initial period, the record company can exersize any or all of the option periods. They have all the power. Since Alizée only provided vocal performances on these recordings, her percentage would be based on that, unless someone decided to be generous. Mylene and her publishing company would get a nice percentage of the take for holding the rights to the songs. Alizée's best opportunity for income would probably come from the concerts and live appearances.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Oh_Snap!

What makes you say all that? Jeremy is her husband not boyfriend. They were husband and wife before she got pregnant.

Not to mention that in a song (C'est si bien), he says:
T'aimerais avoir des enfants
Mais on est si bien tous les deux
On se suffit amplement
Which makes it sound like the kid was her idea! She always said she wanted to be a young mother, and she really meant it!

[zpa]

Whooa now that was a little harsh Altho I gotta admit that I tend to wonder how things would have gone if Jeremy wouldn't have been around