Before becoming famous solo, Clara Luciani was one of the singers of La Femme.

Invited Friday of "Culture Médias" to present her new album "Heart", the singer remembers the concerts given with the group in England, and the first stages paid mainly in lukewarm beers.

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The debut time for Clara Luciani is already a long way off.

The singer publishes Friday

Heart

, a second album that she presents the day of its release on the program

Culture Médias

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The singer also remembers at Philippe Vandel's microphone her first scenes with the group La Femme, and in particular the adventure of their concerts in England.

Very shy, Clara Luciani had hesitated to join the group, which had convinced him by saying "You should really come anyway, because when we go on the radio you will bite your fingers".

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And it is indeed with The Woman that Clara Luciani knows her first successes, and her first scenes abroad.

"It was extraordinary. I really had a fabulous time," recalls the singer, smiling, referring to the group's concerts in England.

"We found that normal"

"But it's true that we were paid 20 pounds and a few lukewarm beers for seven members of the group," she adds, amused by the situation then.

“We didn't have a place to sleep, so Marlon, who is part of the band, would ask every night on stage who we could sleep at that night. One time I found myself sleeping in a bathtub, it was was resourcefulness! "

Things have since changed a lot for Clara Luciani, who however keeps very fond memories of this period.

"We found that normal. I think it's also the strength of youth," she explains.

"It's true that now, I think I've got used to a certain comfort as well. If tomorrow I had to sleep in bathtubs after my concerts, maybe I would experience it a little worse."

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Despite the success of her solo career, the singer is far from having cut ties with the group of her beginnings, which continues to make a career. "I think La Femme sees itself more as a collective than a group. At the time, there were maybe two or three singers," says Clara Luciani. "So I never had the impression of joining the group, nor of leaving it. Even today, I sometimes find them, sing backing vocals on their songs. I came to sing with them for their Zenith. It's still my family. "