Solène Leroux 6:29 p.m., November 24, 2021

Guest of "Culture Médias" on Europe 1 to talk about his new album "We do not let go of the case", the singer Bénabar took the opportunity to talk about "What was the info".

In this piece, the singer-songwriter castigates the 24-hour news channels, of which he is, however, a great consumer. 

INTERVIEW

A song that blasts the news channels continuously. Guest of

Culture Médias

on Europe 1 for his last album

We do not let go

, the singer Bénabar returned to the origins of the song

What was the info

. A song that openly criticizes television on repeat, which he himself is fond of. "I am very fond of continuous information", admits Bénabar at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.

"I like to discover a slightly critical point of view on a subject, or even to choose one with which I myself am a little guilty, precisely so as not to be in the position of the giver of lessons", details t -he.

To the point that it was sometimes excessive, especially during the first confinement: "I am one of those who started to watch BFMTV from morning to night."

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However, he conceives the limits of this type of information on the chain, hence

what was the info

.

“With hindsight, what bothers me the most is that it imposes a uniform rhythm of information on everyone,” he explains.

"While we don't have the same way of reading things! If we read a book, for example, we don't all read it at the same speed."

A way of consuming information "in loop" specific to these television channels.

“Like all drugs, it's up to everyone to wean themselves off as best they can,” concedes the singer.

Not a fan of new technologies

On the other hand, the interpreter of the

Dinner

, is not addicted to his smartphone. “I still have my old Nokia in a corner, but I still switched to the iPhone,” he says. "But I don't have the last one because every time I get taxed by my kids." In his new song 

I lost my password

, he says he's not a big fan of new technologies and admits it, at 52, he has that "bit of an old fool" side even if he doesn't "believe it. at all it was better before ". 

"But I don't think it's necessarily better afterwards either," he says.

The latest technological innovations are going "a little too fast" for the singer, who prefers "to slow things down a bit".

Admitting that he is not at all geek, "I am one of those who start to have a cold sweat as soon as I have to enter a password because I forgot it".

The singer even has reminders everywhere at home with passwords, in case of forgetting.