Solène Delinger 12:32 p.m., January 23, 2023

Chimène Badi was the guest of Europe 1 this Monday morning in "Culture Médias" on the occasion of the release of her tribute album to Edith Piaf.

At the microphone of Philippe Vandel, the interpreter of "I come from the South" returned to his difficult beginnings in music.

Revealed in the show "Popstars" at the age of 20, the singer released her first album in stride and chained the concerts.

An infernal rhythm that pushed her to become addicted to sugar... 

Chimène Badi is back on the front of the stage with her new album

Chimène Badi sings Piaf. 

Invited to the

Culture Médias program

to talk about this opus, the 40-year-old singer confided in her difficult beginnings in music.

The interpreter of

I come from the South

 was revealed in the show

Popstars

at only 20 years old.

She released her first album in stride and chained the concerts.

"I had no more existence", remembers Chimène Badi at the microphone of Philippe Vandel. 

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“I was addicted to sugar and fat”

The 40-year-old star, who has already mentioned this dark period of her life in interviews, self-sabotaged, denigrated herself, damaged herself physically.

She made up for her discomfort with food.

“I was addicted to sugar and fat,” she explains.

"It's also because there was a void to fill", analyzes the singer who was however enormously successful at the time.

"Yes, it worked, but there were plenty of other things on the side that were very difficult to live with," she underlines.

Like all very popular artists, Chimène Badi was confronted with "haters". 

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“I am not a woman who lets herself be beaten like that”

"You know, when you arrive, it blows up and you're everywhere, well, we love you, but we hate you too. I'm not going to teach you that," she assures Philippe Vandel.

At the time, Chimène Badi was nevertheless "lucky" that social networks, exacerbating violence, did not exist.

"Fortunately, they didn't exist. And then afterwards, I have a strength of character. I'm not a woman who gets knocked down like that. I can drop one knee, but not both. And I was when even well surrounded