"J'ai vieilli" :Zazie se livre au micro de Thomas Isle

This transcript is a short, lively radio interview on Europe 1 between Thomas Isle and Zazie, built around the release of her new single, “Peu importe.” The opening is playful and nostalgic: the host riffs through several of her older hits before greeting her, which sets up the main theme that she has a deep catalog and that choosing songs for a tour has become both easier and harder because of that volume of material. Zazie jokes that she has “vieilli,” but clarifies that the real challenge is not being overwhelmed by success; it is deciding what to include because fans will object if certain songs are left out. The discussion then turns to the new song’s unusual opening — a line about “le chien des voisins” urinating in her garden. Zazie explains that she likes to start songs with surprise, using an arresting opening to grab attention and create a sense of curiosity. …

1. Zazie is promoting a new single, “Peu importe,” and explaining its unusual opening as a deliberate attention-grabbing device.
2. She frames the song as social commentary on coexisting badly, not just a quirky anecdote about a neighbor’s dog.
3. Her view is that people listen poorly, fear difference, and increasingly talk past one another.
4. She sees art as emotionally engaged rather than politically programmatic: songs do not solve problems, but they can move people.
5. She presents concerts as rare spaces of collective gathering across social divisions.
6. The interview is light, humorous, and celebratory rather than argumentative.

• No real disagreement is developed; the exchange is largely aligned and promotional.
• Zazie’s claim that art speaks to the heart rather than politics is asserted, not tested against a counterargument.
• The idea that concerts are uniquely nonviolent is presented broadly and humorously, but not evidenced or qualified in depth.