{"id":7141,"date":"2025-07-15T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:04:09","slug":"blog-interview-nathan-zanagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/blog-interview-nathan-zanagar\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Interview: Nathan Zanagar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/odesli.co\/embed\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Fs%2F5AdiE0S2Zupc7nKmWFauOT&#038;theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nathan-Zanagar-by-Cordula-Treml-IMG_8157-75x60.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>Hello Nathan how are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m great, it\u2019s nice to have a chat with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations on the release of La Grande Salle\u2019 how does it feel?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much. It feels really good\u2014especially knowing that some of these songs waited a long time before being released. It\u2019s a relief and a joy to finally have them out in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a five track EP, what\u2019s the story behind it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had two of the songs almost finished for a while\u2014Occupe-Toi\u00a0and\u00a0EDA\u00a0aren\u2019t new. I\u2019d had them for some time, and they felt like they could belong on the same record. Around the same period, I recorded my own version of the classic\u00a0Nature Boy\u00a0for a film. I had always wanted to record that song, and we chose to go in a very pure, almost mystical direction with it. That experience really influenced the kind of sound and atmosphere I wanted for the EP.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, I knew I had this very energetic, sometimes rock\u2019n\u2019roll presence on stage. So I started asking myself: which songs could help me show all these different sides of who I am\u2014without making the EP feel completely incoherent? In the end, it was the themes, the lyrics, and the underlying emotional truth of each song that led the way.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0In My Head,\u00a0Aux Hommes, and\u00a0La Grande Salle\u2014even though they\u2019re quite different musically\u2014I realized I was exploring something similar, soul-wise, if that makes sense.\u00a0La Grande Salle\u00a0was actually the last song we recorded. We finished it in a single day, which had never happened to me before. And when it was done, I just knew. I knew I had the EP. It felt right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite track from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know that\u2019s an impossible question, right? It\u2019s like choosing a favorite child.<\/p>\n<p>But if I had to pick the song that\u2019s most representative of my state of mind for this EP, it would probably be La Grande Salle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The title translates to The Grand Hall what\u2019s the inspiration for the title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I felt like\u00a0La Grande Salle\u00a0really embodied the whole project and how I was feeling. Yasmina Reza wrote the lyrics for that song, and they felt incredibly personal to me for many reasons. So it became the title track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018grand hall\u2019 is, on one level, the place I dream of singing in\u2014but it\u2019s also a metaphor. It represents that space we\u2019re all searching for, the place where we believe we could finally be happy. I think we all have our own\u00a0grande salle\u00a0somewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You also directed the videos for the tracks &#8211; what was the easiest and most challenging part of the process for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I guess the easiest part is that I genuinely don\u2019t mind the amount of work it takes\u2014because I have so much fun doing it. I discovered that I really love the whole process.<\/p>\n<p>The hardest part was definitely the budget. I released the EP independently, so the resources were very limited. And yet\u2014I still wanted to make four music videos (don\u2019t ask me why!). The real challenge was figuring out how to create something that looked very good and that I could be proud of, with very little money.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I wasn\u2019t alone. I had help from incredibly talented people who, luckily for me, were just as passionate about the project as I was.<\/p>\n<p>Also for \u201cOccupe Toi\u201d I had to climb a giant mountain, that was demanding but I loved it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re a singer songwriter and dancer from France how did it all begin for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It started very early\u2014by the time I was three, I was already singing on the kitchen table for my parents and my big sister. So for as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to do this as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>It all happened progressively: finding musicians to jam with, writing my first songs, step by step. In my case, it\u2019s been a long journey\u2014but definitely an interesting one.<\/p>\n<p>I do love dance, and I love directing too, but music is really where it all begins for me. It\u2019s my main passion. As long as I\u2019m singing, I\u2019m happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you listen to growing up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They were actually artists from very different genres, but there was one thing they all had in common: stage presence and emotional power. I remember being a fan of Aretha Franklin, C\u00e9line Dion, Mick Jagger, Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Tracy Chapman, Tina Turner\u2026 all very different \u2014but as a kid, I was completely fascinated by their voices, their intensity, and how immensely joyful it was to watch them perform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been singing since the age of three what was your favourite song to sing at that age?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Pour que tu m\u2019aimes encore\u2019 by C\u00e9line Dion. My family definitely got tired of that one after the billionth time\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve also performed around the world what\u2019s been a pinch me moment for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Probably performing in the Philippines\u2014because I was very young, and it was so far from home. I couldn\u2019t believe people on the other side of the globe actually wanted to hear me sing. And they were such a great crowd, too.<\/p>\n<p>Performing at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024 was also a lovely, unexpected surprise. A very special moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could perform anywhere in the world where would you go?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some venues represent a big dream\u2014L\u2019Olympia in Paris would definitely be one of them for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now I\u2019m a big fan of Sam Fender, Holly Humberstone, Tamino\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you looking forward to doing next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New songs, obviously\u2014and also a few projects that it\u2019s still a bit too soon to talk about, but they could represent an exciting new step for me creatively.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Nathan how are you? I\u2019m great, it\u2019s nice to have a chat with you. Congratulations on the release of La Grande Salle\u2019 how does it feel?\u00a0 Thank you so much. It feels really good\u2014especially knowing that some of these songs waited a long time before being released. 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