Seven years since his fans last heard his voice. According to RTBF, an unreleased Maurane title was released posthumously in Quebec. This piece, called the charmingis a duo with Quebec artist Mario Pelchat.
Released on October 3 but not available in Europe, this song is part of an album of duets in which Mario Pelchat shares a dozen titles with artists such as Isabelle Boulay, Patrick Bruel, Chimène Badi and Garou, to celebrate his 60th birthday.
A posthumous album planned for 2026
Maurane and Mario Pelchat had already collaborated in the past. Together, the two artists notably recorded the song. Stay in 2006 and worked on a Maurane best-of.
But, according to RTBF, the charming was born from a meeting, in 2023, between Mario Pelchat and the Belgian composer Sylvain Goldberg, close to Maurane’s daughter, Lou. While researching his archives, he found something unreleased by the Belgian singer: a piano/vocal model in mp3, which he decided to present to the Quebec artist.
Thanks to AI, the background piano was removed and Mario Pelchat then recorded his voice to make a duet. “We redid the arrangements. We isolated Maurane’s voice. I added a harmony… and it gives the impression that she is there, alive around us,” Mario Pelchat told Montreal radio station QUB radio.
According to RTBF, a solo version of the song. the charming It should also see the light of day and be included in an album of unreleased Maurane songs. According to Belgian media, the singer’s manager, Jean-Claude Doyen, and his daughter, Lou Villafranca, are working on this project that should be released “in 2026.”
Source: BFM TV
