Michel Polnareff loves nothing more than surprises. The latest came on the 1 p.m. TF1 news on Monday. The singer, duplexed from his residence in Palm Springs (California), confided in us about the throes of creation before giving way to the 3 minutes of his new single. Entitled Sexcetera, the song heralds an album of the same title due for release on February 28.

Sexcetera, for which he composed the music and wrote the lyrics, which is a rare occurrence, is a song that’s right up there with the times, tackling the question of gender and sexual identity. A tailor-made subject from the interpreter of Je suis un homme, singer of virtual love with Goodbye Marilou (1989) and provocateur, who named his autobiography Spèrme. The song is pop and bouncy, even if this gifted composer has accustomed us to more powerful melodies. “ She told me I’m an almost-he and my boyfriend is an almost-she. “, he sings on a very contemporary production.

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The octogenarian worked with some very trendy young collaborators: the British Tom Archer, known for his work with Sam SmithThe Editors or Goldfrapp, and his compatriot Ross Fortune, (Ed SheeranJulian Perretta, A$AP Rocky). It remains to be seen whether the rest of the album will be in this tone, or whether it will return to the breadth of the most beautiful pieces of a repertoire begun in 1966. Six years on At last, which put an end to almost thirty years of recording silence, Sexcetera will it promise Polnareff fans the moon, or will it just be an excuse to hit the road again?

L’Amiral” took advantage of his TV appearance to unveil the dates of what he described as his final tour, just two years after his last one. After a London date on April 3, the French tour will begin with the Printemps de Bourges on April 15, ending in Lille on June 28. Between these two stops, the tour includes some fifteen dates, including one in Paris, at the Accor Arena, on June 14.