Nostalgia when you hold us! Marianne James knows something about it and keeps an admiring eye on her career. Before being famous in the entertainment world and walking the red carpets, she started out on the street to earn her living.

On May 29, the singer delved into her youthful memories by sharing a photo with singer Nathalie Boissy dating from 1987. “Two sopranos begging,” she wrote in the caption, posing together in sublime Provençal dresses and singing in public in front of the Vaucluse fountain, in another photo. “For those who didn’t know, this is among other things how my career began. By begging!! An experience that shapes and teaches so much… Oh memories”.

A vintage photo which aroused the admiration of its subscribers on the social network. “Already this smile and this deliciously mischievous look! I’m a fan”, “Magnificent woman Marianne!”, we can read among the comments. Some fans even recognized her at the time and recalled memories in turn. “Now that I have seen the photo I realize that I actually saw you young at the Vaucluse fountain since I went there to meet my family from Ste Cécile les vignes in summer and at Easter. The memories come back”, says reminds this Internet user. “I gave you the coin, in fact I was seasonal at the time,” smiles another admirer.

This is not the first time that the interpreter of the singer Maria Ulrika Von Glott evokes her past as a street artist. “I sang on the sidewalk in 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1987. Those were the four years when I didn’t have a job and I didn’t want to look after children. I begged and it worked well, I sang at the Butte Montmartre, in the metro and on the Beaubourg square,” she told Le Figaro in 2023.

Driven by her passion and determination, the former judge on Nouvelle Star and La France a un incroyable talent has earned a comfortable living thanks to her lyrical talent. “I earned a very good living. On bad days, it was 100-120 euros and on good days 600-700 euros. It was a hit.” Would you have recognized the young artist when she started out? Focus on images in the slideshow.