Et ce n’est pas que mielleux, c’est aussi vrai. Ils étaient pourtant les premiers à se moquer de l’adolescente que j’étais, fan inconditionnelle de Britney Spears jusqu’à tapisser mon mur de posters, férue téléspectatrice de la Star Academy jusqu’à passer le casting, admiratrice de Grégory Lemarchal jusqu’à avoir la chance de le rencontrer. Si passionnée que 8 ans de cours piano, 3 ans de chant et 10 ans de théâtre auront eu raison du don que je n’avais pas. Mon don était ailleurs, et mon premier stage au service promotion chez V2 Music en Mars 2003 grâce à Mélissa Phulpin, brillante attachée de presse (et accessoirement ma tendre cousine), me montra la voie. Je me suis battue pour faire partie de la classe unique en option Musique au lycée (j’ai d’ailleurs chanté au bac et obtenu 17/20, n’en déplaise à tous ceux m’ayant relayée au rang de chanteuse de salle de bain) et je pensais avoir un chemin tout tracé pour devenir cheffe de projet en label : passer une licence en Lettres Modernes parcours Communication à la Sorbonne-Nouvelle afin de passer le concours du CELSA et trouver un job en major après mon master.

Évidemment, ça ne s’est pas passé comme ça. En 2007, pendant mon année à la Sorbonne, je n’avais pas cours le jeudi. Et le jeudi, c’était les répétitions de la Staracademy pour le prime du vendredi, que je ne manquais sous aucun prétexte depuis le début de cette saison 7. Ma meilleure amie me lança le pari d’écrire une lettre à « Quentin », élève de cette saison pour lequel j’éprouvais une affinité artistique et humaine indéfinissable. Ni une ni deux, me voilà le jeudi, jour off, à la Plaine Saint-Denis car je savais que c’était le seul créneau où l’on pouvait croiser les élèves pendant les répétitions (merci Greg). On se rencontre, je lui donne une lettre bien écrite et pleine d’humour, il ressort quelques minutes plus tard et me demande de lui réécrire absolument. Je suis ainsi revenue lui apporter une lettre tous les jeudis jusqu’à la finale, qu’il lisait de façon habituelle dans son lit du château de Dammarie-Les-Lys devant 8 millions de personnes. En février 2008, il a gagné l’émission, on s’est rencontrés « pour de vrai » et on ne s’est plus jamais quittés. Pour le coup, j’ai plutôt quitté la fac. J’ai travaillé dans un golf le temps de m’organiser. Puis en BTS Communication en alternance, Mosimann m’a embauchée en tant qu’assistante Communication. D’assistante à tour manager, de responsable communication à bookeuse, à gérante, manager, productrice, éditrice, directrice artistique, autrice, j’ai monté les échelons et élargi mon champ de compétences, accumulant les fonctions, tout en passant par correspondance une Licence Communication (DEESCOM), un Master en Management et Stratégie d’Entreprises, et un Master en Management et Stratégies de Communication, spécialité Stratégies Publicitaires et Communication Numérique. Mosimann et moi avons ainsi monté QMP Production en 2010 et QMP Publishing en 2013, et de mon côté une auto-entreprise de consulting en 2020.

Those close to me will tell you that I always wanted to do that. And it’s not just sappy, it’s also true. However, they were the first to make fun of the teenager that I was, an unconditional fan of Britney Spears to the point of covering my wall with posters, an avid viewer of Star Academy until passing the casting call, an admirer of Grégory Lemarchal until to have the chance to meet him. So passionate that 8 years of piano lessons, 3 years of singing and 10 years of theater will have gotten the better of the gift I didn’t have. My gift was elsewhere, and my first internship in the promotion department at V2 Music in March 2003 thanks to Mélissa Phulpin, brilliant press officer (and incidentally my tender cousin), showed me the way. I fought to be part of the single class in the Music option at high school (I actually sang at the baccalaureate and obtained 17/20, with all due respect to all those who took over from me to the rank of bathroom singer) and I thought I had a clear path to becoming a project manager at a label: take a degree in Modern Literature, Communication course at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle in order to pass the CELSA competition and find a major job after my master’s degree.

Obviously, it didn’t happen like that. In 2007, during my year at the Sorbonne, I didn’t have classes on Thursdays. And on Thursday, it was the Staracademy rehearsals for the Friday prime, which I had not missed under any circumstances since the start of this season 7. My best friend challenged me to write a letter to « Quentin », student of this season for whom I felt an indefinable artistic and human affinity. Neither one nor two, here I am on Thursday, an off day, at Plaine Saint-Denis because I knew that it was the only time where we could meet the students during rehearsals (thanks Greg). We meet, I give him a well-written and humorous letter, he comes out a few minutes later and asks me to absolutely write him again. I came back to bring him a letter every Thursday until the final, which he usually read in his bed at the « Château de Dammarie-Les-Lys » in front of 8 million people. In February 2008, he won the show, we met « for real » and we never left each other again. So instead I left college. I worked on a golf course while I got organized. Then in BTS Communication on a work-study basis, Mosimann hired me as a Communication assistant. From assistant to tour manager, from communications manager to booker, to manager, producer, editor, artistic director, author, I climbed the ladder and broadened my field of skills, accumulating functions, while going through corresponds to a Bachelor of Communication (DEESCOM), a Master in Management and Business Strategy, and a Master in Management and Communication Strategies, specializing in Advertising Strategies and Digital Communication. Mosimann and I set up QMP Production in 2010 and QMP Publishing in 2013, and for my part a self-employed consulting company in 2020.

I had the opportunity to do a lot of fieldwork, to learn « on the job », to travel a lot, to make fabulous (and villainous… but it forges) encounters, to build myself a personality on which we can count, especially when I myself could hardly count on anyone in the face of the walking sexism of this business. It was difficult to be a 19-year-old assistant, blond and luscious, in the service of a DJ! And that it remains challenging even 15 years later to defy the condescension of some. However, through my journey, determined, patient and passionate, I have intervened in many areas of the music sector to support artists, independent or not. One of my primary missions has always been to free them from the administrative and strategic constraints that are nonetheless essential. Autonomy, responsiveness, professional network, discretion and dedication have made me a respected collaborator. I had the chance to be the right arm, the adviser, the assistant, the trusted person of talented and diverse artists for whom I undertook to offer all my skills, all my know-how. It is also for these reasons that many partners have called on my expertise as artistic director (A&R), such as The Voice Belgium (co-coach of Mosimann), 20 Minutes Switzerland, RCA Group (Sony Music France) or artists in development. I admit, this presentation looks like an interview, even if to tell the truth, I have never had one in my life. Therefore, for the sake of consistency and in order to complete my résumé, I would say that from the point of view of hobbies, there are my two chihuahuas Pikipou & Paulette, the Britney of the 2000’s, and writing: songs for producers and/or singers (Mosimann, Slimane, Boris Way, Nicky Romero, Armin Van Buuren…), documentaries (« Mosimann: Change Your Mind », « Mosimann: Outside The Box at the Olympia »), novels (« 90+1 » parts I & II, forthcoming).