Former L’Impératrice singer Flore Benguigui opens up about exit: “There were so many things I agreed to for fear of being kicked out”

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L’Impératrice singer Flore Benguigui has opened up about her exit from the band saying “there were so many things I agreed to for fear of being kicked out.”Back in September, an Instagram post revealed that Benguigui was leaving the band.

In the statement, she wrote: “This decision isn’t sudden or light-hearted but comes from a very long and difficult time of reflection.”She continued: “In late May 2024, I told the band that I couldn’t go on.

That I would handle the album release and the festival tour that had already begun, that it was physically and psychologically impossible for me to carry on playing around the world with them afterwards, even though it meant I wouldn’t be able to properly say goodbye to the fans on stage which broke my heart.

At that stage, I had already sounded the alarm a few times about my state.“Leaving this project in which I have put all my soul and energy for nine years seems to be the only way for me to protect my physical and mental health that have been seriously mistreated for the past few years,” the musician claimed.She went on to allege that “profound personal, artistic and fundamental disagreements between the other members of the band and me made harmonious and healthy collaboration harder and harder, and now impossible.”She continued: “It’s also the whole industry that I’m questioning today with this choice, this music industry is so toxic and unfair especially towards women, towards victims, towards mental health, towards those that seem too fragile for this job.