2023-05-09 18:02:48
“This rest period will be longer than I imagined, so it is with great regret that I will not be able to honor my promise. » It is with these words that Stromae announced on Tuesday May 9 the end of his tour, already partially stopped, and which was to last until December 2023. “Stromae’s state of health does not allow him to ensure his performance”reports his tour producer, Auguri, in a joint text with Mosaert, the structure of the singer, 38-year-old Belgian megastar.
Wrung out by an XXL world tour in the wake of the album full of hits Square root (2013), Stromae had first thrown in the towel at the end of 2015, affected by depression aggravated by the side effects of an antimalarial drug. The one who is among the most listened to French-speaking artists in the world was finally back on stage in 2022, to present Multitudedisc which had enabled him to win a sixth and a seventh Victoires de la Musique.
The opening track, Unbeatenseemed to attest to his return to form and a renewed ambition, after Hellthis song with which he had created the event in a staging at TF1’s 8 p.m. newspaper on a Sunday evening in early 2022. “As a result, I sometimes had suicidal thoughts/I’m not proud of them/Sometimes we think it’s the only way to silence them/Those thoughts that make me live through hell”we hear in this piece with strong autobiographical overtones.
Remixed by Kanye West
Stromae has never made a secret of the problems encountered during his ascent. “Even if we sell dreams, it’s still a job and, like in any job, when you work too much, you end up with a burn-out”he had conceded in 2018 in an interview with France 2. In the 20 hour newspaper of TF1, he had confided that the work on clips for other artists in recent years − Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa or OrelSan, between others − he had “really good” car “attention” was not then “more range” on him.
Everything seemed clear at the beginning for Paul Van Haver, his name in the civil status, which has become a reference for young artists like his compatriot Pierre de Maere or the Frenchwoman Zaho de Sagazan. Born in the suburbs of Brussels to a Flemish mother and a Rwandan father who left home very early and was killed during the genocide, he discovered teenage rap. He made his debut there, then composed for mainstream artists, such as Anggun, before turning to the Eurodance of the 90s, of which Belgium is one of the melting pots.
In 2010, his first album under the name of Stromae contains the hit Then we dance, evocation of people who dance to forget the crisis, their despair and death. The title loops in nightclubs, becomes the hit of the summer and is even remixed by Kanye West. A few months later, the public discovers a singular artist, between Brel, Arno and Kraftwerk, on the stage of the Trans Musicales de Rennes. “My fear is not to stay normal. The day I take myself seriously, that’s when I’ll start to go down the drain.”he said at the time of the success of the fulgurants Formidable or Papaoutai.
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