This Sunday evening, the Belgian singer Stromae made his return to European stages with our colleagues from TF1. After he came back with his song “Health”, already listened to more than 46 million times and the announcement of his next album, which will be released on March 4, “Maestro” surrendered on his seven years of silence.
He said he found the desire to sing lost in 2015: “I think I just needed to live. I was lucky to get married, have a child who is three now and go through things. Life on tour is great, but you don’t live there. not normal things “, he said, before evoking his need to find motivation during the creation process.
By evoking his collaboration with Orelsan, but also Vitaa or Dua Lipa for example, the Belgian told of his need to create away from the stage, without all the attention being turned towards him. “It did me good to work for other artists because the tension was no longer on me and that’s what I needed”, he confided.
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This interview was also the opportunity for the Maestro to tell how he conceives his songs, in a process of creation within which he defines himself. “obsessive”. “When I do something, I do it hard. I think in order to do it right you have to repeat it. At the same time, I try to keep some distance. My son and my family life help me do it.”
The singer finally ended the interview on the notes of his new song “Hell”, which is regarding loneliness and suicide.
This is the second track from his album “Multitude” which will be released on March 4, 2022. For this album, he claims to have been inspired by family trips, especially with his mother. “I wanted to take inspiration from everywhere, without being able to point to a particular country”.