“I wish I could hold your hand a little longer. I wish my grief would only last a moment”sang Grégoire in 2008. The lyrics of a piece entitled Your hand that he had dedicated “in memory of Ludovic and Nicolas”. Two of his brothers died in 2002 and 2007 respectively, the first from a car accident, the second from suicide. “I experienced deaths. I realized that life is short and that you have to make the most of it”confided this Saturday, January 13 in an interview given to Tele-Leisure the 44-year-old singer. The one who is also a father is determined to Live, the title of his new album which is scheduled for release on Friday January 26. A beautiful revenge on the sad past.
“When we lose loved ones, we give in to sadness, and it makes sense. Nobody is going to blame you. Sometimes we are on winding paths, we tell ourselves that we will never get out of it”remembered the singer-songwriter. “The challenge is to transform this experience into a chance to realize the importance of life, of the importance of these moments that can stop in an instant and to experience everything 100%. These are the lessons I learned and would like to pass on.”explained the artist in the columns of Tele-Leisure. “When someone very close to you leaves you, you always have their shadow, the person is always with you. Everything brings you back to them. It’s difficult to forget. We feel like we haven’t told each other everything“recognized the interpreter of You+Me.
Many years after the deaths of his brothers, Grégoire chose to “forgive”
In his new album entitled Live there is a song for his deceased brothers: I forgive you. “One evening, just before writing the album, I wanted to forgive. To myself, for not having been perfect, for having been rubbish sometimes. To the other. I had to stop harboring regrets. I forgive us. Because it’s the only way to move forward. It’s for me one of the most important songs I’ve written in my entire career“Grégoire explained with emotion in the interview he gave to Tele-Leisure. The singer now seems determined to move from pain to gentleness. “Music allowed me to externalize all that and live with it. Sometimes we wallow in sadness, it’s a refuge. It can be beautiful moments that we think about. Today I feel strong enough to bring them to light“he concluded.
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