As he prepares to release a new album, Christophe Willem confided in the program Dans le retro on France Bleu, Monday June 20, 2022. The opportunity for him to address the harassment he suffered younger.
After four years of absence, Christophe Willem is preparing to make a comeback with the release of his album Panorama, which will be available from September 16. Last April, the French singer unveiled the first title of this album. Entitled PS: I love you, the song written and composed by Slimane is already a success. Monday, June 20, the 38-year-old man surrendered from the show In the retro on France Bluefor evoke difficult memories.
Before being revealed in 2006 in the show’s fourth season New starChristophe Willem lived chaotic schooling. Indeed, he revealed that he had been harassed, especially in college because he seemed effeminate. “I really suffered bullying at school head-on, in a rather violent way” he revealed before continuing: “The most violent is not so much the act because we are still in the most total immaturity at that time, it is the non-reaction of the adults around. This is what is very violent“.
Christophe Willem evokes his repetition, a real condemnation
The one who inherited the nickname “The turtle“during his passage to the New star was forced to build a shell to protect himself at school. Regularly harassed, humiliated and thrown to the ground because of his appearance, Christophe Willem today keeps difficult memories of his childhood, which sometimes push him to isolate himself.
On France Bluethe interpreter of double i mentioned in particular its repetitionwhich he lived as a conviction. “It was a nightmare. It wasn’t repeating a year that was a nightmare, it was a nightmare to stay another year” he explained. Today, Christophe Willem is preparing for drop the armor in his new album, wanted much more personal than the previous ones.
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Christophe Willem in concert at the Sébastopol theater in Lille. March 29, 2018.
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Christophe Willem in concert at the Sébastopol theater in Lille. March 29, 2018.
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Christophe Willem in concert at the Sébastopol theater in Lille. March 29, 2018.
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Studio portrait meeting with Christophe Willem in Paris. He is wearing a “Etoile Europe” sweatshirt from the Etudes brand on November 15, 2017.
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Studio portrait meeting with Christophe Willem in Paris. He is wearing a “Etoile Europe” sweatshirt from the Etudes brand on November 15, 2017.
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Concert “Paris, the Games are ours!” to celebrate the awarding of the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on the town hall square in Paris, France, on September 15, 2017.
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Charity concert “Emergency Chechnya” to help the homosexual community persecuted for months in Chechnya at the Palace in Paris. The concert was broadcast on CStar on Wednesday June 21. June 19, 2017.
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Premiere of the Cirque Du Soleil show “VareKai” at L’AccordArena in Paris, France, on December 7, 2016.
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Christophe Willem in concert in Marcq-en-Baroeul, July 14, 2016.
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Recording of the TV show “La Chanson Secrète 3”, which was broadcast on Friday November 1 at 9:00 p.m. on TF1.