On the occasion of the release of his new album on February 17, Arthur H, son of Jacques Higelin, confided in the trauma of his father.
Arthur H. son of Jacques Higelin was invited on RTL on the occasion of the release of his brand new album entitled The life. The singer notably revealed that one of his songs entitled The secret talk about sexual abuse suffered by her father for five years, during his youth. Arthur H is the brother of Kên d’Izïa Higelin, who became a mother for the first time in 2018.
Even if his children, including Izia who had spoken with us over coffee, know his story, Arthur H confided that his father, a great friend of Alain Souchon who was offered a strange gift from by Laurent Voulzy, “n / A never wanted or managed to talk about it” : “There is a journalist, Valérie Lehoux, who followed her throughout the end of her life. He told her this story of abuse by someone quite prestigious and quite charismatic when he was between 10 and 15 years. After obviously, he buried this story in him and it disrupted his life a lot.”he explained.
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Arthur H “It’s hard to talk”
Arthur H also returned to the book about his father, written by Valérie Lehoux: “He felt he was going to leave, so he asked him to tell his story. (…) That’s what touched me, this form of soul relief. Even if it’s late, what he meant has been said“he delivered with emotion, before continuing: “These are not juicy details, but she tells the context and she tries to understand how can it ruin someone’s lifein this case my father”.
The singer explained that his attacker was a man close to his entourage. And still about the trauma of Jacques Higelin, his son assured: “Maybe if he could have said it before, it could have done him good, but it didn’t succeed, which I understand. I think people who have been through trauma like that, it’s hard to talk about.”he said, before expressing the lack of his father: “He is present, but the people who leave, at the same time, we forget them concretely, but it is transformed into loving and inspiring presences. It’s like a spirit that’s there and with whom I will connect from time to time. (…) I feel it’s like a force that accompanies me“.