We are not talking about age Matthew Chedid ! In full promotion for his new album revality released last Friday, the singer, who celebrated his 50th birthday last winter, returned to his relationship to old age in an interview conducted by the magazine Female version.
Edgar Morin [sociologue et philosophe français, ndlr] says that we must never forget that we have all the ages in us. It depends on the moments, the mood, the periods, but nothing is set in stone. I’m also in the middle, in the center of my life“, says the singer, who explains above all “not having the choice to be too old“since he just became a dad for the third time.”Having children wakes up and wakes up too“, he recalls.
No time to be too old therefore for “M”, who must take care of his third daughter, born last December, when he had just celebrated his 50th birthday. He is already the father of Billie, born in 2002 from his union with Céline Bary, and Tao, born three years ago from his union with his current companion Loïca.
“The language of purity and imagination”
“They teach me things maybe more essential than what I teach them” he says, speaking of his children, who prove to be a real source of inspiration for his music. “My son Tao inspired me the song In the living room when he was in a period where he always asked where his mom or his pacifier were, ” he gives as an example.
Being a father at 50 is like living a second youth for the singer, who explains that he speaks the same language as his daughters, namely “that of purity and imagination“. A pure moment of happiness therefore, for those who always say to themselves “galvanized by the public“, when he has just released his seventh album. As a reminder, his name is forever inscribed in the history of French song since he can notably boast of being the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la music, tied with Alain Bashung, with 13 trophies on the counter. Not bad, isn’t it?