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Stromae has never hidden his health concerns in recent years (Photo by Stromae taken on October 4, 2022)
PEOPLE – Again, he chose transparency. “I have to listen to my limits”written this Tuesday, April 4 Stromae: we thought he had come out of “Hell”, this burn-out resulted in a seven-year stage break, but the Belgian singer canceled his tour until the end of May. “ I must resign myself to the fact that my health unfortunately does not allow me to continue to come to meet you for the moment.he said in a statement. “I share this news with you with great regret and deep sadness, but I have to listen to my limits”.
Like a bad chorus. Wrung out by an XXL world tour in the wake of the hit album ” Square root “ (2013), Stromae had first thrown in the towel at the end of 2015, undermined by depression aggravated by the side effects of an antimalarial drug.
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He has never made a secret of his state of health and the problems encountered during his ascent in recent years.
Talking openly about suicidal thoughts
Before this new statement on Tuesday, Paul Van Haver, in the civil registry, had marked the spirits for his big comeback with the title Hell. He had unveiled this poignant piece in a sequence staged in the 8:00 p.m. newspaper of TF1 on a Sunday evening in early 2022. He then spoke of depression and suicidal thoughts.
“As a result, I sometimes had suicidal thoughts/I’m not proud of them/Sometimes we think it’s the only way to silence them/Those thoughts that make me live through hell”we hear in this piece with strong autobiographical overtones.
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It was from 2015 that things got complicated for the artist. He had to cancel his tour after reacting badly to Lariam 250, an antimalarial treatment taken for his tour in Africa and which triggered severe side effects, particularly psychological ones. Pausing his career to rebuild and heal, the singer will finally be absent for seven years.
When passion becomes a real job »
In 2017, always in candor and honesty, Stromae declared that he had thought about committing suicide. Two years after taking the Lariam 250, he was still suffering from it. ” I had a reaction to the Lariam (…) super super serious. I did a psychic decompensation. I lose my mind completely. It’s really not nice. » Referring to episodes of “paranoia”he said that one of his brothers had allowed him to avoid the worst.
A year later, in 2018, Stromae said in an interview with France 2 to be back. Returning to his absence, he explained that he had made a ” burn out “. The singer said he had reached his limit. “I don’t want to upset the people who came to my concerts by saying that, but that [les concerts, ndlr] became a little less a pleasure, it became a real job”he confided, as you can see in the video below (4’27).
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And to add: “I needed to take everything off my shoulders, the pressure that success brings. I just needed to find myself, with my loved ones. I had all the same done 200 concerts in two years, it was a somewhat insane rhythm”.
” Take good care of yourself. »
On this subject, in the 8:00 p.m. newspaper of TF1 in 2022, Stromae had confided that the work on clips for others in recent years – Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa or OrelSan, among others – had given him “really good” car “attention” was not then “more reach” on him. It would seem that the return to the spotlight has been harder than expected.
To date, the next non-cancelled Stromae dates are scheduled at Palais 12 in Brussels, his hometown, on June 1, 2 and 3. Before chaining the concerts of this huge tour until December 2023.
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“I hope to give you more positive news as soon as possible. I can’t wait to see you again to finish this tour, surrounded by the teams who have carried me and accompanied me for all these years.concludes Stromae. ” Take good care of yourself. »
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