While he returns with a new album, Julien Clerc has confided with an open heart in the columns of the JDD. The opportunity for the 73-year-old singer to deliver his strong opinions, but also to reconsider his relationship “in parentheses” with his twenty-year-old son …
He rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in French song and touched the peaks of glory, at a time when everything still seemed possible. At 73, Julien Clerc is still led by his desire to ” to renew », as he confided in a long interview with JDD. This time the singer returns to the front of the stage with a baptized album Earthling. A 26th opus which further enriches a 52-year career. On the private side, Julien Clerc is the lucky one dad of five, and grandfather of two adorable toddlers. Very close to his offspring, Julien Clerc nevertheless casts a disillusioned look at the new generations. Especially nowadays. ” At 20, I had the chance to know two essential things: love and music. It was in the middle of May 68 (…) Today we do not feel any prospect, the climate is much more distressing with the impossibility to project yourself or to see your friends and anxiety-provoking information », He believes.
An inevitable situation?
However, Julien Clerc is well aware of the trying situation facing thousands of young French people, frustrated at not being able to taste the joys of freedom. For the 73-year-old singer, it’s the government which should review its measures : « With this pandemic, we sacrifice a whole generation whereas it is for populations at risk to be careful. In any case, that’s what I do, I who belong to this category. »
And so it is for this reason that Hélène Grémillon’s husband made his arrangements: “ As a result I see very little my children, especially my 20 year old son, because I know that the danger, if I may say so, can come from him. We call each other, of course, but I put our relationship in parentheses », He confided. A difficult situation for all generations …
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