"
There is more doubt than before
", but "
doubt moves forward
": Angèle, Belgian princess of pop, admits "
the pressure
" of a second album which she is currently defending on stage, carried by the “
euphoria
” of festivals.
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Nonante-five
After the success of her first opus
Brol
(1.5 million copies sold), one might think that the singer saw herself at 26 as established.
But the cover of her second disc,
Nonante-Cinq
(95, her date of birth) depicting her on a roller coaster, already gives a clue to a more complex experience.
"
There is more doubt than before
," she told AFP.
In her early days, she went “
a bit headlong, no matter what.
My return with
Nonante-Cinq
was seen as that of a great confirmed artist: it's very flattering, but very creepy
.
As if I had no room for error, when in fact it's only my second album, my second tour.
"Doubt drives us forward"
“
The first album set the bar super high, the sales were indecent.
But I didn't necessarily have the recipe, things escaped me
, ”explains this child of the ball (actress mother, Laurence Bibot; singer father, Marka; rapper brother, Roméo Elvis).
Doubt is therefore “
always there, well established
”.
But she learns “
to work around trust, legitimacy, to try to understand why doubt has its place.
Doubt makes you move forward
, ”she breathes.
She also questions “
the too important place
” of social networks in her life.
The artist was born there, posting covers at the very beginning.
Its notoriety has been nourished by an exponential exposure.
But the singer-songwriter then pays the price, loved or hated in waves in this “
increasingly powerful vortex
.
I learned to protect myself, before I had no awareness of what I was showing, especially for my private life.
Now I have set limits, but I don't yet have the mental strength to get out of them
”.
She describes herself as an addict: “
Sometimes it's not me who orders, it's my body that takes the phone.
I have to discipline myself in the face of that
”.
"
With social networks, positive or negative enthusiasm takes precedence over reality
,” she adds.
Angèle was able to talk about it with the British megastar Dua Lipa, on the occasion of their duet
Fever
.
“
Having the same age, being two women spotted quite young thanks to the networks, very adored and very criticized, on different scales, it reassures me that an artist like her faces the same fears as me.
»
Even if
Nonante-Cinq
is more introspective and melancholy than
Brol
, more festive, the bond with the public is always there in concert.
Spectators stayed late into the night from Thursday to Friday to take their hits to the top of their lungs at the Aluna Festival, in Ruoms (central-eastern France).
The interpreter of the tube
Balance ton quoi
is delighted to dive back into summer festivals and this "
euphoria that you feel in the public and on stage
".
She had tasted it as a simple festival-goer at 17, with her best friend at the Belgian festival Pukkelpop, in mode "
nights under the tent, on site as much for the music as for the party
".
His first major festival was We Love Green in 2018 in Paris.
She expected at best a thousand people.
“
I turn my head, it was full!
(more than 30,000 people, editor's note).
It was catastrophic, nothing was right, my pants were falling off, my microphone box didn't hold (laughs)
”.
Seen from the public, she convinces at the time, without an album yet released.
Accompanied by a group and dancers, her show is now well established, between “
calm songs
” and those to “
get
the audience on board”.
Like the premiere of the concert,
Plus de sens
, which sticks “
to the return of the public
” after two seasons cropped by the health crisis.
