Since last year, Christine and the Queens has become "Redcar".
The artist had already changed his stage name to Chris in 2018. A few days before the release of his new album,
Redcar: The Adorable Stars
, Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier, for civil status, explains to the
Guardian
this new pseudonym.
This is a reference to his mother.
She died suddenly in 2019. The artist explains that during her mourning, she saw more and more red cars.
She interpreted this as a sign of the one he lost and decided to make a stage name out of it.
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It's not just his pseudonym that Redcar wanted to change.
A few months ago, the singer came out transgender.
In a TikTok video, she revealed her trans identity.
She became he.
The artist also reaffirmed it on Twitter by writing:
“I am trans.”
However, Redcar categorically refuses to change its appearance.
“I am in resistance against the approach of transidentity which wants that there are necessarily hormonal treatments and operations. It's bowing to a binary system that I don't believe in. Binary was created to control (...). I'm tired of having to define myself with their grotesque tools of oppression. And I don't owe anyone scars, to be precise
,' he told the
Guardian
.
Due to a nasty injury in rehearsal, the Redcar concerts have been postponed.
Before a return to the stage at the Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione, in Paris, on November 9 and 10.
The next day, his new album will be available.