The singer gave himself up without waffling on his old demons and claimed not to have touched a drop of alcohol for a year and a half.
Renaud revealed that he is undergoing therapy.
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On May 11, Renaud will celebrate his 70th birthday, including more than 45 years of career. He is also releasing an album of covers on May 6 entitled “Métèque”. For this occasion, the singer gave some interviews. The business risk is the comparison with the original versions, especially in the case of an artist whose voice has deteriorated from past excesses. “My voice stresses me out a lot, when I speak it’s a bit hoarse, when I sing it’s a bit laborious, I find it increasingly difficult to sing,” he confided recently on RTL.
Because of this damaged timbre, he “no longer plans to tour on this album”. “I had struggled too much on that of 2016, with my hoarse, rocky voice, it still is”, he slipped again. The author of “Mistral winner” does not exclude “one or two exceptional concerts”. On May 10, France 2 offers a special program where “he will sing several titles of his new opus exclusively and will share the stage with his friends during duets created only for this evening”, according to a press release.
He also confided without filter, as usual, to the “Parisian in relation to his demons. “I haven’t had a drop of alcohol for a year and a half. I hold on, ”he revealed with pride.
“I am a psychotherapist”
“As for tobacco, that’s another story.” Renaud admitted it, he has a lot of trouble doing without his other addiction, cigarettes. The singer, who has always fought against the voices in his head that pull him down, notably returned to the causes, according to him, of his addictions. “The stress, life, the loss of childhood, the anxiety of growing old, not seeing my children grow up, my daughter Lolita, who is a real woman, 41 years old, Malone, who will be 16 on July 14 “, did he declare.
To try to pinpoint the reasons for his deep melancholy, Renaud explained that he had done “several therapies”. Tests that have not yet been conclusive. “I am in psychotherapy at the moment, the shrink is very friendly, but she has not yet managed to find. Neither did my friends. But do not worry.”