A drama he remembers with great emotion. On August 15, 2023, Julien Clerc lost his brother in a plane crash. On tour, the interpreter of “My preference” and “Mélissa” chose to go on stage despite everything.
A coincidence of the calendar he experienced as a blessing. “Fortunately I had that. Fortunately, I had this concert, “he said on the program” Sept à Huit “broadcast on Sunday August 17 on TF1.
« On m’a dit : Oh there, what courage you hadcontinues the 77 -year -old singer. But not at all. I, I inquire a lot. I don’t show my sadness much. On the other hand, it falls on me at times when I do not expect it. »»
“It fell on me all at once”
Julien Clerc illustrates his point with the song of his latest album which he dedicated to his brother, “Saint-Nazaire”. “When I played him with a boyfriend, who has been an intimate for a long time, I have melted in tears. It fell on me all at once, “added the singer who believes playing it well” nine times out of ten “by” seeing only the good side “and” the smile “of his brother. But “it is not excluded that from time to time, according to the day, it takes me back like that”.
A few days after the drama, the singer confided to the Parisian that Serge Lama had sent him a text, saying to him “sing, sing, sing. There is only that to do. “” I almost want to say that it is our duty, as an artist. And that evening, so I sang while thinking of my brother and there may be even more pleasure than usual. Because Gérard was to come on this date, “he added.
Gérard Leclerc experienced great admiration for his older brother, four years older. “He was a very fan, he always gave his opinion. It’s true, it’s nice. It’s very nice when your little brother likes what you do, “smiles Julien Clerc in” Seven to eight “.
If Gérard Leclerc was the confidant of Julien “at certain times”, the reverse is not necessarily true. “My brother was much more sociable than me. He was very cheerful at times when I can close, ”explains the artist. And to conclude: “I have realized since he left that everyone loved him. »»
