Rough and warm, his voice is recognizable among a thousand! Claudio Capéo sings with cheeky beautiful texts that touch the hearts of the public, accompanied by his traditional accordion. It was not easy for him to break through at a time when labels are looking for talent rather in the R&B movement. At 37, the artist of Italian origins who grew up in the Haut-Rhin, took time “to believe in his incredible destiny” as Audrey-Crespo Marat points out on his Instagram account. “A man of the people, simple direct, true, who never liked star status and had to put the whirlwind of success at bay.” Here is the personality that the journalist receives this Sunday, November 27 as part of “7 to 8” on TF1 and to whom Claudio Capéo confides in all intimacy on his long depression…
Thierry Ardisson’s wife thus approaches her guest: “And then one day the casting director of “The Voice” spots you (in 2016, editor’s note) and you go from the metro to television…” The singer, who has a Cap of carpenter in his pocket, admits to him that he “feels out of place”, simply lacking “confidence”.
“It’s going very fast, I’m losing my mind”
But that after his performance in the tele-hook of TF1, a producer calls him (director of the Jo&Co label, editor’s note) and says to him: “I love your voice, I love what you do, I would like let’s make a song together”. And this song will make him famous: “A standing man”. Audrey Crespo-Marat continues: it’s “a dazzling success for 2-3 years, gold records, platinum, tours, the whirlwind… until the break?” The singer immediately replies: “It’s going very fast, I’m losing my mind”. And confides to having become “completely” depressed, “overwhelmed” by too many compliments, him, the simple man… “Star status, is it not for you?” continues the journalist. “I couldn’t stand it at all! (…) I did not feel legitimate.” She prompts him by telling him about her private sphere. His wife, Aurélie Willgallis, whom he has known since he was 18, and who at the time spent his time reassuring him… Together, they have two children, César, 9 years old and Roméo, 3 years old. But the singer admits that he only saw his family very little. Him, what scared him was to “fuck himself up”. He thought several times about ending his life, and exclaims: “I was a bastard at that time because I didn’t even think about my kids anymore”, he lived “too much of everything”, “I was losing the head”…
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