His song is called Tic Tac. It is about time flowing too quickly. Enzo Hilaire knows what he is talking about. At only 13 years old, his agenda already looks like that of a real pop star. His debut on stage goes back to tele-hook “The Voice Kids”, last year on TF1.
“I said yes right away because I saw that Soprano was a coach, tells Enzo, I used to listen to his music a lot and I am inspired by him. I made it to the final in the Soprano team, and it was a great adventure that taught me a lot. “
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Born in Versailles, Enzo, the smiling face and still childish with its mop Brown loope, never really lived in France. The son of an airplane pilot and a stay-at-home mother, he spent his childhood between Macao and Hong Kong where the family now lives. Corn he claims he never forgot his roots :
“I watch all the programs in French, my parents are French, we speak French at home, we eat French food. If you see the other candidates, like those who represent Poland, they are not 100% Polish. “
It is therefore the colors of France that Enzo will defend tomorrow, December 19, in front of the 3,500 spectators of the musical Seine with Tic Tac, an effective song that swings between vintage hi-hat and today’s pop.
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“L‘Eurovision was a huge cast, he remembers, there were 2 or 300 children. The organizers told me: we will ask you for plenty of videos, but there is a good chance that you will not be caught. So I did it with no real hope and didn’t expect to be selected. “
At 13, Enzo Hilaire is already playing in the big leagues. His YouTube channel exceeds 10,000 subscribers and he is releasing his first 13th album today. songs, where we find covers by Christophe Maé, Soprano or Ed Sheeran. He himself wrote two songs.
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His father taught him to play guitarare and Enzo can count on his older brother, Romain, 16, to encourage him: “He listens to a lot of music of different types. He gives me lots of advice and advice when I compose songs, tells me: this is good, this is not good.”
Enzo says that he was already singing in his living room when he was very young.
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Today, living in Hong Kong is a joy for him: “I love it! Where I live is a bit in the countryside, we are next to the beach, it inspires me to write songs.”
And when we ask him what he would like as a gift at Christmas, for Enzo, it’s simple: a victory tomorrow at Eurovision. The competition will be broadcast live on France 2, this Sunday, from 4 p.m.
Write to him: [email protected]
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His YouTube channel
The clip of the song with which he will defend the colors of France at the Eurovision Junior on Sunday
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