Currently on promotion for his new album, in which he covers his greatest hits in piano-voice, Louis Chedid cannot escape questions about his children, musicians like him. And especially on the most famous of the four, Matthieu, also known as -M-, whose career is still flourishing but who started singing with him.
And it seems that it amuses him, since he does not hesitate to deliver little anecdotes about his son, often very discreet. In interview for Here ishe revealed in particular that he has adopted a very particular method to keep in shape in concert: run nearly 80 kilometers a week! “Matthew is crazy! He runs four or five times a week and, be careful, 20 terminals! he explains, admiringly, before laughing a little: “When I think that when he was a teenager, I dragged him to sports and it was completely stuffing him, he hated it!“
Despite this little quip, there is no animosity between father and son, quite the contrary : guest on the show As an aside this Thursday evening, the singer who began his career in the early 70s showered his eldest with compliments. Repeating it’s “one of the most gifted guitarists” with whom he worked, he explained that he was able to play everything perfectly well.
A nice compliment, with a little anecdote: his son does not call him “dad”… but “Luigi” ! Asked about his nicknames, he indeed revealed that the singer had found him a nickname taken over by his wife Emma, unlike his sister, who regularly calls him Loulou. But he especially dwelt on his family, his clan: indeed, among the Chedids, everyone is an artista “additional connection“which he really likes.
It must be said that apart from Matthieu, whose talent as a singer and musician is well established, Louis Chedid is the father of Emilie (born in 1970), director of music videos and documentaries), of Joseph ( says Selim), singer and musician and Anna (known as Nach), also in music! And the new generation is not left out, since Billie (19), the eldest daughter of Matthieu Chedid, now also sings with her father. Family reunions must be pretty happy at home!