In 2006, viewers of M6 were able to meet “The Turtle”, crowned big winner of the program at the time hosted by Benjamin Castaldi and Virginie Efira. Indeed, Christophe Willem made his television debut that year.
But the fourth season of The New Star allowed other singers to emerge. The proof, with Ycare
. The artist, now 40 years old, at the origin of the anthem of the last edition of Bastards, collaborated with the greatest. But this would never have been possible if he had not found the courage to emerge from a very dark period.
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Ycare in a very dark period
Indeed, in an interview given to Here is, Ycare revealed that he had fallen into alcoholism several years ago. “As an adult, I began to burn myself carefully (…) At first, the excesses were festive, worldly, then significantly less. I went to the point of death“he initially revealed to our colleagues.
The young singer had the conviction “to be a cursed artist”in fact, it “cursed” himself. “I lived at night in a haze of alcohol and bad medications…“, he continues. Fortunately, Axelle Red allowed him to get up.
“One morning, at Axelle Red’s, when I hadn’t slept for days, we talked at length. The song Animaux fragiles came out. Afterwards, it was over. It took me a little time to wean myself off, but in my head, it was over”confides the ex-companion of Malika Ménard.
An addiction that almost cost him his career as well as his life
In addition to being a danger to his health, his addiction to alcohol and drugs also played a detrimental role in his career. “Everything was stopped from me! There was no more record company, nothing“explains the interpreter ofA life before adding: “In 2018, I was the only one who thought I was still a singer. I was going out every night until I was exhausted. This is going to sound crazy, but it was a bit like chemotherapy. I was poisoning my blood to to remove this tumor from my soul that was eating away at me. Except that in reality, it was destroying everything else.”.
It was because of this dark period that he withdrew and appeared much less on television: “No one saw me anymore because I was no longer presentable. I wrote for people, but in the shadows. If my parents had known, they would have rushed to my bedside to help me.”. Fortunately, this is now a thing of the past.