The multiple projects of Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel is always on the move. Passing through Quebec, where he gave two shows, he is preparing those he will present at Christmas with Mario Pelchat. The artist also tells us about his rosé wine Leos cuvée Augusta, which he has just launched here, and his recent album Once again.

Patrick Bruel has several passions. There is the one for soccer from a very young age, but also the one for wine. And it is for this reason that he acquired an estate in Provence, in the south of France, which he called Leos (for Léon and Oscar, his two sons. There he developed an olive oil of high quality, cosmetic products, honey, lavender, and this rosé Leos cuvée Augusta 2022, in homage to his mother.

“This is the first step in a great story. We are going to release the white wine and the red later, he explains. This rosé arrived because there were a lot of grapes. So we teamed up with Nicolas Jaboulet, who is a very big name in the Rhône, and together we made a rosé that topped the competitions. We just got a 91 out of 100 on Decanter [le magazine britannique de référence mondiale] and we just won the prize for rosé wine of the year in Quebec elected by the Bacchus network. What pride! »

A 10^e album

It’s been a busy year for Patrick Bruel, who launched his 10^e album, Once again, few months ago. “My best album,” he says. A disc where he alternates between more intimate songs and current topics, such as climate change and withdrawal.

” In We are talking about it, to the hip-hop rhythm, it’s a very societal song where it’s about this frenzied individualism, the growing wealth gaps and the fact that we can no longer afford to act as if nothing had happened. We will be accountable to our children and we cannot say that we did not know, ”explains the singer-songwriter. He also mentions The institute, a song about the teaching profession, fundamental. “He or she is the one who gives our children the first keys to entering society, who learns, who gives a taste for reading, a taste for free will, expression, freedom. And at the same time, it’s a nod to my mother who did this job,” he says.

There was also, this year, his return to Algeria in February, the country where he was born and which he left at the age of 3 without ever returning.

“With my mother, we went there hand in hand, in search of her memories and I, in search of those that I did not have, it was overwhelming, beautiful, tender, deep. We went to the school where she taught, to the house where I was born, then to Oran, my father’s city, and Algiers to end this trip full of emotions. »

Passing time

The passage of time is a subject that Patrick Bruel talks about and which is a difficult observation to make. “It’s not a concern, because there’s nothing we can do about it, but sometimes I think about not being able to be there long enough to see all that my children will do and become. “Precisely, one of his sons, Léon Hesby, who has changed his name, plays a role in the film The promisesof Amanda Sthers (his mother), and launches into the song with 1, 2, 3a first singlea delicate subject for Patrick Bruel.

Even if we feel very proud, he does not want to talk about his son’s music for him. “You will interview him! he says. “Léon writes, composes, produces, directs. He does his own thing, he drives his boat. That’s all I can tell you and it’s up to him to talk about his work. Through me, he knows one thing: the importance of work, rigor and perseverance. »

On the actor side, we will see Patrick Bruel in a series in 2024. “That’s why I have short hair, it’s for a series of Franco-Israeli espionage on one of the most secret units of the Mossad. I’m going to shoot in August,” says the man who loves watching series like Succession, Silo And The lady’s game. “It’s very time-consuming. When I start, it’s hard to stop! »