And added: “I don’t know if we’re going to start again for another 20 years, but, in any case, the story of this reissue is a beautiful story. (their first album, Le Chemin, Editor’s note) and this anniversary tour which was originally supposed to be a date in Paris and a date in Brussels but which turned into a Zénith tour and which will continue next year. It went way beyond what we could have expected, actually.”
Kyo celebrates 20 years of career
Where do you see yourself in 20 years?
“So I’m very careful about that because I don’t really see myself doing this job for another 20 years… But there are so many artists who have said that and who, finally, when it’s time to move on, can’t do it. I’m not even talking about those who have done 14 farewell tours! I’m very suspicious now about saying that we’ve done the trick. that the scene and the relationship with the public, it must be heartbreaking to think that it’s stopping. I tell myself that it’s not impossible that in 20 years, we’ll still be here.”
And you will be in concert ccome to us, next June 6n. A very special link with the Belgian public?
“Yes, it’s real. It’s true that for us, it’s been from the start, from the start of our career. We remember that it started almost earlier than in France. In any case, earlier and stronger at home And we have maintained this thing for years until today We have a real bond Then you simply have a warm audience, who knows how to set the mood!
You also wrote for a Belgian… Johnny Hallyday!
“Yes, the most famous Belgian! It was quite an incredible experience, this title “My religion in his eyes”. Johnny, it’s this image that has always existed. When we met him for the first time, I I puffed out my chest because it was working really well for us so I didn’t think it would do much for me. But when I got into the same room as him, it felt really funny. There was one thing though. which happened very strongly. It has an almost presence. magnetic. I didn’t expect it. I didn’t prepare myself and when I saw it, wow, it was quite an experience. Today I started working with developing artists again. The younger generation has had a very different experience from mine since times have changed and so has the profession. Which is interesting, I also have advanced projects in terms of musicals and we have a new album in preparation.
“Kyo had become a big machine. Our break was a risky bet”
In your career, there was also a big break. How do you see it in hindsight?
“It was necessary. It arrived at a strange moment, which the public must not have necessarily understood. We were not at the bottom of the wave, quite the contrary. It is a decision which therefore did not the label liked it too much at the time, obviously, which is understandable, but it was necessary on a personal level, it had become a big machine, with very high stakes and the pressure that goes with it. keen to find ourselves a little and start a little from scratch. It was clearly a risky bet, but one that did the group good, really.”
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Has fame, or the bad “path” of show business, hurt you?
“Of course, there is this shadow which exists and which is real. There is this paradox between the fact that you work like crazy to achieve this childhood dream, of notoriety, of filling theaters etc. And a Once you access this thing, you realize that it’s quite incredible in intensity. You really have to have the skills to manage it well, and casually, we were still quite young when it happened. exploded and we didn’t necessarily have them. shoulders broad enough at the time to experience this in a completely serene way.”
“We were young when everything exploded. And we didn’t have broad enough shoulders to handle it calmly”
But today, are you still united?
“We’ve butted heads hundreds of times, but it’s never a big deal. We have a lot of respect for each other. We’ve been through so much together. It’s okay to not be Okay. It happens. It’s healthy, that’s also why the group has this longevity. You have the right to disagree without it becoming a clash or something irremediable. . Lots of groups have broken up, but I have them. you also understand. They are individualities, different characters. You are no longer the same over the years as when we met at 15. It’s like a couple. Kyo, these are my brothers.”
His outing on Bertrand Cantat: “I don’t regret my words”
In the age of social networks (which did not exist when Kyo started) and where Bertrand Cantat has just published a new album (L’Angle, signed Detroit, was released discreetly this Friday), we remember the comments made by Benoît Poher on the singer who beat Marie Trintignant to death. “I don’t regret my wordshe assures us. I am in this process of honesty towards myself and towards others. Me, I’m a huge fan of Noir Désir, a huge fan of Cantat’s writing. I just said at the time (10 years ago, Editor’s note)that I, in his place – and knowing that I absolutely cannot put myself in his place given the particularity of the thing –, I would never have gone back on stage, never would have made a record again. I can say the same thing again today because I still think it. But it is true that this created a rotten pseudo-controversy. Today, with the networks, it’s part of the game. But I’m comfortable with that.” And to conclude: “I don’t have an opinion on everything, but when I have an opinion that is consistent with my values, I don’t mind sharing it.”
