This Sunday, December 22, the show “A Sunday in the Country”, hosted by Frédéric Lopez, once again offered viewers a moment of intimacy. The singer and musician Calogero, the comedian Nora Hamzawi and the author Valérie Perrin shared significant moments of their lives.
“I felt I had to prove myself.”
In the attic Calogero, recounted his beginnings in music, and spoke with sincerity of his difficult childhood memories, looking back on his chaotic school career, in particular a harsh sentence pronounced by a college principal: “In sixth or fifth grade, a middle school principal told my parents, 'Your son won't do anything with his life.'“. This remark upset young Calogero, despite his mother's efforts to defend him.
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Destined for a technical career, he briefly considered a career as a plumber, inspired by his passion for Depeche Mode and their metallic sounds. But his life took a decisive turn after another event. As a teenager, he used to steal vinyl records, until one day he was caught after taking a Bob Marley record for a friend. His brother then says to him: “What are you looking for?“A question that shook him. But above all it was the silent disappointment of his father, usually expressive, that touched him deeply. Puremédias invites you to watch the sequence above.
“He wasn't talking to me” he says, very moved. “My life changed, I started my group a week later. I felt like I had to prove things to myself. I wanted to show them that I was going to do something with my life, that I was going to be passionate about.”he remembers, drying his tears. “Two weeks later, he was very proud because we did our first songs and the songs were good”. A trigger that launched his career, because shortly after, aged barely 16, he arrived in Paris with his group Les Charts, and signed for the first time with a record company.
