In the live of the Star Academy broadcast this Wednesday, January 22 on TF1+, Matt Pokora revealed the reasons which pushed him to quickly leave the Linkup group after winning Pop stars.
For their last evening at the castle, Marine and Ebony had a big surprise. The two finalists of the Star Academy received a visit from Matt Pokora. The opportunity for the tele-hook candidates to discuss the rest of their careers with the singer. Christina Milian's husband, who was also revealed in a TV show, gave valuable advice to the students. The opportunity for him to go back to 2003, the year he won Pop stars with the group Linkup, a boy band that didn't last long…
Matt Pokora looks back on his hasty departure from the Linkup group
In the live of the Star Academy broadcast this Wednesday, January 22 on TF1+, Matt Pokora returned to his hasty departure from the Linkup group during a conversation with Marine and Ebony. A boy band that ended when the singer decided to embark on a solo career. “During the year we were on promotion, I met lots of people, producers, artists, with whom we were on the sets and with whom I had more artistic affinities at that time”he admitted. “I went to their house, we made sound, I ended up with a few demos to play at the record company”said the father of two children before continuing: “And I said [que] I don't want to make a second album [avec le groupe Linkup, ndlr] and then they tell me: 'If you want to go solo, we follow you, we produce you'that’s how it started.” A departure which did not please the other members of the group: “Obviously it was a bit of a shock.”
-Matt Pokora talks about the failure of the Linkup group
Matt Pokora then explained the reasons for the failure of the Linkup group according to him. “Humanly everything was fine but artistically, we weren't the same age, I was 17-18, there were some who were 27, there were nine years apart, they were like big brothers but we weren't exactly on the same page artistically“, remembered the 39-year-old singer. “I'm not happy with the pieces we have and in my head it's been very clear from the start anyway”he finally admitted before revealing his goal of having a solo career at the time: “Pop starsit will be a springboard for me. I knew exactly what I wanted.”
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