In the live of Star Academy Broadcast this Wednesday, January 22 on TF1+, Matt Pokora unveiled the reasons that pushed him to quickly leave the Linkup group after winning Pop star.
For their last evening at the castle, Marine and Ebony had a big surprise. The two finalists of the Star Academy received the visit of Matt Pokora. The opportunity for tele-hook candidates to discuss the rest of their careers with the singer. Christina Milian's husband, who was also revealed in a TV program, gave the students a precious advice. The opportunity for him to plunge back in 2003, the year he won Pop star With the LinkUp group, a boys band that did not last long …
Matt Pokora returns to his rushed departure from the LinkUp group
In the live of Star Academy Broadcast this Wednesday, January 22 on TF1+, Matt Pokora returned to his precipitated departure from the Linkup group during a conversation with Marine and Ebony. A boys band that ended when The singer decided to embark on a solo career. “During the year we were on sale, I met lots of people, producers, artists, with whom we were on the sets and with whom I have more artistically affinities at that time”he confessed. “I was going to their house, we made sound, I found myself like that with some models to listen to the record company”said the dad 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 I am told: 'If you want to go solo, we follow you, we produce you'that's how it started. ” A departure that has not pleased the other members of the group: “Obviously, it was a bit of a shock.”
-Matt Pokora confides in 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 were not the same age, I was 17-18 years old, there were 27, there were nine years ago, it was like big brothers but We were not exactly on the same page artistically“, Remember the 39 -year -old singer. “I am not happy with the songs that we have and in my head anyway from the start, it's very clear”he finally confessed before revealing his goal of making a solo career at the time: “Pop starit's going to be a springboard for me. I knew exactly what I wanted. “
