Lenny Kravitz, Zaho de Sagazan, Eddy de Pretto, Ninho and many others… The Main Square Festival in Arras offers a choice program for its eighteenth edition which will take place from July 4 to 7, 2024. Meeting with one of the headliners, eagerly awaited by the public, the Belgian Pierre de Maere.
The fans already have their tickets in their pockets. The singer Pierre de Maere will perform on the stage of the Main Square Festival on Saturday July 6, 2024. One of the highlights of this unmissable musical event which will also welcome Lenny Kravitz, Zaho de Sagazan and even Eddy de Pretto and which will take place at the Citadel of Arras from July 4 to 7, 2024.
“My life is crazy!” Everything seems to be succeeding for Pierre de Maere, 23 years old, Victory of the male revelation in 2023, certified diamond single with its title One day I will marry an angel. Lhe Belgian singer, on tour throughout France in 2024, is hitting the road to summer festivals. The opportunity, before his concert in Arras, to return to his musical influences.
“Stromae is my compatriotsays Pierre de Maere, but above all he is my idol. He was the one who handed me my Victory in person, and we spoke for four minutes.”
“It was really nice because he’s a very good person, I think, and a genius! He is the one who inspired me the most in my short career. He has a talent for making French into music very cool and he writes divinely well, I am an absolute fan of Stromae.”
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If we often compare it to Michel Polnareff, notably for his breakthroughs in the treble, Pierre de Maere admits to being very influenced by The Rita Mitsouko, their image and their side “UFO”
“I recognize myself in them,he continues. I met Catherine Ringer and he’s the only famous person I didn’t know what to say to. She looked at me with her big eyes, and I stood there speechless.”
Beyond music, there is a “Pierre de Maere project”, around sound, image, attitude…
Pierre de Maere
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Aesthetics matter a lot in what the singer calls “the Pierre de Maere project“, and not just that of music. He, who has been a fashion photographer since the age of fifteen, has a look at his look, his photos, his clips.
“I want tohe specifies, that people don’t just see the audio. It is easier to immerse yourself in an imaged world. Today I’m trying to make myself punk with the passing of time, because I was doing too muchbarbie at the beginning.”
On this project, he is not alone. As Billie Eilish with his brother Finneas O’Connell, Pierre de Maere chose his brother, Xavier, as producer.
“He was the one who introduced me to the song. Besides, by Maxime Leforestier, who is one of the only ones who manages to bring a tear to my eyes. Songs that make you cry don’t normally work for me. I like music when it makes me dance, when it brings me a kind of joy.”
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[Article publié sous une autre forme le 29 décembre 2023.]
