♦️ We've entered a part of the ððððððð ðĪðððð that we didn't know before. Since the release of ðððŊððŦ ððð ðð ððĻ, we've been showered with interviews, reviews, but that doesn't mean we're getting tired of it, does it ? ðð
♦️ Today, I share with you an interview with ððŦðĒðð§, at ðððððð ð°ððð, broadcasted on March 30th 2022. An interview in which he reveals his gratitude to the ððððððð ðððð . His touching admiration for ðŦðððð ðĐðððð since he left for another world is so moving. And if you want to know if he thinks he's a good singer or not, or if he's realised his childhood dream, I advise you to read on ð
♦️ ð'ðĨ ððŠðŽðĶ ðĩð° ðĻðŠð·ðĶ ðīðąðĶðĪðŠðĒð ðĩðĐðĒðŊðŽðī ðĩð° ðŪðš ð§ðģðŠðĶðŊðĨ ððĒðŧ ð§ð°ðģ ðĐðŠðī ðąðģðĶðĪðŠð°ðķðī ðĐðĶððą ðļðŠðĩðĐ ðĩðĐðĶ ððŊðĻððŠðīðĐ ðĩðģðĒðŊðīððĒðĩðŠð°ðŊ. ðð°ðŪðĶ ðĩðšðąðŠðĪðĒð ððģðĶðŊðĪðĐ ðĶðđðąðģðĶðīðīðŠð°ðŊðī ðĨðĶðīðĶðģð·ðĶðĨ ðĩð° ðĢðĶ ðļðĶðð ðĩðģðĒðŊðīðĪðģðŠðĢðĶðĨ ! ð
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⭐ Hello.
◾ ððð ððð ðð ðĻððððððð-ðšððððððð ðððððððð ððð ðððððð, ððððððð ððððð ððð ðððð ðð ðððð ððð ððððð ððð ðððð ðð ððð ðð-ððððð ðð ðððð ðšððððð ðķððð ðð ðð ððð ðððð ð·ðððððð, ððððð ðð ðð 1996, 26 ððððð ððð. ðĻðð ðð'ð ððð ðððð ðððð, ððððð ððð ðððð ððð ððð ðšððððð ðķððð ðð ðððððð , ððððð ðððð ð ððð ððððððððð, ðð ðððð ðððð ð ððð ððððð: ðĩðððð ððð ðīð ðŪð. ð°ð'ð ðððð ðððððð ððððð ððððð 13 ððððððð ðððððð ð ðððð , ðð'ð ðððð ððð ðððððððððððð ðð ð ððððð ðððð ð·ðððððð ðððð ððð ðð ððððð ðððð ðððð. ðŧððð ððððð ððððð ð ððð ðððð ðð ððððððððð ðð ððð ðððð ðð ððð ððððððð ðð ðððð ð ðððððð ððð ðððð . ðūððð ððð ððð ðððððððð ððððð ? ðģðððððð ðððð, ðððð ð ðð ððð ðððð ðð ð ð ðð ððð ððððððððð ?
⭐ The starting point was in 2016, when we made the decision to do this retrospective tour. We thought: "We have to be careful because we have quite a dysfunctional relationship with our old songs". So we decided to start writing stuff during the breaks of this tour to keep feeling like artists.
⭐ This process of renewal, of looking for something new, is imperative for me, I really don't want to be bored with Placebo. You have to really push yourself to find different methods, challenging situations, things to say that you find important, to basically do something that feeds you, because without that self-feeding, why would you do that ? I would ask myself that question all the time. What am I doing here ? If I don't believe in it, if I don't have something that I have a strong emotional connection with, a belief.
⭐ I write in moments of urgency. I have something consuming me from the inside. If I don't externalize it, it will continue to consume me. These are often emotions that are problematic, difficult, sad, angry, frustrated.
⭐ I'm lucky enough to be able to go through a fairly cathartic process, it's almost a form of therapy and the positive thing is that it touches people, emotionally. There is this human connection. We shouldn't be too at ease in everything we do, that was one of the mantras of my dear friend David Bowie, who is no longer with us: "If you're comfortable, then you're not doing it right". That's what he used to say to me all the time.
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⭐ I would say he influenced me more as a human being than a musician. I learned a lot from touring with him at the beginning of my career, about what it is to be a rock star and how to do it and the methods he used. But it was more the way he was with people that I learned the most from. He treated everyone with the same dignity and kindness. I would say he taught me to be a better human being. But I was too young, too arrogant, too naive and too drunk to realise it when I was there with him. It was only when he left us that I really understood the effect he had on me as a human being. These days, it's a little bit like he's still with me. I feel like I still have a relationship with him. It gives me a lot of comfort.
◾ ðŦðð ððððð ððððð ððð ðð ðððð ðððððððð ? ðĐðððððð ðð ððð ðððð ððððððððð, ððð ðð ðð ððð ðð ðððð ðððð ðððððð, ðð ððð ðððððð. ððð'ðð ðððððð ðððð ðððð ððððððð ðð ðððð ðððððð ððð. ðķððð ðððð, ðððð ððð ððððððð ðð ðððð ðððððððð ðððð ?
⭐ Not really. No. I'm in a constant state of evolution. I'm constantly losing myself, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
◾ ðūððð ð ððð ðððð ðððð ?
⭐ It's the journey that counts because the journey is actually the destination.
◾ ðĻ ðððð ððððð ðððð ððððð, ðĐðððð. ðūððð ðð ðððððð ðð ð·ðððððð, ðððð ððððð ððððð ð ððð. ðūððð ðð ðððð ðððððððððððð ðððð ðð ? ðŦð ððð ðððð ðððð ððððð ? ðŊððð ððð ððððððð ðð ðððð ðð ? ð°ð ðð ðððð ðð ððð ? ðĻðð ððð ððð ððð ððð ðððð? ðķð ðð ðð ðððð ðð ððððð ððððð ?
⭐ I don't really consider myself a guitarist. I know how to write a song. I know how to find melodies that are catchy. I would say that with my voice, which fortunately is quite unique, there is a certain excellence. That's perhaps one of my ONLY certainties, I am a good singer.
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⭐ It wasn't really a choice, it was essential. We were given a context where we could discover ourselves and be ourselves. We decided to have the courage to present ourselves in the way that was imperative for us. We were given scenes to do this. It was a bit like a process of self-discovery. We realised very quickly that there were a lot of people like us who felt like outsiders and those outsiders became our audience.
◾ ðŊðð ð ð ððð ðððð ðððð ðð ðððð ððððððð ? ðķð ððð ðððð ðððð ððð'ðð ðððððð ð ððððð ðððð ððð ðððð ððð ððððð . ðķððð 13 ððððððð ðððððð ðððð . ðķðððððððð, ððð ððððððð ððð ððð ðððð ððððððð ððð ððð ðððð ðððð ððð ðððð ðððð ððð ððð ð ðððððð ðð ðððð ððð ðððððð ?
⭐ (ððĒðķðĻðĐðī) Oh dear... Your question confuses me a little bit because I'm thinking that if I'm a source of hope for other people, we might be totally screwed here. It's really not something I think about very much because I think I would become too self conscious. I have no control over how people see me. Why would I worry about that ? Isn't it holier to worry about things you can control ? There's a sentence in English that says: "what other people think of me is not of my business". I really like this idea.
◾ ð°ð'ð ðð ððððð ðð ððððððð ðððððð, ðð ðððð. ð°ð'ð ðð ððððð ðð ðððððð ððð ðððð ðððððð ðð ððð, ððð ðððð ðð ððð ððð ðð ðððð ððððððððð ðððð ðð ðððð.
⭐ I think I've never been as angry as I am now. You can hear it in the album. It's a very human anger that goes hand in hand with a sadness. I'm also very disappointed in humanity and I talk about that in the album.
◾ ððð ððð ððð ððð ðððððð ððð ððð ðððððð. ððð ððð ðð, ððð ðððð ðð. ðĐðð ððððð ðð ððððð ð ððððð. ðŧðððð ðð ð ðððððð ðð ðððð ðð ðððð ððððð.
⭐ The source of hope for me is my son's generation. Maybe they will really change things in the future, maybe not. Maybe we're damned. I don't know. To be totally honest with you, I have to keep things really, really simple for myself. I'm someone who is very lucky because I write the songs and people want to listen to them. I can express myself. I have a way to express myself and for that I'm incredibly grateful. But I try not to think about it more than that. I'm someone who writes songs and I'm lucky that there are a lot of people who want to listen to them. I have to keep it as simple as that in my head. Otherwise it becomes overwhelming.
◾ ðŧððð ððððð ðð ðððððððððððð. ð°ð'ð ðððððð ðĩðððð ðģðð ðīð ðŪð. ððð ðððð ðð ðððððððððð ðððð. ð°ð'ð ðððððð ððððð ððð ðð'ð ððð ð ðððððððð ðð ððð ððð ðððð ððð ðððððððð ððððð ðððð: ððð ðððð ðððððððð, ðððð ðððð ðð ðððððððð ððð ððð ðð ððð ðððððð.
⭐ That's it.
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⭐ Absolutely. It seems to me that most people are out in the world, telling other people how to live without looking at themselves. If you can't help someone else without helping yourself, what the hell are you doing telling other people how to live their lives basically ? So yeah, fix yourself before you try to fix somebody else.
◾ ðŦðð ððð ðððððð ðððð ððððð ðððð ð ðððð ðððð ð·ðððððð ?
⭐ Yes, because when I was 11 years old, I looked at my father and said: "You dress up like that every day and go to the same place every day to sit behind a desk ? Oh no, that's not possible. If I do that, I'll become incredibly depressed." So even at the age of 11, I thought: "I'll have to find something else to do because I don't understand the 'subway, work, sleep'. It's really not for me."
⭐ I went to drama school, but even that wasn't enough for me.
◾ ðŦðððð ððð.
⭐ That's it. When I graduated, I said to myself: "This is not really what you want to do Brian. What you really want to do is form a band".
◾ ððð ððððð ðð ðððð ðšððððð ðķððð ðð ððð ððð ððð ðððð ð ðððð ðð ðððð ðð ððððððððð. ðūð ððððð ððð ð ððððððð . ðĻðð ððð, ðððð ðððððððð ððð ðððððð 26 ððððð ðððð ðšððððð !
⭐ Yes, it does. Together we can really create magic. It's not just a collaboration. It's not really the same thing. We are very lucky to have each other because we can do something together, which is bigger, more effective, more emotional than if we did it alone. We need each other to make magic.
◾ ðŧðð ððððð ðð ðððððð ðĩðððð ðģðð ðīð ðŪð. ðŧðððð ððð ðððð ðððð ðĐðððð ðīðððð ððð ððððð ðð ðģð ðīððð ð ð 'ðŽððð ðð ðð ðððððð ð°ððð. ðŧðððð ððð ðððð ðððð.
⭐ Thank you very much.
✒️ Translation by Laetitia and Baz / transcription by Laetitia
♦️ You can listen to the interview here ðŧ https://bit.ly/3E3HRdh ð
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♦️ Dear Soulmates, what comes through for me in this interview is that nothing in life is easy. And that we gain greatness when we manage to overcome its difficulties, pitfalls, other obstacles and acknowledge our mistakes with time. Accepting differences with respect and honouring our world will be the salvation of us all.
♦️ ððĄð ðĢðĻðŪðŦð§ððē ðĒðŽ ððĄð ðððŽððĒð§ðððĒðĻð§, Brian tells us. The journey can be slowed down, we can stall ans stagnate, but the important thing is to move forward. ðĻððððð.
♦️ As the song was mentioned, Fix Yourself is the perfect song to end this nice interview ð
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