🔻 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 𝙈𝙊𝙇𝙆𝙊 𝘼𝙏 𝙁𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙊 (2022) 🔻

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧." ⁣ - 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰

♦️ We've entered a part of the 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 that we didn't know before. Since the release of 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨, we've been showered with interviews, reviews, but that doesn't mean we're getting tired of it, does it ? 😄💚

♦️ Today, I share with you an interview with 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, at 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒐, broadcasted on March 30th 2022. An interview in which he reveals his gratitude to the 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠. His touching admiration for 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 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 😉

♦️ 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘻 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 ! 😊
💖 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 💋

Photo credit:  Mads Perch / Edit by Laetitia

◾ ⁣𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐.⁣
⭐ Hello.

◾ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏-𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐-𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 1996, 26 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎: 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 13 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 ? 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 ?
⭐ 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.

Photo credit:Florian Jaenicke

◾ ⁣𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ? 𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉, 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 ?
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 ? 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒕, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 ?
⭐ Not really. No. I'm in a constant state of evolution. I'm constantly losing myself, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.


◾ ⁣𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 ?
⭐ It's the journey that counts because the journey is actually the destination.


◾ 𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 ? 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 ? 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒕 ? 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆? 𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 ?
⭐ 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.

Photo credit: David Willis

◾⁣ 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 ?
⭐ 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.


◾  𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 ? 𝑶𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 13 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑶𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 ?
⭐ (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴) 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.


◾ ⁣𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎.
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒊𝒙 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔: 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.
⭐ That's it.

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

◾ ⁣𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆.
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 ?
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒐.
⭐ 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".


◾ ⁣𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 26 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 !
⭐ 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.


◾ ⁣𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝑳𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒅'𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.
⭐ Thank you very much.

✒️ Translation by Laetitia and Baz / transcription by Laetitia
♦️ You can listen to the interview here 📻 https://bit.ly/3E3HRdh 😉

Photo credit: Liam Duke

♦️ David Bowie had a major impact on Brian, and I guess on Stefan too. They've become better humans. I can say Placebo made (and still makes me) a better person. I am proud to be an outsider, and proud to be part of an outsiders community 💝

♦️ 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.

♦️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, Brian tells us. The journey can be slowed down, we can stall ans stagnate, but the important thing is to move forward. 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.

♦️ As the song was mentioned, Fix Yourself is the perfect song to end this nice interview 💗

🎶 𝐅𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 🎥 https://bit.ly/3jmiD0f 🎶

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