In the 80s and 90s, Patrick Bruel experienced a totally crazy period of his career, the famous “Bruelmania”. Still as active, the artist looked back on how he experienced it at the time.
If Patrick Bruel is a hit at the moment with the new TF1 series, Imminent threathe does not forget his thunderous beginnings in music. Guest on the set of Dailythe 66-year-old singer and actor spoke of “Bruelmania”, this tornado of success which made him the ultimate idol of the 1980s and 90s.
“I could have experienced it more lightly by telling myself…”
Songs like So look, Break your voice or even I’ll tell you anyway propelled Patrick Bruel to the height of glory. At that time, the artist stirred up entire crowds. Very quickly, the general public witnessed a real popular tidal wave: we then spoke of “Bruelmania”. But how, behind the cries of the groupies as he passed and the packed concert halls, did Patrick Bruel really experience this timeless period?
Faced with archive images broadcast on the set of Dailythe artist described how he felt this moment: “I find it super moving, because you put it in a context… And then, you see how you experienced it at that moment… I could have experienced it a little better. I could have experienced it more lightly and said to myself: ‘Yeah, it’s quite nice’.”
Patrick Bruel did not know how to appreciate the present moment: “What will happen?“
The singer and father of two children also revealed why he had not really enjoyed, at the time, this monster and rare success in show business. Patrick Bruel was creating little knots in his head himself. “I had this sort of side, like a chess player, of wanting to have 4 moves in advance… I said to myself: ‘What will this generate? What will happen? Will this social phenomenon take precedence over the artistic phenomenon?’“While everyone around him was vibrating, Patrick Bruel was already thinking about his future.
This “Bruelmania” ended up overwhelming him, pushing Patrick Bruel to pause the machine to take a breather. “First we had to take a good break, and after the break it was to come back with a piano voice, songs with lyrics. A response had to be artistic to all of this“, he revealed. The singer, who divides his life between Los Angeles and Paris, has always alternated between a dual career in music and as an actor. Furthermore, this poker player has also since opened a hotel in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
