Louane breaks the taboo on depression. Although her fourth album has just been released, FeelingsThe 26-year-old singer recounts some dark episodes of her life at the microphone of the “InPower” podcast, hosted by influencer Louise Aubery.
The one who grew up in the spotlight (The voice at 16, first big movie role at 17, first album at 19) recounts in particular the gap between this meteoric rise and what was happening behind the scenes:
“In people’s eyes, I had everything to be happy. I was very successful, everything I wanted to do was going pretty well, but basically my mental health made it a bit chaotic.”
“It was paradoxical, because I felt that I could not complain since everything I had was exceptional (…) but from a personal point of view, outside of my work and what I did, I was not doing well.”
“I blew a fuse”
the interpreter of Give me your heart evokes the steamroller of notoriety and its ill effects: “Obviously, at some point, you wonder who you are. In this environment, even if you have the right people around you, you’re still in matrix. Of course, I was scared.” And to list: “Post-tour depression, anxiety attacks, social anxiety… I haven’t left my house anymore.”
The anguish reached its climax in 2018, after her second tour: “It was my psychiatrist who told me to stop, at that moment. I was supposed to go straight to my third album and she said: ‘Go see your manager'”. and you tell them I asked you to stop.’ (…) She still had a good depression.”
The young woman then began a professional hiatus: “Sadness had taken over my body. I had several stages of sadness and depression in my life, and 2018 is one of them.
“Sadness or pain do not necessarily prevent you from moving forward”
Where did all this discomfort come from? “Many things, it’s hard to point to just one,” she explains, before exposing: “When you’re an artist, especially when you’re a woman, they always ask you to be the most perfect version of yourself that exists. From my 17 to my 20 years, when I came to television, he was always well presented, he always knew what to talk about”.
“I wanted people to like me, so I did my best for that, and everything I showed of myself was perfect. Except it’s not real life.”
Today, a mother, Louane believes she has learned lessons from these episodes: “I don’t think sadness or pain necessarily prevent you from moving on, it’s not necessarily a brake. It can help you move on, but in another way.” …) sadness, in life, really made me grow and accept a lot of things.”
Source: BFM TV
