![]() ![]() He grew up with this sometimes blurry and chaotic double identity, a relationship to himself and others that he learned to soothe through music. With a Rwandan father that he did not see often and a Flemish mother who single-handedly ran a household of six, Stromae was born Paul Van Haver in 1985 in Brussels. ![]() ![]() By doing so, he gives the title Multitude a deep resonance, the same one that Walt Whitman conveys in his poem, of which Stromae could take up the opening: “I am large, I contain multitudes, I am of every hue and caste, of every rank and religion.” Far from any self-centered self-pity, Stromae took advantage of this time in his life to identify more closely with others, putting himself in the shoes of characters he feels sympathy for (in the etymological meaning “suffering with”). With it came enforced furlough and its silver linings: settling down, leading a more relaxed, structured life, closer to family, making work exciting again, expanding his sources of inspiration and, most of all, making what he went through worth it by reinvesting the dividends of this challenging phase into the core of new songs. Multitude comes after a period during which Stromae’s body slowed down drastically, forcing him to take a hiatus from the stage. You don’t need to dig deep into descriptions of suffering to recognize the paradoxical fruitfulness of certain negative experiences. When his Brussels studio was completed in 2018, his life changed pace to that of a craftsman returning to his workshop for a third album, Multitude. It operates in the fields of fashion, audiovisual media and, of course, music. ![]() He created the label in 2009, together with Luc Van Haver and stylist Coralie Barbier for artistic creation. He launched five clothing collections and collaborated on videos for Yael Naïm (Coward), Dua Lipa (IDGAF) and Billie Eilish (Hostage) under the Mosaert label. ![]()
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