what about custody of their children?

Jérémy Frérot and Laure Manaudou, it’s over! The lovebirds, who had an eight-year romance, have ended their affair. And it is the 34-year-old singer who confirmed their breakup – already mentioned in the celebrity press a few months ago – in The Parisian. The interpreter of I have the sea and the Olympic swimming champion, however, continue to work alongside each other and share custody of their two sons, Lou, 7 years old, and Sacha, 3 years old. And the singer wanted to confide in this new situation in song.

Jérémy Frérot: his song about his separation from Laure Manaudou

After having takes a little break in his career, Jérémy Frérot releases a new title, Farewellin which he talks about this breakup and his new family situation. “I took a two-year break, I needed to take time for myself, to fill myself up, because I was empty. And it worked well. I have experienced many things, difficult and happy. And at one point, I felt the need to get this story out of myself. It wasn’t easy.”he confided in an interview with Parisianthis April 22.

The singer explained: “There aren’t that many songs about a father who divorces and takes care of his children every other week“. The artist, who wants to be a present father for his sons, had “want to share this life” in music : “I am a very involved dad, like many around me“. The latest news was that the ex-couple lived in a house with a swimming pool in Arcachon Bay.

Jérémy Frérot, panicked by his song: “I went up to 40ºC, I was shaking”

However, Jérémy Frérot hesitated before recording this title, which is so personal. Before entering the studio, Laure Manaudou’s ex-partner panicked a lot. “In a quarter of an hour, I reached 40ºC. I was shaking, but I recorded it. The next day, I didn’t really remember what I had done… We listened to it again: ‘Ah yes, it’s powerful!’ It felt good, it was therapeutic“, he assured.

His song is all the more intimate as it is directly inspired by the speech he gave to his sons to tell them that their parents were separating: “This is almost word for word what I said to my children when, with Laure, we announced it to them. Mom and Dad remain friends and we will remain a team. There was love that created you and there is love that raises you, it’s different but just as powerful“. Despite their separation, Jérémy Frérot and Laure Manaudou remain on good terms and their “story is not over“.”We continue it differently“, he concluded.