It is abundantly clear that André Hazes jr. is in great panic now that he has recorded a video to announce his repertoire spin, says Evert Santegoeds. “This is an emergency measure.”
André Hazes jr. felt like the new pop sensation in the country for a while: he made a grand announcement in the talk show Beau to say goodbye to all that folksy ‘oldies music’. Even his hit Live? Yes, also Leef: “That is also a song that does not suit me at all. That’s not who I am.”
Repertoire twist
Well, a failed comeback single and considerably faltering ticket sales later, André has completely retraced his steps. He has announced in a video on Instagram that during his concerts he will still sing those old folk songs that he hates so much.
Why this sudden turnaround? Huh, turn around? Wellnoeeee! André says he never said at all that he would never sing his old repertoire again! Only that he hated it…
Empty Ahoy
André had to make that turn, says Evert Santegoeds in his podcast Strictly Private. “I think that makes sense if you don’t sell a ticket because you’ve said you don’t want to do that anymore, that you have problems with it and that you don’t always want to be compared to your father.”
According to Evert, it is actually incomprehensible that André are unique selling point so scrambled. “If I were called André Hazes, and consciously called that, I would very much like to be compared to my father. And that repertoire, everyone takes off with it, and you are then trying out new songs in your Ahoy that is not full.”
Mild panic
Kamp-André just doesn’t know anymore, says Evert. “I can imagine him retracing his steps, that there is a slight panic. But he shouldn’t say that he never said he wasn’t going to do that anymore, because yes, those recordings are still there in which he says he has major problems with that.
He continues: “Frank Sinatra has hated ‘Strangers in the Night’ all his life. But yes, he sang that at every concert, because the audience wants that. And yes, you should do that anyway. The customer is king, right?”
Emergency handle
Colleague Jordi Versteegden: “Yes, so it’s an emergency measure, you might say.”
Evert: “Yes, I think so. Not selling out Ahoy, to which they give all kinds of twists, that is simply a sign that the Netherlands is somewhat tired of Hazes. And even though all this is denied by people who have an interest in it (read: Guido den Aantrekker, ed.), it is clear that he is not having the wind at his back for a while.”
Pay mortgage
Story boss Guido den Aantractor, André’s near-stepfather, whitewashes the repertoire turn of his eye. He says in the Subway: “His new single did not bring the hoped for success and ticket sales for planned concerts in Ahoy are not going well. People don’t know what to expect.”
He continues: “Of course the public wants him to be himself, but he cannot possibly stop everything that smacks of André Hazes sr. That is also his financial foundation. He has expensive houses that he partly pays for without a mortgage. The chimney must continue to smoke.”