According to Evert Santegoeds, André Hazes Jr. broke off his long-term burnout prematurely due to the rapid rise of competitor Mart Hoogkamer. “I think that’s the reason.”
During the very long break of André Hazes jr. folk singer Mart Hoogkamer jumped into his ass a bit. At one point Mart even started singing with André’s unemployed band. Many people also thought that Mart was a bit more sympathetic, although he is now also playing with fire because of that boasting and posing with very expensive cars.
André vs Mart
Private boss Evert Santegoeds thinks André’s return to the public domain had to do with Mart’s rise. “I still think that the reason that André started performing earlier than he actually planned has to do with the enormous rise of van Mart,” he says in the podcast Strictly Private.
Mart also returned from a burn-out holiday last week. In contrast to André’s, his comeback is a success, says Evert. “Certainly, Mart Hoogkamer turned the whole city upside down in Woerden until late. And that was a huge success in his comeback, which he had been a bit apprehensive about.”
Bacardi Lemon
Evert understands that tension quite well. “Because yes, if you’ve been off the stage for so long, you think: do they still like me? But there was no doubt about that. He started with Swimming in Bacardi Lemon and then of course you immediately won such an entire square.”
Because of his flop comeback, André has started singing his father’s songs again, which he actually no longer wants. “Yes, that’s his unique selling point Naturally. He is the one and only Hazes and everyone runs off with the Hazes repertoire. It would be a shame if the son of that would ignore that.”
Waterway
Colleague Jordi Versteegden: “Let’s talk about those two, about Mart and André. If you put them side by side: they now have the same band, they have the same lyricists, they sing about their feelings. Aren’t those two getting into each other’s way a bit too much?”
Evert: “I don’t know. That also stimulates each other, doesn’t it? What you always had with Geer and Goor, of course: at a certain point that came together and that could also be added to this. But it’s always good if competition keeps you sharp. I think: stimulation keeps you sharp. And that is nice.”