Pol Granch: "They give me a lot of vertigo and much fear criticism, which do not know how to discern between me and Philippe, my elite character"
Por F. Javier Girela
Henry Ford said that the secret of a successful life is to find what your destiny is and pursue it.Pol Granch seems to have found his barely exceeding twenty.He did it singing to all rag with his family in the car, and since then he has traveled the way with that je in Sais Quoi that few treasure, that “factor x” that we would say in Spain.In fact, the Franco-Spanish artist won the Patria edition prize of this famous Talent Show in 2018.A springboard that gave impulse to his nerve and has allowed him to become one of the most listened singers of the moment.First with a discreet EP with his name and then with his debut album, I have to calm me (2020), with which, together with other singles that already advance their next work (Lüky Charm, shooting), multiply the number of views in thestreaming platforms by millions.Granch neither can nor want to calm down, in fact, it has just been released as Prince Phillippe Von Triesenberg in the new elite season, which is the fourth of this Spanish Netflix fiction that triumphs worldwide.The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary, and our protagonist is clear.
GQ: Your first album is called I have to calm down, but according to Spotify there is little calm because you have two and a half million monthly listening.
Pol Granch: Well, I think, despite having taken the album in pandemic, Superguay has gone.The more time passes, the more I am disappointed to myself, because I can neither want to calm down, because that way everything goes (laughs).Maybe it's a bit massive for my part, but things do well when I'm fulfilling.And if I shut up, who knows, maybe I don't have this energy.We can say that I have to “have to calm” it was a concept that I have not really applied or fancy.There will be time for that.
On the other hand, you have already started to give concerts, right?
Yes!I have been in La Riviera, in Madrid, in Vigo...Some have been canceled for the current situation too, but we are adapting.The lap is being a bit rare, because the public is smaller, they are all sitting, you see what each of them does, the faces they put, how they look at you, you find out when they get the mobile...But well, heat and support I still notice the same, so perfect.
And to finish off you have gotten into elite, the Netflix series, in which you play one of the new rookies of the new season.
It is curious because with my team I always joked with the idea of leaving elite, they told me: "You hit the cast";And, suddenly, my representative, a proposal for a paper.It was for a different character than I interpret.I did a test and they didn't take me!Meanwhile I took the album and the video clips, and they contacted Luis with another character they had in mind and in which they believed that he could fit better.Then he square and that's how I ended up embodying Phillippe von Trnsberg.
What can we expect from Phillippe von Trnsberg, your elite character?
It is a dark person, the truth.It comes from the French nobility and is accustomed to living in a golden bubble, so it is not very aware of what happens in real life.He is not accustomed to receiving a “no” by response and, when Las Encinas arrives at school, his lack of trust generates a series of insecurities that lead him to act in a certain way and do quite questionable things.The evolution of the character is brutal, it has a pretty and entertaining arc, which after all is what you have to achieve.
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How did you build this particular character?
The first days I got together with the director to start shaping her and told me that, when speaking, she did not want to sound to any specific Spanish accent.I was going around a lot of time, until I proposed to give him a French touch to his speech.My father is French and has a slight leave that nothing has to do with how typical we do the Spaniards when imitating it, so I caught many things of his to give him more realism.
What has this new experience in performance gave you?
I always liked the world of acting, in fact, I studied a year at Cristina Rota's school.In front of a camera I have the same feeling as when I'm in a concert.Of course, although it may seem like a world similar to music, it is totally different, with other mechanics and new information.Acting has given me the possibility of opening and helped me to know how to relate better to people.I entered a little later than the rest of the cast, when everyone already knew each other, and that gives respect, but being with such a big team for so long, you have the opportunity to meet people more depth.
Have you had the possibility of stopping since 2018, when you won Factor X?
Any!I believe that the only break was confinement, and I didn't stop much, because I was with the album and preparing the elite.I have not thought much about everything that comes, I don't know how to focus it.Obviously I am aware that the premiere of the series will have an impact, it makes me very happy that there are people seeing me, judging and throwing me positive feedbacks, but they also give me a lot, or that there are people who are going to listen to my music thinking that Philippe sings.He is a character who has very little empathy, either because of the life he leads, for his family or because they have not let him develop as he wanted and towards his ideas;And I would not like to relate to that in real life.
You have come to say "I am very insecure in all aspects of my life except in music and creativity", in what sense?
I don't know why, but I know what aspects of my life I am very insecure and I would have to look at it, because I am very, very, very asshole.Most of the things I suffer are nonsense!In the musical aspect it is not that I have security, but I know what I want to do.When I listen to something, in my head I imagine immediately how I want it to be.When I get on stage I feel that I explode.All movements that are repressed in the street or all that I don't like about me disappears.When I'm alone there with the band is one of the only moments when I'm calm.
Do you remember the first time you sang something and thought you wanted to live on it
Perfectly.Being very tiny, I went with my family in the car to eat at a restaurant next to my house.Las Cochiqueras, in San Agustín de Guadalix, a town north of Madrid.Suddenly, a theme of the fifth station began to sound, I die, and I sang it high.It was the first time I sang in front of my family and it motivated me a lot.
How do you get with social networks?
It is a love - hate relationship, because there are times that I feel like doing a lot of content and I know what I could do and I want to interact with people, do tweets...But then it also keeps costing me a little that there are people pending what you do, it takes a little back.
How is your Game facet?
When I take off the vagueness that I have on top and I have completed other things that I have to do, I wear (laughs).At the moment, I already have the computer, which I have always wanted it but I never took the step.Right now I'm stop with Valorant, although I'm very bad.I've also played Skyrim, Destiny, the last Spiderman, Zelda: Breath of the Wilds...I've always been Gamer, I've had all the playstation, I love playing, watching videos on YouTube...And I thought "why not", I can make a channel or open a twitch.I usually be quite silent, and this can be a way to be closer to my audience or even make a song with them.
What is your relationship with fashion?
I don't give it too many laps.I wake up, I feel like something, I'm for it, I buy it and I put it on;Or I wake up I see pants in my mother's closet and, if you close, I planted it.I get bored of my image very fast and I like to experiment with clothes, see me with different things.
Photography: Eneivide: Jor Martínezmantaje: Ismael G.Nicolásrealization: David Rivas X Aigo Studiomaquillaja y Hairdry: Bosco Montesinosista de Photography: Héctor Frailegradecimientos: Aigo Studio
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