Willie William - composer, DJ, singer. A person who can rightly be called a versatile creative person enjoys great popularity in a wide circle of music lovers.
His work is distinguished by a special and unique style, thanks to which he received real recognition. It seems that this artist can do much more and will show the whole world how to create music.
Childhood and youth of Willie William
Willie William was born on April 14, 1981 on the attractive French coast in the town of Frejus. From childhood, it was obvious to everyone around that the boy would become a musician. There was no doubt about this, also because he himself grew up very creative, and his whole family fully corresponded to little Willie.
The parents of the future musician greatly appreciated music in most of its directions - chanson, jazz, even rock music always sounded in the house. The family spent their leisure time at major music festivals and small concerts, so from early childhood, Willie William got used to the musical atmosphere.
Such leisure interested and inspired the future musician, he was already thinking about a creative career, assimilating all the information received at concerts and at home. But all this would have remained a simple childhood dream, if one day the boy's mother did not give him a real guitar.
William learned the instrument easily and quickly, even learned to play complex compositions, but later he turned his attention to keyboard instruments and decided to engage in virtual creativity - technology already made it possible to combine several types of instruments.
Willie William became a DJ, but continued to develop his skills in playing real musical instruments.
Artist career
In 2009, an active and ambitious guy decided to move to Bordeaux, and it was this move that became a definite impetus for the start of his career. Willie William started creating his own mixes of popular songs.
At the same time, he often did not hesitate to add his vocal parts. Fortunately, his musical abilities allowed him not to be embarrassed by his voice and hearing.
Listeners noted that long-familiar music began to sound completely different, while each track retained the originality that Willie put into it.
In 2013, the young man decided to work together and created a musical composition with DJ Assad and Alain Ramanisum.
Their track called Litourner was very popular not only in France, but all over the world - the listeners spoke of it almost enthusiastically. It was this composition that prompted Willie William to join the nascent Afro-Caribbean band Collectif Métisse.
Literally from the first weeks of its existence, the group gained overwhelming popularity - the direction chosen by the musicians, the quality of the music performed, and the zeal with which each of the musicians did their job influenced.
The group's songs occupied leading positions in the world charts, the group took up active touring activities, and each new song became a hit. Musician Willie William did not leave his solo career either, and in 2014 he recorded a joint composition with the Tefa & Moox project.
The man gained his popularity due to a significant number of high-quality remixes of current songs, which he posted in the public domain. The quality of his mixes was also evaluated by the performers of the original, so the artist never had any problems.
In 2015, William nevertheless left the group, which became a good start for him, and recorded his first solo album.
Unfortunately, the solo career did not immediately give its results - there was no expected enthusiasm from the first album, but Willie did not give up and continued to make music.
And already the second single Ego made the man very popular all over the world. The artist himself claims that this composition was created in just one night during a burst of inspiration.
Interesting facts about Willy William
Unfortunately, little is known about the artist’s personal life today - his popularity is only increasing, and the musician shows his life gradually.
- The man's parents, who instilled in him a love of music, are emigrants from Jamaica;
- Willie William's roots are French and Jamaican;
- the video clip for the second single of the singer Ego in a short time collected more than 200 million views on video hosting;
- the musician has many tattoos on his body, among them a treble clef and two keyboard instruments, which symbolize his complete immersion in creativity;
- a man not only creates music for himself, but also writes songs for popular artists, and is also a producer of some projects.
Today, Willie William is a promising musician who is actively engaged in creative activities. A man almost never refuses to cooperate with musical groups, so his joint work comes out regularly.
Willie also shoots bright and professional video clips that gain hundreds of thousands of views. His songs are on repeat, he is a welcome guest of many large-scale events.
