Charles Leclerc has revealed his surprise at the outstanding reception his music received this past week. The Monegasque driver released his first music single, ‘AUS23 1:1,’ a few days ago, and it has already reached the top 10 of the worldwide iTunes song chart.
When asked to give his views about the same, a modest Leclerc replied (as quoted by F1’s Twitter handle) with a chuckle, “Very surprised (on how well it is doing). I mean I knew that it would make a little bit of noise because a Formula 1 driver that releases a song is something not too common“.
The 25-year-old then went on to add that he did not want to do ‘big marketing’ and that his only intention was to put it out for those fans that enjoyed him while he used to play the piano previously. However, he did admit that he enjoyed the process of producing the song and putting it out on different platforms such as Spotify.
Charles “Piano Man” Leclerc has a hit on his hands! 🎹😍#AzerbaijanGP @Charles_Leclerc pic.twitter.com/s4FaNf5Rbo
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 27, 2023
F1 fans hail Charles Leclerc the ‘Musician’
F1 fans such as Lily have expressed how proud they are of Charles Leclerc to see the beautiful music he is producing.
PROUD OF CHARLES AND IS MUSICIAN ERA!!!!! pic.twitter.com/YmV6f2URWH
— lily⁴⁷ (@_itsnotlily) April 27, 2023
Meanwhile, other fans such as Najla stated that they were proud of the 25-year-old for how multi-talented he is. While Leclerc’s on-track prowess was always very evident, perhaps not many expected him to produce such high-quality music as well.
this guy has so much talents and we are so proud of him❤️
— najla¹⁶ (@najgoCL) April 27, 2023
And then there were also some of those fans such as Austin that got emotional when they heard Leclerc’s music.
Me to all the 🆑 fans because I didn’t expect to cry so much listening to a damn song pic.twitter.com/JgTyFjWL2J
— Austin (@AustinCS7) April 27, 2023
Leclerc categorizes most of his songs as ‘depressing’
When asked if he would like to collaborate with Lewis Hamilton in the future for some music, Charles Leclerc replied that it would only make sense for him to do so if the Briton was ready to produce ‘depressing’ music. He explained his point by stating that most of the music he produces is not ‘the happiest ones’.
The Monegasque driver is perhaps producing ‘depressing’ music because of the difficult times he is currently encountering at Ferrari. Leclerc has had a disastrous start to his 2023 season as he has just scored six points and has already suffered two DNFs.
Consequently of these results, he finds himself tenth in the championship. Considering how bad the start of the season has been for him, he would hope to produce a comeback at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
