Wim 
The Child I Never Was Phénix V — Album Track 01Album: Ce qu’il reste de moiOfficial release: 21 October 2026 How can you miss something you never even knew existed? When I look back on my childhood, I see, above all, a happy child. A boy who explored his own world, enjoyed his independence, and … Read more
Phénix V — Debut AlbumOfficial release: 21 October 2026 What Remains of Me Some stories are told through words. Others are perhaps better felt than explained. Ce qu’il reste de moi — What Remains of Me — is my debut album as Phénix V. Twelve songs in French that together tell one continuous story. A … Read more
Phénix V — SingleRelease: 9 October 2026 Mon cœur reste ouvert is the first official single by Phénix V. A song about loving without losing yourself. About letting go without having to close your heart. And about the difference between remaining open to love and continuing to wait for something that has already passed. For … Read more
About explaining yourself for so long that you eventually realise this, too, can become a way of losing yourself. In the previous chapter, I wrote about a door. The door could remain open. But I no longer had to stand in front of it waiting. At the time, I felt that I had taken an … Read more
Sometimes, you only know whether something is truly over after you have given it one last chance to become something different. Not because you have forgotten what happened. Not because all the pain has suddenly disappeared. And not because you want to naively believe that everything will somehow work itself out. But simply because one … Read more
Yesterday, I heard a song. Je déteste ma vie – Pierre Lapointe Just the title alone… I hate my life. ⸻ And I have to be honest. That’s how it has been feeling lately. Not every second. Not in a dramatic way. But simply… the reality of what I’m going through. ⸻ Surviving. Nothing more. … Read more
About hope, self-doubt, and the moment when reality becomes visible again. Sometimes it doesn’t happen in one big moment. No explosion.No clear break. Sometimes it happens slowly.Almost unnoticed. You start talking again.You try to understand again.And somewhere you hope that what once seemed broken might still be repaired. At the end of last year, I … Read more
Today, everything came together.Not planned, not expected — but everything I had tried to endure these past months suddenly stood right in front of me.I was tired. Still recovering.But I wanted to get out for a bit, so I went along to the market. And there she was.My ex-wife.Surrounded by her friends.Smiling. Working. It looked … Read more
In August 2025, I was still in my van. Somewhere alone in the south of France. Not on vacation. But on the run. From the chaos. From the pain. From the feeling of being completely drained by a situation I no longer had any control over. The plan was simple: to create distance. From her. … Read more
Sometimes, letting go doesn’t happen all at once – it comes in layers. This summer took me through three very distinct phases: learning to be alone, letting go of my ex-partner once and for all, and the painful yet liberating confrontation with my mirror. What started as a period of mere survival became an unexpected … Read more