is one of the most popular musicians in Poland. In 2005, he founded the folk-rock band Zakopower, with which he created as many as 6 studio albums and several timeless hits. Privately, he is a happy husband and father of two children, Antonina and Jędrzej. They are his priority and he tries to do everything to provide them with a childhood he never had. – Today I don’t have to invent a family anymore, because I have exactly the one I imagined in my childhood – in one of the interviews. What was his life like before he became a star?
Karpiel-Bułecka grew up without a father. He didn’t admit it to his peers
Contrary to appearances, he does not come from a rich highlander family. He experienced poverty in the past, as he grew up in a two-room wooden cottage built by his grandfather in Kościelisko. – We lived with grandma and grandpa in a small wooden cottage that he built. It was cramped, two rooms, a room and a kitchen with a stove, and a small room upstairs. We didn’t have a bathroom, so I washed myself in a basin. I grew up in modest circumstances – he confessed in “Twój Styl”. Despite the difficult conditions, there was no shortage of love in his home. Although his mother and grandmother took care of him, he was constantly bothered by the absence of , who left the family shortly before his birth. – He only appeared in my life sometimes – he said, adding that his role models at that time were his neighbor, who taught him how to play the violin, and his older stepbrother, Jan.
As it turns out, her peers had no idea that Karpiel-Bułecka was growing up in a single-parent family. For fear of being ridiculed, he created a story about his father that he told his friends for years. – In elementary school, I told stories about how great my father was. I lied that he left. In fact, he was there all the time, in Zakopane. I dreamed of a family, so I invented one, he said.
The leader of Zakopower reconciled with his father before his death. How does he remember the moments spent together?
Karpiel-Bułecka never hid the fact that he had a huge grudge against his father for a long time. However, over time he realized that life is full of difficult choices. – It’s hard to blame one side for what my life was like as a child. But I missed my father as a young boy – he said in “Twój Styl”. – Such things also shape us. Over time, I learned to understand it more, because life is not as simple as we think. They probably could have handled a few things better, but maybe they couldn’t, he explained.
When he became a father himself, he decided to reconcile with his dad. They met and had a sincere conversation, during which many bitter but also beautiful words were said. He finally got around to telling him that he loved him. – It was a matter of days, I felt that this was the moment. I wanted to sort it out before he left so I wouldn’t regret it later. I did it for myself, but I think also for him, he added. Although they could not make up for the lost time, they spent many moments together before the man died. – I played different notes to my father and asked him to tell me what each one was called. He answered me and even sang. In all this sadness and grief that life is ending and that my father is leaving, there were such important moments for both of us – he concluded.
Source: Gazeta
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