Suzane Explained

Suzane Océane Colom (born 29 December 1990) is a French singer.

In the 35th edition of the Victoires de la Musique in 2020, she was awarded “Best new artist”.

Early years

Born in 1990 in Avignon,[1] [2] Suzane grew up in Les Angles in a marriage made up of a nurse and a civil servant.[3] She Both instilled in her from an early age her interest in music, with the help of artists such as Fréhel, Édith Piaf, Barbara, and Jacques Brel.[4] When she was five years old,[5] she started classical dance[6] and from the age of eight she studied singing and music theory.[7] During his adolescence, he combined his arts course at the institute with the Grand Avignon Conservatory of Music,[8] Although after the death of a friend of hers, she fell into depression and abandoned her studies.[9]

During the following years she worked different jobs, such as a supermarket cashier or waitress in a diner in Montpellier.[5] In 2014 she decided to move to Paris,[3] to the 20th Arrondissement, where she spent four years working in restaurants and bars.[10] At the same time, she resumed her artistic career,[11] She resumed singing lessons and began writing her first songs.[5]

Musical career

In 2017, while she was still working at the bar, she met producer Chad Boccara, who gave her a chance after reading her lyrics.[12] Océane decides to adopt Suzane as her stage name in honor of her grandmother[3] [13] and in 2018 she publishes her first two singles under her new pseudonym,[14] “L'Insatisfait”[15] and "La Flemme".[16] That year she performs for the first time in public.[3] Throughout 2019, she toured throughout the country, participating in 32 festivals[12] (including the Festival des Vieilles Charrues) and performing more than 200 concerts,[17] including some dates in China and Japan with the French Alliance.[7] [18] She became the French artist with the most performances in 2019,[8] without having released an album until then.[3]

In mid-2019 she signed with the 3e bureau record label, a subsidiary of Wagram Music,[7] with which she released her first EP, Suzane.[9] Two of the album's songs, "Suzane"[13] and "Il est où le SAV?",[8] had some success on the Internet.[9] Her first studio album, titled Toï Toï, went on sale in early 2020.[13] The title of the album refers to a German expression that brings good luck[12] and contains fifteen tracks with texts on feminist[13] [10] and environmentalist themes.[19] Suzane received great media enthusiasm,[20] becoming the "sensation artist" of 2020.[21] She performed as a headliner at the Olympia in Paris and at Le Trianon,[13] [6] in addition to being awarded "Best New Artist" at the 35th Victoires de la Musique ceremony.[22]

In 2021, Suzane published a reissue of Toï Toï,[23] which features new singles, including "Pendant 24 h" with Grand Corps Malade[24] and "La Vie dolce" with DJ Feder.[25] During the next few months, she continues with the tour while composing new songs for her second album, Caméo, released on November 4, 2022.[26] Her three promotional singles were "Clit Is Good", " Belladona” and “A ticket pour la Lune”.

Personal life

Suzane came out of the closet during her adolescence, being openly lesbian since high school.[4] She is an environmentalist[6] and feminist activist,[13] committed to the #NousToutes collective.[10] In the 2017 presidential election, she voted blank and explained that she had not found a candidate "who really listened to the people."[3]

Discography

Studio Albums

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 23 June 2023. Zacharie, Didier. 2019-07-16. fr. Le Soir Plus. Francos de Spa : danser sur du texte avec Suzane.
  2. Web site: 23 June 2023. fr. TV5 Monde Culture. Biographie Suzane, âge et discographie.
  3. Web site: 23 June 2023. Renault, Gilles y Audoin Desforges. 2020-02-12. fr. Libération. Suzane, sur le pont, elle y danse.
  4. Web site: 23 June 2023. Carpentier, Laurent. 2020-02-01. fr. Le Monde. Un apéro avec Suzane : "Raconter mon histoire intime, c'est une espèce de maladie".
  5. News: 23 June 2023. Salammbô, Marie. 2019-07-13. fr. Le Temps. Suzane, une quête de liberté.
  6. Web site: 23 June 2023. Valais, Lucie. 24 January 2020. fr. L'Internaute. Suzane : qui est la chanteuse, qui dévoile son album Toï Toï ?.
  7. Web site: 23 June 2023. Hache, Victor. 2019-04-17. fr. L'Humanité. Printemps de Bourges. Suzane, étoile montante de la chanson électro.
  8. Web site: 23 June 2023 . F. B. . 2020 . 18 . fr . enero . La Provence . Avignon : la chanteuse Suzane nommée aux Victoires de la musique .
  9. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Delassein, Sophie . 13 June 2019 . fr . 2849 . 73 . . La môme Suzane .
  10. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Grelard, Philippe . 2020 . 24 . fr . enero . Le Télégramme . Premier album de Suzane, le phénomène électro .
  11. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Constance, Véronique . 2019 . 7 . fr . octubre . . Aucune tempête n'éteindra la voix de Suzane .
  12. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Randanne, Fabian . 23 January 2020 . fr . . "Je parle aux différents et à ceux qui les entourent", confie Suzane .
  13. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Bureau, Éric . 2020 . 24 . fr . enero . . Et si Suzane était la star de 2020 avec son premier album Toï Toï ? .
  14. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Boudier, Jules . 2019 . 21 . fr . enero . . Aloïse Sauvage, Suzane, Kimberose, Voyou, P-Dro : 5 noms à suivre en 2019 .
  15. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Berthelot, Théau . 23 April 2018 . fr . Charts in France . Clip L'Insatisfait : Suzane nous dévoile un univers électro envoûtant .
  16. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Kosmala, Lucie . 2018 . 17 . fr . mayo . Madmoizelle . Suzane est bourrée de talent et revient le prouver avec sa pote La Flemme .
  17. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Hache, Victor . 2020 . 26 . fr . enero . . Suzane : "C'est la peur qui m'envoie sur scène" .
  18. Web site: 23 June 2023 . 2019 . 20 . fr . agosto . L'Aisne Nouvelle . La chanteuse Suzane sera sur la scène de la Manufacture de Saint-Quentin .
  19. Web site: 23 June 2023 . 2019 . 7 . fr . noviembre . . L'artiste française Suzane sort un clip engagé dans une décharge géante .
  20. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Bertrand, Yann . 2020 . 23 . fr . enero . . Suzane, de la révélation au phénomène .
  21. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Berthelot, Théau . 26 January 2020 . fr . Charts in France . Suzane en interview : "Être la sensation du début 2020, c'est une reconnaissance" .
  22. Web site: 23 June 2023 . 2020 . 14 . fr . febrero . . Victoires de la musique : Suzane, révélation scène de l'année .
  23. Web site: 23 June 2023 . 2021 . 30 . fr . abril . . Suzane pour la réédition de son album "Toï Toï II" .
  24. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Bureau, Éric . 2021 . 25 . fr . diciembre . . "Tout le monde l'aime" : Sanson, Kimberose et Suzane sous le charme de Grand Corps Malade .
  25. Web site: 23 June 2023 . 2021 . 29 . fr . enero . Europe2 . Suzane et Feder débarquent sur Europe 2 avec La Vie Dolce .
  26. Web site: 23 June 2023 . Randanne, Fabien . 2022 . 4 . fr . noviembre . . Suzane : "Les chansons ne changent pas le monde, mais les gens qui les écoutent, oui, peut-être" .