Angèle (BE)

About

Also known as: Angele, Angele Tjamag, Angèle Van Laeken

Angèle burst onto the French and Belgian pop scene in 2018 with a run that even Stromae couldn't match: her single "Tout oublier," a duet with her brother Roméo Elvis, sat at number one on the Ultratop charts for nine weeks straight, breaking his long standing record. Her debut album Brol, released on the Initial label, turned her from an Instagram favourite into one of the most in demand artists in France and Belgium. Her style draws from French chanson, electronic music and rap, and her songwriting doesn't shy away from sharp social commentary, as on "Balance ton quoi," her pointed response to the French MeToo movement. Since then she has kept expanding her reach in unexpected directions. She collaborated with Dua Lipa on "Fever" for the reissue of Future Nostalgia, made her film debut in Leos Carax's Annette, and dropped her second album Nonante Cinq on her 26th birthday. More recently she performed "Nightcall" with Kavinsky and Phoenix at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony, a moment that made the track the most searched song on Shazam in a single day.