Yelle
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| Birth name | Julie Budet |
| Born | January 17, 1983 |
| Origin | Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France |
| Genres | Electropop, europop, electro dance |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Voice, drums[1] |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Associated acts | Yelle, GrandMarnier, Tepr, Fatal Bazooka |
| Website | yelle.fr |
Julie Budet (born January 17, 1983), best known as Yelle is a French electro/electropop singer and lead singer of the band of the same name. The band came to prominence when they posted an early version of the song "Je Veux Te Voir" on MySpace in September 2005 and their debut album, Pop-Up was released in 2007.
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[edit] Biography
Budet was born and bred in Saint-Brieuc,[2] Brittany, France,[3] her father, François Budet, was a musician.[4] Budet was exposed to many different bands and grew up in a musical environment.[2][5] She met and became good friends with producer GrandMarnier[6] in 2000[5][4] and in 2005 they began making music together when both wanted to start a French electropop band.[1][2]
The name of the band, Yelle, began as an acronym of the phrase "You Enjoy Life", "YEL", but was later feminised to "Yelle"[6] because a Belgian band was already using the name.[4] Yelle rose to fame on MySpace when they posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", which later became "Je Veux Te Voir", with their account in September 2005. The song mocks rapper Cuizinier of TTC and is a female reply to his songs.[1][2][7] It received a positive response and soon attracted the attention of record label, Source,[2][5] Yelle then began working on and recording their debut album, Pop-Up in 2006,[1] producer Tepr had been roped into the band after meeting GrandMarnier while working as a journalist.[6] GrandMarnier and Tepr produced most of the music, while Budet would join them in writing lyrics under the collective name, Yelle.[8]
The band has enjoyed success outside of France despite making songs exclusively in French[1][6] and have toured overseas in non-French speaking countries.[5][7][2] In 2008, after being asked by Katy Perry, they remixed her song "Hot N Cold"[6] and also participated the second installment of iTunes Foreign Exchange, for which they recorded a French version of the Robyn's Who's That Girl?.[citation needed] Yelle embarked on a full North American tour [5] and also performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2008.[1][6][4] Budet was featured on Fatal Bazooka's French number one song "Parle à ma main" in 2007.[9] She is also the image of a special line of Reebok Freestyle shoes, World Cities, representing the Paris model.[citation needed]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
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| 2007 | Pop-Up
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| 2007 | "À cause des garçons" | 11 | Pop-Up |
| 2008 | "Je Veux Te Voir" | 4 |
[edit] Other appearances
- 2007: Parle à ma main" (Fatal Bazooka featuring Yelle)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Gilchrist, Todd (15 May 2008), Yelle Interview, IGN Entertainment, Inc., http://music.ign.com/articles/874/874417p1.html, retrieved 2009-12-03
- ^ a b c d e f YELLE: LOVE AND FRENCH CHANSONS, Laptop Rockers, 6 November 2008, http://www.laptoprockers.eu/music/p1/interview-yelle-france/
- ^ Haim, Daniel, An exclusive interview with Yelle, Bloginity LLC, http://www.bloginity.com/julie-budet-yelle-exclusive-interview
- ^ a b c d The rebel Yelle, Metro International, 14 October 2008, http://www.metro.us/us/article/2008/10/15/04/2325-72/index.xml, retrieved 2009-12-04
- ^ a b c d e Szeto, Greg (10 Octover 2008), Interview: Yelle, auralstates.com, http://auralstates.com/2008/10/interview-yelle.html, retrieved 2009-12-03
- ^ a b c d e f Yelle: interview with a French pop artiste, virgin.com, 2 March 2009, http://www.virgin.com/music/news/yelle-interview-with-a-french-pop-artiste, retrieved 2009-12-02
- ^ a b Ship, Jesse (17 August 2008), Yelle, FORMATMAG.COM, http://www.formatmag.com/features/yelle/, retrieved 2009-12-02
- ^ Klein, Josh (16 Octover 2008), Yelle, Time Out Chicago, http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/clubs/67961/interview-with-julie-budet-of-yelle, retrieved 2009-12-03
- ^ a b c Discographie Yelle, Hung Medien, http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yelle, retrieved 2009-12-03
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