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Louise Verneuil
Birth namePauline Louise Benattar
Born (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 36)
Corsica, France
OccupationSinger–songwriter
LabelsUniversal

Pauline Louise Benattar (born 14 December 1988), better known as Louise Verneuil, is a French singer-songwriter.

Early life

Verneuil was born in Corsica.[1] She has one sister.[2] Her father, a pharmacist, enjoyed English-speaking artists including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and David Bowie,[2] and taught Verneuil how to play guitar.[3] Her Spanish mother,[4] who died in 2018,[5][3] listened to Gilbert Bécaud, Marie Laforêt, Barbara,[6] Jean Ferrat, Serge Reggiani, Serge Gainsbourg, and Véronique Sanson.[2] Verneuil's family moved to La Bastide-sur-l'Hers, Ariège when she was 18 months old, and owned a restaurant there.[7] They moved to Golfe-Juan when Verneuil was eleven and she was educated at Lycée du Mont Saint-Jean (1998-2002) in nearby Antibes.[5] After studying journalism at university,[3] Verneuil spent time in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic[8] before working in Paris as a publicist for a contemporary art gallery.[9]

Career

After moving to Paris at the age of 22, Verneuil chose a stage name inspired by the name of her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (Louise) and the street where Gainsbourg once lived (Rue de Verneuil).[3] In 2012, when Verneuil was 23, she was a finalist on France's The Voice.[9] She had never sung in front of an audience before and described Gainsbourg and Alain Bashung as her main influences.[7] Her Voice mentor was Louis Bertignac, guitarist for the rock band Téléphone. Following her elimination in the quarter-finals, she recorded an album with Bertignac but did not release it.[10] In 2013, she worked as a backstage reporter for The Voice.[11] Verneuil then began performing live[12] and co-wrote a song for Isabelle Boulay.[13][14] In June 2019, she released a self-titled EP, produced by Samy Osta.

In April 2020, she released her debut album 'Lumiere Noire' produced by Samy Osta which features the songs from her EP and other songs like 'Love Corail', 'Emerencia' 'Fugitif' 'Lumiere Noire' 'A mort amant' and 'L'evadée belle'

Influences

She cites Serge Gainsbourg, Joni Mitchell,[4] Karen Dalton, Françoise Hardy, Nico, Marianne Faithfull, and Billie Holiday[5] as influences.

Personal life

Verneuil has been dating English rock musician Alex Turner since mid-2018. She lives between Paris and London.[15]

References

  1. ^ Courjeau, Mathilde (5 May 2019). "La force de Louise Verneuil (01/05/19)". podcast-radio.com. LeDriveRTL2. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Fontanarosa, Cristina (11 December 2019). "Dicono che questa cantautrice sia la nuova Jane Birkin". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Post". Artiste Revelation (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "VIDEO INTERVIEW: Mais qui est Louise Verneuil?". France TV. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Foucher, Eric (5 November 2019). "Louise Verneuil - Soleil au cœur". Love Spots - Nice (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. ^ Nuc, Olivier (14 January 2019). "Louise Verneuil, l'affranchie". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Foix. "The Voice" : Louise, la voix de l'Ariège". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ Tredez, Florence (6 June 2019). "LOUISE ATTAQUE !". Elle France (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Exclu Public : Louise (The Voice) : tout ce qu'elle cache !". Public.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. ^ Sudrot, Olivier (21 September 2012). "Louise (The Voice) prépare un album avec Louis Bertignac". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  11. ^ "The Voice : Louise, le talent devenu V Reporter". tvmag.lefigaro.fr. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Les Jokers se sont emparés de l'Olympia pour ELA -". ela-asso.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  13. ^ R, Agathe (17 January 2019). "Louise Verneuil est une héroïne des temps modernes". General Pop (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Voir la mer". Youtube. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  15. ^ Tredez, Florence (8 August 2019). "ON SORT AVEC LA PARTY GIRL LOUISE VERNEUIL". Elle France (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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