Hair dye purple, or sometimes pink, somewhat eccentric outfits, Lorien aka Kitty her middle name and stage name, 22, likes to stand out. Originally from Orry-la-Ville, for her, "the look is part of art".
His art is song. For the past three years, she has been studying music at the University of Hull, in the North East of England. “We have musicology lessons, we play with an orchestra and we learn to stage a concert. »Her love for music goes back to her youngest age, when rocked by her father's guitar, she dreamed of becoming a singer. “I grew up in Chantilly, it is there that I learned to play the guitar and where I took singing lessons at the conservatory,” she says.
"A unique and exciting sound"
After the baccalaureate, she flew across the Channel, where she posed, for the first time, her microphone on stage in London, in the studios of the BBC, the famous British radio station. A performance in July 2019, another in March 2020 to present, in preview, his very first album "The Dark Age", released this week.
“I was accompanied, among others, by the violinists of my promotion,” she recalls. An incredible feeling of singing over real instruments, ”continues the singer from Ois, who recorded her opus from her bedroom. “Kitty has succeeded in creating such a unique and exciting sound,” BBC reporter Alan Raw describes on air.
Compared to Lady Gaga and Mylène Farmer
“I like to write stories through song lyrics,” explains the young artist from Oregon. This album is a bit like that of a company that is running out of steam. "Through the titles" 2020 "and" Notre Dame "in particular, she tries to draw a parallel between a contemporary world which suffers, and more or less distant times," like the collapse of the Gallo-Roman Empire or the excess of the 1920s ”.
Themes a little "dark", she laughs, hence the title of her first opus, and a style characteristic of modern pop with electronic sounds that has earned her comparisons to the greatest artists of the genre of these. decades such as Lady Gaga, Mylène Farmer, or Lana Del Rey.
A first single at 17
Indirectly, it is, in a way, thanks to the latter that Kitty had her first success on the Internet. In 2016, at only 17 years old, the young bird unveiled her first title, "Monaco".
And, while she is still unknown to the eyes and ears of the general public, she sees a YouTube channel run by fans of the famous New York artist, reclaim her title by crediting it with the name of Lana Del Rey, their idol.
“I was both flattered to be compared to this famous singer, says Kitty, but also frustrated not to receive the praise of this title. The video, which has more than 60,000 views, still exists on the online video platform, but its owner has since changed the author's name, referring to the young artist from Oregon.
"Export my music to Paris"
Soon to graduate, Kitty will now devote herself fully to her career. "I have a few opportunities in England, a new stint on the BBC in September," she announces. I would also like to export my music to Paris. "
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While waiting to get on new stages, still closed because of the health crisis, Kitty writes songs for other artists. “The context is very particular, but I am confident and impatient to play my album live. "
Kitty - “The Dark Age,” available on audio streaming platforms.