Yelle

Born to a musical family in Cotes d'Armor, France, Yelle started playing music from an early age and began recording her own tunes and taking piano lessons as a teen. She met producer and beatmaker GrandMarnier in 2000 and eventually used some of his sample tracks to back her half-sung, half-spoken French Euro pop. Her first public performance came in the fall of 2006 and her debut full-length LP, Pop Up was accompanied by a healthy internet buzz when it appeared in 2007.