Adélaïde Chabannes de Balsac, known professionally by her stage name Adé, is a French musician and singer of several genres, including

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. Previously a member of the French band

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, in 2022 she began a solo career with her debut album, ''Et Alors?''.

Biography

Balsac was born on April 23, 1995. In 2013, Balsac formed the

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band

along with Raphaël Faget-Zaoui, whom she had met performing a cover of "Jimmy" by Moriarty, when she was seventeen. In 2017, having expanded the band to four members with the addition of Félix Gros and Renaud Bizart, the band released its first single, ''Salope''. From then until the band's breakup in 2021, Balsac worked on two albums, Hit Sale and ''Exquisite Corpse'', releasing a final EP ''Shit Breakup'' in 2020. During this time, Balsac also participated in two tours – on in 2019, ending at

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, and a second which was cancelled due to the

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. Balsac cited a lack of creative freedom for her dissolving the band, wanting a "clean slate". After leaving Therapie Taxi, Balsac created several songs in collaboration with other artists, in with

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, for ''Parc fermé'' (2021), with

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for the album ''La Cavale'' (2021) as well as with Louane for the song ''Pleure'' (2020). In April 2022, she released her first

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: ''Tout savoir'', followed by her 13-song début album ''So What?'' () on September 23, 2022, under the label

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. The album was written during the

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, and contrary to the previous music she had produced in Therapie Taxi, is

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and inspired by

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– Balsac travelled to

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to record parts of the album, wanting to experience an "American fantasy", taking a

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across the country after the album's completion. In January 2023, Balsac began a domestic tour for the album, performing in cities including

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, and

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, ending at the

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. The album received positive feedback, with Balsac being named the "new cowgirl of French pop" by ''

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''. ''Tout savoir'' achieved success, reaching number 5 on the

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on October 2, 2022. The song had an accompanying

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, released on

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, which was directed by

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and produced in collaboration with

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France. As of May 2023, the video had received over seven million views. In 2022, Balsac was nominated for two categories in the

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– Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and Francophone Video of the Year (the latter being for the music video of ''Tout savoir'').

Discography

Studio albums

* 2022: ''Et alors?''

Singles

* "Tout savoir" released 19 April 2022 – peaked at No. 5 * "Sunset" released 24 August 2022 * "Q" released 23 September 2022

References

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