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Christian French (born March 17, 1997) is an American pop singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. He grew up in
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and learned to play piano by watching YouTube tutorials and in high school started posting song covers on SoundCloud.


Biography

While a pre-med student at
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, he started writing original music. After dropping out of college, he moved to Los Angeles and put out a few singles with producer Triegy, including their first track, "Fall for You", which charted on
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's U.S. Viral 50. He followed that with "By Myself", also a collaboration with Triegy, that earned over 50 million Spotify listens. In 2018, he worked with Grammy-nominated producer Dru Decaro, and released his debut EP, ''natural colors'' and the single "Sweet Home". That same year he left college to tour with
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on her Sleeping with Roses Tour. In 2019, French was a guest on
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's single "Come Around" and toured with Quinn XCII on the From Tour With Love spring tour. That same year, Christian signed to
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and released the 6-track EP ''bright side of the moon'', ruminating on mental health and tales of romance. The single "Head First", produced by Andrew Luce, amassed more than 32 million Spotify spins and 2 million YouTube views. The accompanying video premiered on ''Billboard'' on June 18, 2020. On January 17, 2020, the video for his track "time of our lives" premiered on
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. In March 2020, ''
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'' magazine named his single, "crowded room", one of its Best New Songs of the Week and it appeared on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist. He followed that up with the single, "i think too much", which was released on April 16, 2020. Two more singles, "make or break up" and "paper thi

released leading up to his third EP, ''good things take time'' on September 18, 2020. French would take a nine month hiatus before releasing his next single, "avalanche". Just four days later, he would play at
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2021, his largest show to date. He would then announce "The Avalanche Tour", his first ever headlining tour which would take place throughout the fall of 2021. His following singles, "OH WELL" and "golden years" would release in late 2021 and early 2022 respectively. French released multiple singles throughout the remainder of 2022, including "butterfly fields", "evergreen", and "karma". His rendition of The Anxiety's " Meet Me At Our Spot" was popular on
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throughout 2022, and he released it on streaming platforms in late 2022. Throughout the release of these singles, French headlines his second tour, "The Golden Years Tour". In 2023, French continued to release more singles, such as "thank god", "lonely", "bring u down", and the
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-aimed "trigger warning". He also announced his third headlining tour, "The Space Between Tour". This tour was named after his EP ''The Space Between,'' which released on September 1, 2023.


Personal life

Growing up, French was an avid hockey player. French played for local Indianapolis travel teams for much of his youth. During the 2013–2014 season, French was the captain of the Indiana Jr. Ice U16 AAA team that featured
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who was selected in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft 11th overall by the
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. In his three years at
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, French would play for the
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hockey team each year.


Discography


Remixes

* "head first (HALP remix)" - 2020 * "head first (Pink Slip x inverness remix)" - 2020 * "head first ( Young Bombs remix)" - 2020 EP "head first (remixes)" by Christian French.
Retrieved on May 26, 2021


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:French, Christian 1997 births American male singer-songwriters Indiana University Bloomington alumni Living people Singer-songwriters from Indiana