Jadu (full name ''Jadula Laciny'', name at birth ''Jadula Freydank'') is a German singer, musician and songwriter living in

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Biography

Jadu was born in August 26, 1988 in

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and grew up in

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. She moved to

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in 2007 and in 2013 she met Marten Laciny, better known as the rapper

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(and his alter ego Marsimoto), who she married in 2015 and was married to for five years. Jadu is a singer, drummer and guitarist. In 2013 she toured with the rapper Chefket as his guitarist, playing e.g. at the Splash Festival. In 2017 she wrote the title track of

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's album ''Laune der Natur'', together with her husband and with

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, singer in Die Toten Hosen. In 2019 she released the album ''Nachricht vom Feind'' which was noticed for its strong symbolism. Jadu sometimes describes her musical style as Darkpop, but more typically as " Military Dream Pop", and she has been compared to a female version of

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due to the symbolism. The debut album contains musical elements from

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as well as from

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and

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. The German lyrics are provocative and full of military language and

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references. The theme of her songs is the deep and dark aspects of love. For example, one of her songs describes the relationship between

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and

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. In 2020 she was the support act on Lindemann's European tour.

Discography

Albums * 2019: ''Nachricht vom Feind'' (Album, Deserteur/ Groove Attack) *2022 ''Modus Operandi'' Singles * 2017: ''Treibjagd'' ( Staatsakt / Caroline /

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) * 2018: ''Uniform'' (Deserteur) * 2019: ''Todesstreifen'' (Deserteur) * 2019: ''Friedliche Armee'' (feat. Nessi; Deserteur) * 2019: ''Der Feind/Frühling in Schwerin/Die Erlösung'' (Jadu & das Metropolis Orchester Berlin) (Deserteur) * 2020: ''Auf drei'' * 2021: ''Der goldene Schluss'' * 2021 ''Stockholm'' Guest artist/Songwriter * 2015: ''Illegalize It'' and ''Usain Bolt'' (guitar) on ''Ring der Nebelungen'' by

Marsimoto Marten Laciny (born 4 December 1982), better known by his stage name Marteria, is a German rapper. He has met with success in Germany (his 2012 collaboration with Yasha and Miss Platnum, "Lila Wolken", reached Number 1 in the German music chart ...

* 2017: ''El Presidente'' (lyrics) and ''Blue Marlin'' (backing vocals) on ''Roswell'' by

* 2017: ''Laune der Natur'' (songwriter) on ''Laune der Natur'' by

Music videos

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Gallery

image:Jadu - Rock am Ring 2019-2182.jpg, Jadu at

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2019

External links

Official web page
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadu Musicians from Berlin German women musicians German women singers 1988 births Living people