Yelle

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Saint-Brieuc, France (2005 – present)

Yelle (a feminised acronym of YEL, “You enjoy life”) is Julie Budet, a French singer from the town of Saint-Brieuc, France, who started performing in 2005. She rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled “Short Dick Cuizi”, dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.

With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Yelle has recorded a debut album Pop-Up, after her hit single “Je Veux Te Voir” (a finalised version of “Short Dick Cuizi”). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers’ 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also featured on Fatal Bazooka’s song “Parle à ma main” in 2007. In February 2008 she performed the track “À cause des Garçons” on the BBC Three series “Lily Allen and Friends”. The series claimed that this was her first appearance on UK television. She was MTV’s ‘Artist of the Week’ for the week of 24th March-30th March 2008, appearing during adverts.

Yelle’s second single “A Cause Des Garçons/ACDG” is a cover song from an homonym 80’s band. A remixed version of the track by Riot in Belgium was featured on the soundtrack of Electronic Arts’ computer game; Need for Speed: ProStreet. The song was also used as the opening song for the Moschino Spring Summer 2008 runway show

As of 2008, it is also featured in an advert being broadcast in Quebec for Telus, a Canadian telecommucations company and the 24th March episode of ‘The Hills’. Her single “Je veux te voir” was featured on the series 4 final episode of Entourage, in the opening scene when the gang arrives in Cannes, and her single “Ce jeu” was played on Gap’s and H & M’s shop soundtrack in summer 2008.

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  • Lapsssssss

    shit

    Yesterday 10:00pm Reply
  • medln

    <3

    13 May 2:52pm Reply
  • jfjuniorfarias

    <3

    4 May 11:31pm Reply
  • world_banga

    i saw her live last saturday!! she mas so amazing and so nice!

    23 Apr 9:38pm Reply
  • LSYAshley

    oh they were playing Safari Disco Club

    19 Apr 4:54am Reply
  • LSYAshley

    nice. I actually heard it in SEPHORA and then... i love it. then i use the sound hound to find out what this song is. hahaha

    19 Apr 4:53am Reply
  • vaughnerich

    Yes! I love that trap style Sticky K remix. The sound from Pop Up to Safari Disco Club changed a lot, so I'm excited to see where else it'll go. Hopefully something different. I liked Safari Disco club, but it didn't make me want to dance like the first time I heard "Je Veux Te Voir". Plus Pop Up was kinda like super dirty in comparison..right? Well I liked it.

    15 Apr 5:45am Reply
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    11 Apr 10:35am Reply
  • norrelb

    I'm sorry, but the Sticky K remix is amazing. The rest were kind of lame.

    4 Apr 7:59pm Reply
  • JukeBoxx-

    L'Amour Parfait ♥

    18 Mar 4:30am Reply
  • reinabarriga

    The Baadman remix of L'Amour Parfait is perfect! [2]

    11 Mar 5:55am Reply
  • madboy

    i am so obsessed with Yelle

    2 Mar 6:22am Reply
  • mxchaelaxb

    Slayelle.

    23 Feb 4:03am Reply
  • HAUSofJOHN

    The Baadman remix of L'Amour Parfait is perfect!

    22 Feb 8:00pm Reply
  • mushroomsseason

    mamasita rica deliciosa

    16 Feb 9:34pm Reply
  • pastlives

    I don't know what you mean, but it means a lot to me [6]

    15 Feb 7:57pm Reply
  • DCozmonaut

    Great remixes for L'Amour Parfait, especially The Phantom's one.

    14 Feb 10:07pm Reply
  • canimal

    l'amour parfait / vote up: 1 & 2.

    12 Feb 5:12am Reply
  • FabienAguilera

    I don't know what you mean, but it means a lot to me [5]

    9 Feb 9:53pm Reply
  • madboy

    The beat/slow voice has a hip hop feel to it. Then the breakdown reminds me of a song by Air. So many things going on in the new track.

    9 Feb 12:47am Reply
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