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WHAT IT IS: This 17-year-old French DJ and producer creates electronic music with inspired rhythms and excels in creating unmistakable chopped and twisted vocal leads. Fans are being drawn to him like moths to a flame. His first U.S. tour is already sold-out, and his single, “Sunset Lover”—a Top 5 record in France with massive Spotify playlist support—has become a hit across Europe.
ALBUM: Petit Biscuit (EP)
RELEASE DATE: May 2016
SINGLE: “Sunset Lover”
TV: Major TV across France (incl. national evening news & biggest national music show), Salute Bonjour (Morning TV show in Canada), Much Music (Canada); high rotation on MTV’s playlist Brand New (Netherlands)
LIVE: First-ever U.S. tour sold out this April; headline tour coming August 2017; European headline shows this fall plus major festivals across Europe
INTERNET: 250m+ single streams across major platforms; 142m+ views across YouTube; 1m+ Shazams; Top 10 iTunes Electronic
RADIO: KCRW Top Tune of the Day; airplay includes Sirius, Beats 1, WASP, KITS; Top 5 record in France, Top 10 in Belgium; BBC Radio 1 in U.K., Triple J in Australia, national playlisting in Germany, additional airplay across Canada, Netherlands
PRESS: Paper, Sweet, San Francisco Weekly, Journal de Montreal (Montreal’s biggest French daily paper); multiple online and press features across France and Europe
BOOKING: Adam Ogushwitz/UTA
PUBLISHING: Sony/ATV; Allegro (France)
MANAGEMENT: Jonas Faugère/b#; David Weiszfeld