Safia Nolin | |
|---|---|
 FrancoFolies de Montréal, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1992 (age 32–33) |
| Origin | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Labels | Bonsound |
| Spouse | |
Safia Nolin is a French Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Quebec City, Quebec. [1]
Her debut album, Limoilou, was released in 2015 via Bonsound. Modestly successful at first, her album sales increased significantly in 2016 after she appeared on Tout le monde en parle , opening up about her teenage struggles with anxiety and bullying. [2] She has toured France as an opening act for Lou Doillon, and Quebec as an opening act for Louis-Jean Cormier. [2]
In June 2016, she won the Prix Félix-Leclerc at the FrancoFolies de Montréal. [3] Her song "Igloo" was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize, [4] and Limoilou was named a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. [5]
Her second album, Dans le noir, was released in 2018. [6]
She is out as lesbian. [7] She is married to French singer Pomme.
In 2019, she released the EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx. It included a duet with John K. Samson, on a cover of Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without the E". [8]
In 2020, she coordinated Saint-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-inclusive Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day livestream scheduled for June 24. The event was hosted by Kiara, a Montreal drag queen who also competed in the first season of Canada's Drag Race , and the performance line-up included comedians Tranna Wintour and Karl Hardy, actress and writer Gabrielle Tremblay, songwriter and producer Annie Sama (Apigeon), rapper Backxwash, singer-songwriter FLORAA, and drag queens Matante Alex and Gisèle Lullaby. [9]
