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Birth name | Océane Colom |
Born | Avignon, France | 29 December 1990
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Years active | 2017-present |
Labels | 3ème Bureau |
Océane Colom (born 29 December 1990), better known by her stage name Suzane, is a French singer.
In the 35th edition of the Victoires de la Musique in 2020, she was awarded “Best new artist”.
Born in 1990 in Avignon, [1] [2] Suzane grew up in Les Angles in a marriage made up of a nurse and a civil servant. [3] Both instilled in her from an early age her interest in music, with the help of artists such as Fréhel, Édith Piaf, Barbara, and Jacques Brel. [4] When she was five years old, [5] she started classical dance [6] and from the age of eight she studied singing and music theory. [7] During her adolescence, she combined her arts course at the institute with the Grand Avignon Conservatory of Music. [8] After the death of a friend of hers during class, she fell into depression and abandoned her studies. [9]
During the following years she worked different jobs, such as a supermarket cashier or waitress in a diner in Montpellier. [5] In 2014 she decided to move to Paris, [3] to the 20th arrondissement, where she spent four years working in restaurants and bars. [10] At the same time, she resumed her artistic career, [11] took singing lessons and began writing her first songs. [5]
In 2017, while she was still working at the bar, she met producer Chad Boccara, who gave her a chance after reading her lyrics. [12] Colom decides to adopt Suzane as her stage name in honor of her grandmother [3] [13] and in 2018 she publishes her first two singles under her new pseudonym, [14] “L'Insatisfait” [15] and "La Flemme". [16] That year she performs for the first time in public. [3] Throughout 2019, she toured throughout the country, participating in 32 festivals [12] (including the Festival des Vieilles Charrues) and performing more than 200 concerts, [17] including some dates in China and Japan with the French Alliance. [7] [18] She became the French artist with the most performances in 2019, [8] without having released an album until then. [3]
In mid-2019 she signed with the 3e bureau record label, a subsidiary of Wagram Music, [7] with which she released her first EP, Suzane. [9] Two of the album's songs, "Suzane" [13] and "Il est où le SAV?", [8] had some success on the Internet. [9] Her first studio album, titled Toï Toï, went on sale in early 2020. [13] The title of the album refers to a German expression that brings good luck [12] and contains fifteen tracks with texts on feminist [13] [10] and environmentalist themes. [19] Suzane received great media enthusiasm, [20] becoming the "sensation artist" of 2020. [21] She performed as a headliner at the Olympia in Paris and at Le Trianon, [13] [6] in addition to being awarded "Best New Artist" at the 35th Victoires de la Musique ceremony. [22]
In 2021, Suzane published a reissue of Toï Toï, [23] which features new singles, including "Pendant 24 h" with Grand Corps Malade [24] and "La Vie dolce" with DJ Feder. [25] During the next few months, she continues with the tour while composing new songs for her second album, Caméo , released on November 4, 2022. [26] Her three promotional singles were "Clit Is Good", " Belladona” and “A ticket pour la Lune”.
Suzane came out of the closet during her adolescence, being openly lesbian since high school. [4] She is an environmentalist [6] and feminist activist, [13] committed to the #NousToutes collective. [10] In the 2017 presidential election, she voted blank and explained that she had not found a candidate "who really listened to the people." [3]
Suzane 3e Bureau / Faubourg26, 2019)
Award Ceremony | Year | Work | Category | Result |
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Berlin Music Video Awards | 2020 | SLT | Best Art Director | Nominated |
2023 | CLIT IS GOOD | Best Director | Nominated |