Yelle

Yelle
Yelle performing in 2011
Yelle performing in 2011
Background information
OriginFrance
GenresElectropop
Years active2005–present
Labels
Members
  • Yelle
  • GrandMarnier
  • Franck Richard (touring member)[1][2]
Past members
Websiteyelle.fr

Yelle is a French band founded by lead singer and namesake Yelle (Julie Budet) and GrandMarnier (Jean-François Perrier). A third member, Tepr (Tanguy Destable), joined the band before the recording of their debut album. Yelle and GrandMarnier began working on music together in 2000. The band came to prominence when it posted an early version of the song "Je veux te voir" on MySpace in September 2005, which later reached the top five in France. The success of the song on MySpace attracted the attention of a record label, which set them to work on their debut album, Pop Up, which was released in 2007. The group's second album, Safari Disco Club, was released in 2011, their third, Complètement fou, in 2014, and their fourth, L'Ère du Verseau in 2020.

They have enjoyed a significant following overseas in non-French-speaking countries as well. They toured internationally in support of each of their album releases and have played at Coachella three times.

  1. ^ "Yelle @ U Street Music Hall – 9/26/2017 — ChunkyGlasses". Chunkyglasses.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ YELLE. "YELLE on Twitter: "The Yelle boys"". Twitter.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ Jiménez, Miguel Angel (5 November 2014). "Try My Banana Split". Flaunt. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2014.