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Shay, the new rap princess

Music At just 27, Belgian singer Shay is already a queen in the world of rap. After her critically acclaimed 2016 best-selling début Jolie Garce, she followed up last May with a second album, Antidote, consolidating her reign over France and Belgium. And if that weren’t enough, she just made her fashion début under Riccardo Tisci, artistic director at Burberry, who chose her for What Is Love?, his winter 2019 campaign. Numéro asked Shay about the secrets of her success, from her flamboyant look to her breakthrough appearance at 19 with Booba. At just 27, Belgian singer Shay is already a queen in the world of rap. After her critically acclaimed 2016 best-selling début Jolie Garce, she followed up last May with a second album, Antidote, consolidating her reign over France and Belgium. And if that weren’t enough, she just made her fashion début under Riccardo Tisci, artistic director at Burberry, who chose her for What Is Love?, his winter 2019 campaign. Numéro asked Shay about the secrets of her success, from her flamboyant look to her breakthrough appearance at 19 with Booba.

Interview: Ezra Furman, the punk singer behind Sex Education

Music At the age of 33, Ezra Furman’s carrier stretches out over nine albums, since her beginning with the group The Harpoons in 2007 up until today. Promoting a new punk attitude, the Chicago-based singer and composer opens up to Numéro about her collaboration with the producers of the Netflix show “Sex Education”, her last album “Twelve Nudes” (2019), her queer identity and her concern about climate change. At the age of 33, Ezra Furman’s carrier stretches out over nine albums, since her beginning with the group The Harpoons in 2007 up until today. Promoting a new punk attitude, the Chicago-based singer and composer opens up to Numéro about her collaboration with the producers of the Netflix show “Sex Education”, her last album “Twelve Nudes” (2019), her queer identity and her concern about climate change.

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The final secrets of the legendary Nina Simone

Music On April 3rd, one of the most intimate records by jazz icon Nina Simone, “Fodder On My Wings” will be re-released. First recorded in 1982, after she’d moved to Paris, the record reflects one of the artist’s lesser known periods. The ideal opportunity to explore the last secrets surrounding the legend. On April 3rd, one of the most intimate records by jazz icon Nina Simone, “Fodder On My Wings” will be re-released. First recorded in 1982, after she’d moved to Paris, the record reflects one of the artist’s lesser known periods. The ideal opportunity to explore the last secrets surrounding the legend.

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Who is Poppy, the dark princess praised by Marilyn Manson?

Music Launched on the web via a series of mysterious short clips, Poppy has slowly metamorphosed from a YouTube phenomenon to a “post-genre” musical artist who has no qualms about mixing metal and pop. Launched on the web via a series of mysterious short clips, Poppy has slowly metamorphosed from a YouTube phenomenon to a “post-genre” musical artist who has no qualms about mixing metal and pop.

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Has Arca anticipated the music of tomorrow?

Music At a time when technical innovations are terrifying the world, Venezuelan producer Arca anticipates the music of tomorrow with “@@@@@”, an infernal and anxious electronic symphony. Lasting 62 minutes, the collaborator of Björk and Kanye West, has reconsidered concrete music as she unveils a project that sounds like a pirate broadcast with a message that is as dense as it is hermetic. At a time when technical innovations are terrifying the world, Venezuelan producer Arca anticipates the music of tomorrow with “@@@@@”, an infernal and anxious electronic symphony. Lasting 62 minutes, the collaborator of Björk and Kanye West, has reconsidered concrete music as she unveils a project that sounds like a pirate broadcast with a message that is as dense as it is hermetic.

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So, what's the deal with Grimes’ new album?

Music Five years after her last opus, “Art Angels”, Grimes is back with “Miss Anthropocene”. Announced a few months ago, this new album promises to be a macabre journey into the world of tomorrow, from artificial intelligence to climate change. But what’s it really like? Five years after her last opus, “Art Angels”, Grimes is back with “Miss Anthropocene”. Announced a few months ago, this new album promises to be a macabre journey into the world of tomorrow, from artificial intelligence to climate change. But what’s it really like?

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Lady Gaga makes her big comeback as a super-heroine of love

Music Following a hiatus of four years since the release of her last album, Lady Gaga is back with “Stupid Love”, a new single that more likely promises an album for 2020. Reviving the extravagance the world knows her for, the American singer plunges us back into the catchy pop of her early days. Following a hiatus of four years since the release of her last album, Lady Gaga is back with “Stupid Love”, a new single that more likely promises an album for 2020. Reviving the extravagance the world knows her for, the American singer plunges us back into the catchy pop of her early days.

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Amy Winehouse, Grammy queen, is celebrated in Los Angeles

Music Opened in 2008 in Los Angeles, the Grammy Museum retraces the great history of the Grammy Awards, the American awards ceremony that celebrates the best musicians each year. On until April 13th, the museum is devoting one of its spaces to an emblematic figure of recent soul and five-times winner at the Grammy Awards, singer Amy Winehouse. Opened in 2008 in Los Angeles, the Grammy Museum retraces the great history of the Grammy Awards, the American awards ceremony that celebrates the best musicians each year. On until April 13th, the museum is devoting one of its spaces to an emblematic figure of recent soul and five-times winner at the Grammy Awards, singer Amy Winehouse.

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“Celebrating a cute ass is not a crime” the cult interview with André 3000

Music Behind the stage names of Cupid Valentino, Chamelio Salamander, Ice Cold, Johnny Vulture, Love Pusher, 3 Stacks and André 3000 hides André Benjamin, leader of the hip-hop band Outkast. At the launch of his new menswear line Benjamin Bixby, he told Numéro why you should never call a real man a metrosexual. Behind the stage names of Cupid Valentino, Chamelio Salamander, Ice Cold, Johnny Vulture, Love Pusher, 3 Stacks and André 3000 hides André Benjamin, leader of the hip-hop band Outkast. At the launch of his new menswear line Benjamin Bixby, he told Numéro why you should never call a real man a metrosexual.

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070 Shake : the anti-heroine of US rap

Music As her first album “Modus Vivendi” is released, we discover 070 Shake’s vision, imbued with an aesthetic and vulnerable nostalgia. A raw portrait of a rapper gradually freeing herself of her mentor… none other than Kanye West. As her first album “Modus Vivendi” is released, we discover 070 Shake’s vision, imbued with an aesthetic and vulnerable nostalgia. A raw portrait of a rapper gradually freeing herself of her mentor… none other than Kanye West.

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