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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. Budet and GrandMarnier began working on music together in 2000. The band came to prominence when they 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 who set them to work on their debut album, Pop Up, which was released in 2007. Their second album, Safari Disco Club was released in 2011.

Even though their songs are sung exclusively in French, they have enjoyed a significant following overseas in non-French speaking countries. They toured the globe for three years in support of Pop Up.

Budet met and became good friends with producer GrandMarnier in 2000 and in 2005 they began making music together when both wanted to start a French electropop band.

The name of the band, Yelle, began as an acronym of the phrase "You Enjoy Life", "YEL", but was later feminised to "Yelle" because a Belgian band was already using the former. Yelle rose to fame on MySpace when they posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", which later became "Je Veux Te Voir", with their account in late 2005. The song's original title refers to Cuizinier of French rap band, TTC, and was released as a mock dis track. It received a positive response and soon attracted the attention of record label, Source. The song later charted at number four in France. Yelle then began working on and recording their debut album, Pop Up in 2006 while performing at night, producer Tepr had been roped into the band in 2007 after meeting GrandMarnier while working as a journalist. They were in need of a keyboard player on tour.

Pop Up was released in September 2007. Allmusic called it "a perfect storm of glossy production values, smart songwriting, and Budet's sparkling delivery." The album produced another charting single, "A cause des garçons", which reached number eleven on the French singles chart. Yelle was featured on Fatal Bazooka's French number one song "Parle à ma main" in 2007. The band has enjoyed success outside of France despite making songs exclusively in French and have toured extensively overseas in non-French speaking countries. In the US, they were featured as MTV's Artist of the Week at the end of March 2008. After touring for three years, Yelle took a few months off. They started their own record label, Recreation Center, overseen by GrandMarnier and began working on their next album in September 2009.

Yelle's second album, Safari Disco Club, was released in March 2011. Budet explained that unlike their debut, there was no deadline for the album because they were on their own label, thus allowing them to focus more on the harmonies and melodies and Budet's singing voice.

They were also able to focus on writing and recording the album for a year as opposed to having to perform at night as well like for Pop Up. The album received generally favorable reviews, with The Independent declaring that the album was "essential for anyone who appreciates dancefloor-friendly European synth pop." The title track was released for free on their website in January 2011 and was released as a double single with "Que veux-tu". Katy Perry asked them to open for her on her 2011 California Dreams Tour in the UK. They embarked on their own tour after, returning to the US in the fall.

Source: Wikipedia

 



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