Mélanie Pain
Mélanie Pain is a French indie pop singer from Caen. She performs with the band Nouvelle Vague as well as being a solo artist.
Also recorded as Melanie Pain
Mélanie Pain
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- Name
- Mélanie Pain
- Occupation
- Singer, songwriter
- Born
- 2000 · Caen.
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- new wave
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Mélanie Pain • Birth Name — Mélanie Pain • Origin — Caen, France • Instrument — Vocals • Genre — New wave • Occupation — Singer, songwriter • Years Active — 2004-present • Label — 101 Distribution Love • Past Member Of — Nouvelle Vague • Website — http: www.melaniepain.com/
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Mélanie Pain is described as a singer, “Chansonnière” and musician in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, Pain studied political sciences before moving to Paris to work in a web agency, and then a design agency. Not originally intending to be a singer, a demo she had recorded vocals on for a friend accidentally found its way into the hands of Nouvelle Vague. Subsequently, she has toured for five years with the band. She sings in both French and English, after years of covering English songs for Nouvelle Vague. Her influences include The Pixies, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey and Nick Drake. In April 2009, Pain released her first solo album entitled My Name featuring artists such as Julien Doré, Phoebe Killdeer and Thomas Dybdahl.
Singles
Singles
• This is Not a Love Song • Teenage Kicks
Albums
Albums
• Bande à Part
Nouvelle Vague live at Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway. October 10th 2009. Melanie Pain and Olivier Libaux pictured.
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Mélanie Pain (chanteuse), Paris
Nicolas Esposito from France · Mélanie Pain (chanteuse), Paris
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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2000
Mélanie Pain was born on 1 January 2000.
Discography
• My Name (2009) • Bye Bye Manchester (2012) • Parachute (2016) • How And Why (2025)
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- “Mélanie Pain”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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