GiedRé | |
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 GiedRé (2011) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Giedrė Barauskaitė |
| Born | October 23, 1985 Vilnius |
| Origin | French singer of Lithuanian origin |
| Genres | Humorous songs |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Le rat des villes |
| Website | www |
Giedrė Barauskaitė (born in Vilnius) better known by her stage mononym GiedRé or Giedré (pronounced /ɡje.dʁe/), is a Lithuanian-born singer-songwriter comedian based in France.
Born in Lithuania, she moved with her mother to a Paris suburb after the death of her father when she was just seven. After her baccalauréat, she studied drama at Cours Florent and ENSATT (École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre) and appeared in small roles in television, theatre, and advertisements. She composed a few songs and started performing them in a local bar in the early 2000s. Noticed by Raphaël Mezrahi during an audition, she opened for him at a show of his in La Cigale. She was invited a number of times to the Europe 1 show C'est quoi ce bordel? presented by Laurent Baffie. Using the stage name Moisie, she opened to Baffie shows for a month and a half, followed by opening for comedian Oldelaf. In 2011, she had her debut independent album release and appeared in Les Francofolies de La Rochelle and FrancoFolies de Montréal, Les Francofolies de Spa in Belgium became a laureat of Fonds d'action et d'initiative rock (FAIR) in 2012. She engaged on a local tour with 100 dates in two years. Wearing colourful folkloric clothes, her repertoire is full of politically incorrect, black humour, and controversial taboo subjects.[1]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [2] |
BEL (Wa) [3] | ||
| 2011 | Mon premier disque | – | – |
| 2012 | Mon premier album genre Panninni | – | – |
| 2013 | MoN PReMieR BesT oF | 129 | 67 |
| MoN PREMIER ALbuM VeNdu daNS LeS VRAIS MAGASINS | – | 111 | |
| MoN PREMIER ALbuM SoRTi au JaPoN | – | – | |
| 2014 | MoN PReMieR aLBuM aVeC D'auTReS iNSTRuMeNTS Que JuSTe La GuiTaRe | – | – |
| 2016 | Lalala | – | – |
| 2018 | GiedRé Est Les Gens | – | – |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [2] |
BEL (Wa) [3] | |||
| 2014 | "Chut" (as Giedré) | 86 | – | MoN PReMieR aLBuM aVeC D'auTReS iNSTRuMeNTS Que JuSTe La GuiTaRe |
| "Toutes des putes" (as Giedré) | 129 | – | ||
Filmography
- Best Intentions, 2018 film by Gilles Legrand[4]
References
- ^ Gilles renault (15 May 2012). "GiedRé, sans tabou, ni trompette" (in French). Libération. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ a b "GiedRé discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ a b "GiedRé discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Les bonnes intentions". IMDb.
External links
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This page was last edited on 30 October 2023, at 00:21