Adèle Castillon
At 24, despite the defiant youthfulness that gives her brown eyes a pure, lively sparkle, Adèle Castillon has already lived several lives—whether fictional or real. This effortlessly fuels the intimate lyrics of a debut album that candidly recounts a first heartbreak, the torments of emotional dependence, and addiction in general. All of this is delivered with the same poetic authenticity and freshness that already made the songs of Vidéoclub irresistible—the electro-pop duo with a distinctly ’80s nostalgia—think Odezenne meets Elli and Jacno—that she formed in Nantes with Matthieu Reynaud at the age of seventeen. […]
While she was still in high school, a first love—as dazzling as all first loves are—inspired her to start Vidéoclub with her boyfriend at the time. The music video for “Amour plastique,” cobbled together with whatever resources they had on hand and shared by a Mexican actor from a Netflix series who made it go viral, garnered tens of millions of streams. A legend was born, capped off by a tour and a final music video, “SMS,” which playfully summed up three years of love and announced their breakup.
Anyone other than Adèle Castillon might have gotten lost in it. But she’s the one writing the next chapter, alone, a quiet force despite her acknowledged vulnerabilities and a bumpy journey that lies behind the perfectly aligned title of this debut album. Signed to the music label of Iconoclast, the ultra-creative image production company, she found in Surkin—a sharp electro talent as precocious as she is— the ideal partner to chart a new musical horizon together, combining the innocence of French pop with a DIY, uncompromising spirit, fueled by impeccable references as varied as Adèle Castillon’s very Gen Z playlist—from Taxi Girl, Suicide, Billie Eilish, Madonna, Beach House, Tame Impala, Chromatics, Miley Cyrus, Daft Punk, Lio, Damso, Muddy Monk, Mylène Farmer, and Agar Agar. The thrilling debut of a young artist who, we’re betting, will make her mark in the coming months.
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Where ?
Big Hall · Live
La Belle Électrique
12 Esplanade Andry-Farcy
38000 Grenoble
Useful info
Opening hours : Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 1am, and Saturday from 4pm, but also from 6pm if a concert is scheduled.
Doors open : 1 hour before the start of the concert.
Dressing room : €2
Get there
Tramway : Line A stop Berriat - Le Magasin
Bus : Line C5 Université Biologie / Palais de Justice stop "Berriat - Le Magasin".
Train : From Grenoble train station, take tramway A towards "Fontaine La Poya", stop at "Berriat- Le Magasin".
Bicycles : 300 parking spaces available.
Car : Vallier-Catane parking lot, Square des Fusillés or near Rue Ampère.
