Yseult is nominated in the categories -

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  • Yseult is nominated in the “female revelation” and “original song” categories at the Victoires de la musique.

  • The artist marked the year 2020 thanks to strong and moving artistic proposals.

  • Independence, self-confidence, commitment… Yseult answered the questions of “20 Minutes” on the eve of the ceremony.

Between power and vulnerability, Yseult's voice is recognizable among all.

In 2014 during her stint at

Nouvelle Star

, she captivated the jury and viewers with her covers of

Letter to France

or

Je suis sick

.

Followed the signing in a label, the release of the title

La Vague

and an album soberly titled

Yseult

.

Since then, the singer has come a long way.

She took the time to search for herself, to experiment and finally took her artistic independence.

In 2020 his work and his choices have paid off.

The clip for

Corps

 where she gets naked and shows a whole different side of her, both strong and fragile, has been praised.

Just like her opera for the YouTube channel Colors, a 12-minute short film, theatrical and moving, in which she notably performs two titles from her latest EP

Brut

.

Yseult has also stood out with rants against racism or sexism, on TV shows or on social networks.

Words deemed clumsy by some, but the young woman of 26 years has the merit of having made her voice heard.

And she knows very well the price to pay.

This Friday, she will be on the set of Victoires de la Musique, where she is nominated in two categories, "female revelation" and "original song" for her title

Corps

.

20 Minutes

chatted with her on the eve of the ceremony.

How did you react when you found out that you were nominated in two categories?

It's a source of pride, after which I think it's not an end in itself.

What matters to me is above all the path and the after.

It's true that it's a great bridge as an independent artist, and I can't wait to see what I will be able to offer artistically for the future.

The real fight will be afterwards, that is to say to bounce back on this light that I am given, to be able to continue to create and release clips, projects, and to continue to express myself artistically.

Has 2020 marked a turning point in your career, a certain recognition of your music?

Above all, it has been a year of artistic development.

I have been developing this indie project for two years with my team.

We did a sort of assessment and the signals are quite positive so I think I must continue to work and create.

How do you see your early career and the period of "The Wave" [in 2015]?

Looking back I am quite proud to have trusted my instincts and written my story.

It's quite satisfying to be able to be the master of your project, to be behind the artistic direction.

It's also human work, it's complex, but it's life experiences, it's communication, compromises.

But they are less violent than if I were on a label.

I have the freedom to follow through with what I have in mind, and to be followed by people who advise me on a daily basis to put these ideas to fruition.

I am quite proud of my background and grateful for the bridges I have had before.

I'm happy to be able to work with people I choose and it's quite nice to go in the same direction.

You now seem to be no longer afraid to assert yourself, as a black woman, with forms.

What was the trigger for that?

There was no click, it is above all that life is a long distance race, like self-confidence, and to have it you have to constantly question yourself.

You have to accept duality, that you can very well have confidence in yourself and love yourself but also doubt and not love yourself.

You have to do some groundwork to justly accept all these states and be able to feel good in your body.

Your music is also very sensual, in particular your last EP "Brut".

Is that something you got used to over time?

My last project is precisely about my fantasies, it is artistically erotic.

I talk about my desires, I share my experiences, but also the fact that I discovered that I can feel sensual in my body, which is unique.

I am also talking about a person who marked my mind for good and bad.

This EP is also a sound experience with organic elements.

Music is done a lot with a computer now, at the machine, and I needed to go back to the essence of what music is: real drums, real guitars ... And surround myself with the same people, Ziggy and Romain, two Brussels residents with whom I work.

It's quite interesting to research, to experiment… But also to doubt the fact that we are offering music that can also be

old school

.

The feedback reassured us and we said to ourselves that there was perhaps a lack and a public looking for this return to the sources and a sound authenticity.

A direction that you are going to pursue?

I'm already thinking about releasing another project before releasing an album, because for me it is not an end.

It is a physical object that allows works to crystallize.

But there I need to get out of my body, to question myself, and also to feel that my project is not yet anchored enough, not strong enough to be able to release an album.

I need to go further, develop and polish my ideas.

I would release an album when I felt in my body that it was the right time.

For the moment I really need to develop my artistic project.

"People's eyes don't care, who are they to judge me", you say in the song "Corps".

Over time, do you manage to ignore the eyes of others?

When you decide to do an artistic job, you expose yourself and you are exposed.

It's healthy to work on yourself so that each other's comments, or their judgments, don't impact you.

From the moment you share your emotions, to show yourself as you are, you must also accept the eyes of people and the critics.

I accept this well, while telling myself that I belong to myself and that I am independent.

"I don't care what people look at, who are they to judge me?

», I need to remember this sentence so as not to feel guilty and suffer the gaze of people fixed on me constantly.

Did you feel like you got lost at one point?

Not at all, this is where I was able to rebuild myself, find the strength to make the choice to be indie because it is not easy and it is a lot of responsibilities.

This is where I found the conviction to follow my path.

This is only positive.

You are a committed artist, you dare to speak out publicly against racism, sexism and grossophobia.

Where do you find the strength to fight despite the criticism that you sometimes have to face?

I do not have a choice.

I have already said that my skin color is not a disguise, nor is my body, and I do not have the privilege of being able to remove all these particularities that make what I represent.

I have no choice but to fight every day for myself and for others, who are invisible, invisible people, forgotten in culture and in society.

I owe it to myself to work for them, for myself and for culture.

To create references that will allow these people to identify themselves.

Something that I didn't have.

Everything I do is relate to this lack in my head.

And for these people.

It is not a duty, it is something natural.

I don't feel like I have to be an activist or involved, but everything I stand for is political.

I cannot be ignorant of what I embody, what I represent and what is happening in our society.

What matters to me is to follow my ideas and simply call out.

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