1. Syvan Meller known professionally as Petite Meller, is a French-Israeli singer, songwriter and model based in Los Angeles.
33 Facts About Petite Meller
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Petite Meller was born in Paris, France, and relocated to Tel Aviv when she was 11.
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Petite Meller's mother is French, her father is Polish and she has one sister.
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Petite Meller grew up listening to jazz and African artists such as Fela Kuti.
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When Petite Meller was young she would write songs and record them on a tape deck.
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Petite Meller began her career in Israel, performing as a vocalist in the Israeli synth-pop band Terry Poison from 2003 to 2011.
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In 2014, Petite Meller moved to London after meeting her manager.
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Petite Meller performed at Reading and Leeds and Latitude Festival in 2015.
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Petite Meller was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for The Best Push Artist of 2017.
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Petite Meller's upcoming album will include a song written for her by Diane Warren and will include music from the Moscow Royal Orchestra.
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Top tier photographers that have worked with Petite Meller include Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth, Valerie Phillips, and Jean-Baptiste Mondino, for publications including Vogue US, Interview, Time, V, The Guardian, i-D, Vice, Paper, Evening Standard, NME, Vanity Fair, W, Flaunt, Wonderland and DAZED.
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Petite Meller was the face for 2020 ELLE Mexico and has featured on the cover of magazines such as French Fries, Vein, S, Irk, ELLE Belgium and Harpers Bazaar Vietnam.
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In publications Petite Meller is portrayed as a French singer, even though she herself defines herself as a citizen of the world.
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Petite Meller has stated that her music is "not very connected to reality", and she describes her music as "nouveau jazzy pop".
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Petite Meller is known to use her philosophy studies as inspiration woven into her songs and videos as well as cinematic homages.
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Petite Meller is regularly seen with pink cheeks, blonde pigtails, bonnets, leotards and whimsical clothing in a childlike lolita look.
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Petite Meller cites psycho-analysts Freud and Lacan as the inspiration behind this decision.
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Petite Meller wanted to water-ski and by coincidence she met a fan who taught her the craft each weekend on the boarder of Switzerland.
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The song is based on philosopher Zizek's quote "love your symptom", which Petite Meller takes to mean use what holds you back in life and make it your purpose - a backpack of devotion.
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Mann and Napoleon Habeica and features Petite Meller being carried by her friend, Justin Elephant through New York, a forest and other settings.
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When questioned about how the community were compensated, Petite Meller stated that the record company paid the community, furnished their dance school with mirrors and gave computers to the school.
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Rather than shock value, Petite Meller chose Kenya because she was inspired by Paul Simon's Graceland and its African sounds and that she felt strongly about the troubles in the area with Boko Haram, so wanted to show strong African women to put a different perspective on things.
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Petite Meller was inspired because she spent a lot of her youth with her grandparents as her parents were often too busy.
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Petite Meller calls the video a kind of closure for her grandma.
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Special permission needed to be granted by scientists for Petite Meller to be allowed to swim in famous pink lake in Senegal, and in return she was required to provide a sample of the water.
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In 2019, Petite Meller released the song 'Aeroplane' which she wrote while traveling on an aeroplane to Rio.
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Petite Meller is supported by teams of dancers in different locations.
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Petite Meller felt like she was underwater during the separation so incorporated that by filming in a swimming pool.
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Petite Meller studied postgraduate philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Tel Aviv where her thesis was about the sublime and psychosis, inspired by the works of Schiller and Kant.
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Petite Meller undertook a PhD in philosophy at UCLA which she stated helps her to understand how everything affects her lyrics about dying and psychosis.
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Petite Meller believes in fateful encounters based on seeking help from the universe.
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Petite Meller subsequently approached her, moved her to London and helped her secure a record deal with Island.
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Petite Meller currently calls Los Angeles home and enjoys collecting pink vinyl records.