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.jpg) Pomme, performing in 2021 | |
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| Born | (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (age 29) Décines-Charpieu, France |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Polydor |
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| Website | pommemusic |
Claire Pommet (French pronunciation:[klɛʁpɔme]; born 2 August 1996), known professionally asPomme (French:[pɔm], "apple" in French), is a French singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Born and raised nearLyon, she learned to play several instruments at a young age. Her debut studio album,À peu près (2017), received critical acclaim for its mixture ofpop andfolk music and entered theFrench album charts at number 91. Pomme followed with her second studio album,Les failles (2019), which became her first project to reach the top 10 in her home country. The record was later reissued asLes failles cachées (2020) and re-enteredrecord charts in two countries. Her third studio album,Consolation, was released on 26 August 2022.
Claire Pommet was born on 2 August 1996 inDécines-Charpieu but grew up inCaluire-et-Cuire, a French town in themetropolis of Lyon.[1][2] She learnedmusic theory with her three siblings from the age of 6, joined a children's choir, La Cigale de Lyon, at age 7, and learned to play the cello at age 8.[3][4] Her mother plays the flute while her father, a real estate agent, listened toMichel Polnareff,Serge Reggiani, andCharles Aznavour. One of her father's friends introduced her to American folk and country music.[3][5] She isself-taught and publishes videos on theYouTube web platform.[6]
Pommet's stage name "Pomme", which derives from her last name, was a nickname used by her friends at university.[7] In early 2015, Pomme was signed toPolydor Records and began working on her debutextended play (EP)En cavale.[8] She released her debut single "J'suis pas dupe" in June 2015.[9] Following the EP's release in January 2016, it received a positive reception and was promoted with music videos and concerts.[7][10]
In September 2017, aged 21, she performed for the first time at La Boule Noire inParis. In October she released her firstchanson française album, titledÀ peu près; it was described as a mixture of pop and folk by Salome Rouzerol-Douglas inLe Figaro. It was "very encouraging" according to Gilles Renault inLibération.[5] At the same time, Marie-Catherine Mardi ofRFI said that "the lyrics do not convince [in their entirety]" but praised Pommet's voice.[3][6][11][12] Despite the acclaim received, Pomme expressed frustration towards the album since she felt trapped by "the desire to please [others] more" instead of herself.[13] She performed in the first part of theAsaf Avidan tour in autumn 2017.[12]
In February 2018, she performed at the Café de la Danse in Paris, after having performed as an opening act forLouane andVianney,[6] then took the stage inLa Cigale in mid-2018 and in La Trianon in early 2019.[14] In 2019, she released her second studio albumLes failles (2019), which was later reissued a year later. Described by Pomme as an album with "absolute truth and humility", she conceived it while reflecting on a breakup.[15][16] In February 2020, she won theVictoires de la Musique award foralbum révélation ("newcomer album") of the year withLes failles.[17] The singer later released the EPQuarantine Phone Sessions in May 2020, which she stated to be available only during theCOVID-19 lockdowns.[18]
In 2021, she was crownedartiste féminine ("female artist") of the year.[19] OnNew Year's Day 2022, Pomme revealed plans of releasing a third studio album later that year through herTwitter account.[20] Later in that month, her collaboration "Everything Matters" with Norwegian singer-songwriterAurora was released as a single from the latter's third studio album,The Gods We Can Touch.[21]
In May 2022, she published thechildren's bookSous les paupières with French singer Pauline de Tarragon, who also did the illustrations.[22]
She released her albumConsolation on August 26, 2022.
In 2024, she released two tracks in collaboration with Japanese folk artistIchiko Aoba, a French version of Aoba's song "Seabed Eden" and a Japanese version of Pomme's song "Grandiose".
Pomme's music incorporates chanson française,[23]folk-pop,[13]French pop andindie folk.[24] The journalists ofLibération andLe Figaro emphasized the quality of Pomme's live performances, during which she primarily plays theautoharp and theguitar.[5][6] The lyrics she writes often evoke themes of love, death, and "everyday situations that resort to romanticism".[3][6] She has dedicated songs to her wife, Quebec singerSafia Nolin.[3] Other topics she explored are intimacy, feminism, and environmentalism, which she considered to be "natural and obvious to me for my generation and for myself."[25]
Pomme noted that despite being heavily influenced byfolk music, she has also listened topop musicians.[4] She cited French singersBarbara,Édith Piaf andLorie as her primary influences, with Barbara and Lorie being singers she listened to during her childhood and youth. Other influences includeLady Gaga,Lizzo,Celine Dion,[26]Lily Allen,Camélia Jordana,Cœur de Pirate,Keaton Henson,Aldous Harding,[4]Feist,Sufjan Stevens,Mylène Farmer,[27]Dolly Parton andKate Nash.[8]Vogue France called her appearance "a fairy-like look straight out of aTim Burton movie," with Pomme calling Burton's filmCharlie and the Chocolate Factory and its protagonistWilly Wonka as style icons for her.[26] She was also inspired by French poetPaul Éluard and feminist works and comics.[13]
Pomme explained in an interview withTélérama: "I am naturally comfortable with my homosexuality, for example, using female pronouns in my songs. And I think it's important, given the amount of thank-you messages I get. As a teenager, I would have also liked to recognize myself in lesbian singers".[14] Pomme's songs also often refer to her love story with singerSafia Nolin,[3] who became her wife in 2022.[28] The two now share their life in Paris and Montreal. For the 2020 municipal elections in Lyon, she made public her support for theEurope Écologie Les Verts party.[29] In February 2021, in support of the#MeToo movement, Pomme stated that she had been "manipulated and morally and sexually harassed" from age 15 to 17.[30][31]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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| FRA [32] | BEL (Wa) [33] | SWI [34] | |||
| À peu près |
| 91 | 200 | — | |
| Les failles |
| 10 | 24 | 87 | |
| Consolation |
| 4 | 5 | 32 | |
| Saisons |
| 17 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| FR [32] | SWI [35] | |||
| Les failles cachées |
| 144 | 73 | |
| Les failles cachées (halloween version) |
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| (Lot 2) Consolation |
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| Title | EP details |
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| En cavale |
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| A Peu Près – Sessions Montréalaises |
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| Quarantine Phone Sessions |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [39] | AUS [40] | BEL (WA) [33] | CAN [41] | GER [42] | NLD [43] | UK [44] | US [45] | WW [46] | |||||
| "J'suis pas dupe" | 2015 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | En cavale | ||
| "Même robe qu'hier" | 2017 | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | À peu près | ||
| "Mon frère"(Rough Version) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "De là-haut"(Radio Remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | À peu près | |||
| "J'attends"(with Ben Mazué) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Les femmes idéales | |||
| "2019" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Je sais pas danser" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Les failles | |||
| "Anxiété" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Vide" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Les failles cachées | ||
| "La lumière" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Grandiose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "À perte de vue" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Itsumo Nando Demo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tombeau" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Consolation | ||
| "Nelly" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ma meilleure ennemie" (withStromae) | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 69 | 11 | Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Animated Series) | ||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| BEL (Wa) [33] | ||||
| "Okay" (Matthieu Mendès featuring Pomme) | 2013 | 57 | Echo | |
| "Debout les femmes (as part of 39 Femmes) | 2018 | — | Non-album single | |
| "Le train du soir" (Raphaël featuring Pomme) | 2020 | — | Haut fidélité | |
| "Galore (French Version)" (Oklou featuring Pomme andDanny L Harle) | 2021 | — | "Galore Anniversary" single | |
| "Everything Matters" (Aurora featuring Pomme) | 2022 | — | The Gods We Can Touch | |
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Entre ses bras" | 2016 | Cécile Corbel | Vagabonde |
| "Soleil brûlant" | Various | We Love Disney 3 | |
| "Ghost" | 2019 | Waxx | Fantôme |
| "Je serai (ta meilleure amie)" | Safia Nolin | Reprises, Vol. 2 | |
| "Ceux qui s'aiment" | 2020 | Various | De Béart a Béart(s) Vol. 2 |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "J'suis pas dupe" | 2015 | Sébastien Brodart |
| "Je t'emmènerais bien" | ||
| "En cavale" | ||
| "Jane & John" | ||
| "Sans toi" | 2016 | |
| "De là-haut" | 2017 | Marta Bevacqua |
| "A Lonely One" | ||
| "On brûlera" | ||
| "Pauline" | ||
| "Je sais pas danser" | 2019 | Vladimir Féral |
| "Anxiété" | Hugo Pillard | |
| "Les oiseaux | 2020 | Claire Pommet |
| "Grandiose" | Claire Pommet and Ambivalently Yours | |
| "Chanson For My Depressed Love" | Claire Pommet and Hugo Pillard | |
| "Magie bleue" | ||
| "À perte de vue" | 2021 | Vincent René-Lortie and Claire Pommet |
| "Nelly" | 2022 | Jeanne Joly and Claire Pommet |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2023 | Spirit of Ecstasy | Jeanne Francœur | Héléna Klotz | |
| 2025 | Colours of Time | Fleur | Cédric Klapisch |
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