Pepete can no longer stand. The dog jumps, jumps, moans as her owner, Angèle, remembers the day she decided to cut her long blond hair almost a year and a half ago. The agitation of the little girl from Brabant is such that the singer feels obliged to exfiltrate it in another room of the huge loft that houses the offices of her companies, south of Brussels. Pepete is not the only one who is moved by the story of this transformation: Angèle herself speaks about it seriously. “It happens that we cut our hair after a breakup… Symbolically, there was something like that for me. »
As if this scissor kick set the stage for the year she’s just had, which saw her triumph on August 11 at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics for her rendition of the electro-pop ballad. night call, alongside Phoenix and Kavinsky. Amplified by the velvety voice of the Belgian, whose sensual steps, blond bob and black overalls magnetized the Stade de France, the song immediately established itself as the most searched in history on the Shazam platform. Three months after its release as a single, this new version of Night call continues to top the international charts.
For Angèle, it was not the only coup in a year in which she multiplied notable collaborations, with the singers Damso, Gazo and Tiakola, Mahmood or Charlotte Cardin on the musical side, with the brands Chanel, Courrèges or Coperni on the fashion side. Through her impromptu pairings, on record or on stage, as well as her stunning outfits revealed on the sidelines of fashion shows or on social media, the 29-year-old has crossed 2024 as a confident icon of her art and her power to attraction.
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