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Angèle Van Laeken is the ******** of the singer
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and of the actress
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. Her ******* is the rapper
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She was born in
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. Her ****** encouraged her from an early age to learn the piano, which inspired her musical career.
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Angèle spent a difficult adolescence in a strict Catholic school before attending the Decroly School. The artistic options at this high school helped develop her musical skills.
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She then enrolled in the Jazz Studio Antwerp for a jazz education before joining her ******'s band.[
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Musical career[
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Angèle gave her first performances in cafés around
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. Notably at the restaurant Le Delecta, in
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, now closed.[
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She was first noticed for her cover of
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, "Bruxelles",
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and on
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videos where she mixed singing and comedy. In 2017, she was the support act for
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and the Belgian rapper
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, whom she also accompanied in his album Lithopédion.
Her first single, "La Loi de Murphy", was released in late 2017 and received millions of views on YouTube. A second single "Je veux tes yeux"
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was released in early 2018. The two video clips were directed by the Belgian photographer
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In May 2018, she performed her first Parisian concert at the
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accompanied by
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on her cover of his song "Victime de la mode." She performed in several summer festivals
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in Belgium, France and Switzerland such as
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and
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In 2018, Angèle released her third single, "La Thune".
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In August 2018, she announced the tracklist of her first album
Brol on the Initial label.
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The album was released on 5 October 2018, the same day as her single duet with her *******, Roméo Elvis. This album was successful and resulted in Angèle invitation to perform on various French TV shows. The single, "Tout oublier", spent nine weeks at number 1 on the
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charts, breaking the record for a Belgian artist formerly set by
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In 2019, Angele became one of the most sought for artists in France and
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and affirmed her feminism with the song "Balance ton quoi" in reference to the French #
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movement,
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makes an appearance in the video alongside some of Angele's friends to talk about struggles her female friends have encountered with men. The song is not about ridiculing men but about educating everyone to live in a more accepting society.
In April 2020, Angèle performed for
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-A global broadcast & digital special to support front line healthcare workers and the
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during the
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In October 2020, Angèle was pictured alongside London singer
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on the set of a music video. A collaboration with the latter was later announced and would feature on the reissue of Lipa's new album
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" was released on October 30, 2020. The music video was released a week later on November 6, 2020 on YouTube. Before the release of the video Lipa announced on social media that Angèle will be appearing as a special guest on her livestream concert
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on the 27th of November.
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Musical influences[
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Angèle is a fan of
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She is inspired by many musical genres from French songs to electronic music and rap, which she disliked as a teenager. She became influenced by rap particularly while performing with her *******
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and the rappers
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