Safia Nolin is a French Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Quebec City, Quebec.[1]
Safia Nolin | |
|---|---|
 FrancoFolies de Montréal, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Labels | Bonsound |
| Spouse | Pomme (2022–present) |
Her debut album, Limoilou, was released in 2015 via Bonsound. Modestly successful at first, her album sales increased significantly in 2016 after she appeared on Tout le monde en parle, opening up about her teenage struggles with anxiety and bullying.[2] She has toured France as an opening act for Lou Doillon, and Quebec as an opening act for Louis-Jean Cormier.[2]
In June 2016, she won the Prix Félix-Leclerc at the FrancoFolies de Montréal.[3] Her song "Igloo" was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize,[4] and Limoilou was named a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.[5]
Her second album, Dans le noir, was released in 2018.[6]
She is out as lesbian.[7] She is married to French singer Pomme.
In 2019, she released the EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx. It included a duet with John K. Samson, on a cover of Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without the E".[8]
In 2020, she coordinated Saint-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-inclusive Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day livestream scheduled for June 24. The event was hosted by Kiara, a Montreal drag queen who also competed in the first season of Canada's Drag Race, and the performance line-up included comedians Tranna Wintour and Karl Hardy, actress and writer Gabrielle Tremblay, songwriter and producer Annie Sama (Apigeon), rapper Backxwash, singer-songwriter FLORAA, and drag queens Matante Alex and Gisèle Lullaby.[9]
Discography
edit- Limoilou (2015)
- Reprises, Vol. 1 (2016)
- Dans le noir (2018)
- Reprises, Vol. 2 (2019)
- xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx EP (2019)
- Seum EP (2021)
- UFO Religion (2024)
References
edit- ^ "Safia Nolin: un diamant brut". La Presse, September 13, 2015.
- ^ a b "Safia Nolin sings straight from the heart on Limoilou". Montreal Gazette, January 31, 2016.
- ^ "Safia Nolin remporte le prix Félix-Leclerc de la chanson 2016". Ici Radio-Canada, June 16, 2016.
- ^ "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists Announced". Exclaim!, June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Fred Fortin, Safia Nolin et Coeur de pirate nommés à la longue liste du Prix Polaris 2016". Voir, June 15, 2016.
- ^ "Why Safia Nolin's dark folk songs are the cathartic release you need right now". CBC Music, October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Safia Nolin: une année sans lumière". La Presse, October 1, 2018.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Tegan and Sara, Scott Helman, Safia Nolin and more: songs you need to hear this week". CBC Music, October 2, 2018.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Safia Nolin Gets Backxwash for Inaugural Saint-Jeanne Concert". Exclaim!, June 17, 2020.