Clio

Born in Besançon in 1987, Clio is part of a contemporary French chanson scene where writing plays a central role, with a marked taste for pared-down arrangements, melodic pop and, according to periods, textures that are more acoustic or more electronic. After a decisive first meeting with Jérémie Kisling in 2013, she steps onto the stage in 2014 at Les Trois Baudets and releases her first album, Clio, in 2016, produced by Alain Cluzeau, in a sober and acoustic vein, including notably a duet with Fabrice Luchini on ‘Eric Rohmer est mort’. Clio later broadens her musical scope with Déjà Venise in 2019, arranged and produced by Florian Monchatre and Augustin Parsy, where the song approaches synthetic pop without losing the clearness of the text or the place of the voice. In 2021, L’amour hélas extends this direction with Paul Roman, Augustin Parsy and Florian Monchatre, and includes a duet with Iggy Pop on ‘L’appartement’. Her fourth album, Carambolages, appears in 2023 and includes a track shared with Alex Beaupain. On stage, Clio regularly evolves in a tight formation, surrounded by musicians such as Paul Roman, Augustin Parsy and Florian Monchatre, in a format that continues the balance of her records between linguistic precision, direct melodies and urban atmospheres.