Apple: 3 things to know about the plural artist protagonist of “The Silver Venus”

2016. The album Approximately was born, and with it the beginning of our impulses for Claire Pommet known as Pomme, musician and singer-songwriter who already reveals all the power of her kindness and all the sweetness of her power.

A few years after releasing his first album, the French artist tries his hand at a new discipline, appearing at the cinema in The Silver Venusof which Madmoizelle is a partner.

Who then is this plural and committed artist, who does not shy away from any challenge, as long as it moves us and stirs our gray cells? Here are 3 things to know about a virtuoso who never ceases to surprise.

Three things to know about Pomme, between lyricism, musicality and cinematography

Pomme is the heroine of the film The Silver Venus

Not content with having charmed French music lovers and singing with the biggest names, Pomme now takes on the status of an actress.

In fact, the 27-year-old artist plays the lead role of The Silver Venusthe brand new film by Héléna Klotz, director of the ambitious medium-length film The atomic age released in 2012, and for its first appearance in cinema, it hits hard.

In The Silver Venus (also directed by Niels Schneider and Sofiane Zermani), Pomme plays Jeanne, a young 24-year-old woman who lives with her family, including her police officer father, in a suburban barracks.

If life, in its concrete paradise, does not excite her, it is because Jeanne has a specific ambition: working in the world of finance, with her eyes fixed on figures and curves, which for her represent the opportunity to take flight and be free.

In The Silver VenusPomme plays a surprisingly accurate Jeanne, so much so that it’s hard to believe this is her very first cinematic experience.

Under the blue lights of Héléna Klotz, Pomme shows his new talents, also establishing himself as an artist of a thousand hats.

Before being awarded multiple prizes, Pomme began composing as a self-taught composer.

Born in the Rhône in 1996, Claire Pommet learned music theory and the cello from an early age, and also tried her hand at choir with flying colours.

It doesn’t take much else for the young artist to give more and more space to her passion, and it was as a teenager that he taught himself to compose, published his first performances on YouTube and performed in bars in Lyon.

It was in 2016 that the artist’s career took off, since Pomme released his first EP and was invited to open for Benjamin Biolay. A year later he released his first album, Approximatelycontaining in particular the title We will burnwhich remains one of our absolute favorites of the last decade.

You probably know the rest: Pomme releases his second album Gapscrowned Gold Record and revelation album of the year at the Victoires de la Musique, then a third, much noticed and who performs with some of the greatest Francophone artists, including Angèle, Vianney, Louane and Flavien Berger.

Sometimes armed with her harp or her guitar, Pomme has become an essential artist, one we can no longer do without.

Pomme’s lyrics are busy

If we can say that certain themes recur recurrently in the singer’s lyrics, love is undoubtedly the common thread of her discography.

Moreover, Pomme does not hesitate to speak about his great love, his partner Safia Nolin, publicly evoking his homosexuality. One day she confided to Télérama: “I accept my homosexuality very naturally. […] And I think that’s important given the number of thank you messages I receive. As a teenager I too would have liked to be able to recognize myself in lesbian singers”.

In 2019, Pomme and Safia sing I Potenti on stage We will burna title that is anything but insignificant as it signals the problematic vision that society reserves for LGBTQIA+ people.

There is no doubt that Pomme’s future career will always be full of meaning and full of commitments. But while waiting for her future successes, discover her as an extravagant actress The Silver VenusNovember 22nd at the cinema.