Lenni-Kim
Lenni-Kim Lalande (born September 8, 2001) is a Canadian singer.
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| Born | Lenni-Kim Lalande September 8, 2001 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | pop |
| Instrument(s) | vocals & piano |
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| Website | lennikim |
Biography
Early life
Lenni-Kim Lalande was born on September 8, 2001, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the only son of Guy Lalande and Myriam Landry.[1][2]
From an early age, he imitated the singers he saw on television. At age eight, Lenni-Kim entered an advertising agency and then began to shoot advertisements and films in Quebec.[3]
Career
In 2015, Lenni-Kim Lalande became known by participating in the second season of French TV show The Voice Kids, where he chose French singer Patrick Fiori as coach, but was eliminated from the battles.[3] He then posted on the Internet several cover songs, including "Something Big" by Shawn Mendes and "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding in duet with Phoebe Koyabe. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, he launched the song "Pourquoi tout perdre", with a clip directed by Antoine Olivier Pilon and starring several actors including Marianne Verville, Alice Morel-Michaud, Camille Felton, Michaël Girard and Marc-François Blondi.
In 2017, he signed a contract with Warner Music France, which produced his album Les autres, released in June 2017.[4] His clips, Yolo[5] and Don't Stop[6] have reached thirty-eight million views together, Don't Stop having recently reached twenty-four million views and Yolo reached fourteen million views.
He sang in duet with French singer Lou Jean the French credits of the second season of the series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
In the autumn of 2017 he participated in the eighth season of the French TV show Danse avec les stars on TF1,[7] and finished second in the competition. Being sixteen years old at the time, he is the youngest candidate in the history of the show, all seasons combined.
He was nominated for the NRJ Music Awards in the Francophone Breakthrough of the Year category.[8]
He participated in the Génération Enfoirés album (released on December 1, 2017) and at the Enfoirés Kids concert, recorded on November 19, 2017, and broadcast on December 1, 2017.
On February 16, 2018, he released a new clip for his song "Juste toi et moi", which reached six million views on YouTube
In 2018, he starred in five episodes of the French TV series Tomorrow Is Ours on TF1, playing the role of Zac, a Quebec penfriend for the Moreno twins.
On September 1, 2018, he participated in the French program Fort Boyard, presented by Olivier Minne, alongside singer Tal, journalist Isabelle Morini-Bosc,[9] presenter Guillaume Pley,[10] actress Isabelle Vitari[11] and comedian Jeanfi Janssens,[12] for the French association Asperger Amitié.
On July 13, 2019, he participated for the second time in the French program Fort Boyard, for the association Les Bonnes Fées, alongside the Miss France 2019 Vaimalama Chaves, the general manager of the Society Miss France Sylvie Tellier, the actress and humorist Nicole Ferroni, singer Francis Lalanne and columnist Pierre-Jean Chalençon.[13]
On May 24, 2019, he released the lead single Minuit, which reached 7,6 Million views on YouTube, for his first EP 18, which was released on September 13, 2019. The second single, 18-Unplugged was released on September 8, 2019, Lenni Kim’s 18th birthday.
He organized a series of tours in 2018–2019, in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec (Canada) and Russia.
On March 5, 2020, he released his single called BAD BUZZ which was originally for his second album which was scrapped due to the pandemic.
In 2021 he released his single mélancolie and a Symphonic version for it as well, both videoclips together reached over a million views on YouTube.
Lenni Kim is planning to release a second EP in 2023 which will include 6 new songs.
Discography
Album
- 2017: Les autres (Warner Music France)
EP
- 2019: 18 (Parlophone)
Singles
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre
- 2017: Don't Stop
- 2017: Yolo
- 2017: Maylin
- 2017: Miraculous, with Lou Jean
- 2018: Juste toi et moi
- 2018: Still Waiting For You
- 2019: Minuit
- 2019: 18 - Unplugged
- 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou Jean
- 2020: Bad Buzz
- 2021: mélancolie
- 2021: mélancolie (Symphonique)
Tour
- 2018-2019: LK Tournée
Filmography
Short film
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre, by Antoine Olivier Pilon: the boy
Movie
- 2016: A Pact Among Angels (Le Pacte des anges), by Richard Angers: William
- 2022: You Can Live Forever, by Sarah Watts & Mark Slutsky: Simon
- 2022: Snow Day:The Musical: Dancer (Paramount+)
TV series
- 2013: Les Beaux Malaises, on TVA: young Martin Matte
- 2015-2016: Fluffy Marky (Marc-en-peluche), on Télé-Québec: Jérôme
- 2018: Tomorrow Is Ours (Demain nous appartient), on TF1: Zac, Quebec penfriend for the Moreno twins
- 2020: Léo Matteï, Brigade des mineurs, on TF1 (season 7, episodes 1- 2): Lucas
- 2021: The Republic of Sarah, on The CW (1 episode): Hunter Cool Kid #1
- 2022: Transplant, on CTV (season 2, episode 1): Lucas
- 2023: Wong & Winchester (season 1, episode 5): Zander
TV shows
- 2015: The Voice Kids (season 2), on TF1: candidate
- 2017: Danse avec les stars (season 8), on TF1: candidate
- 2017: Enfoirés Kids concert, on TF1: participating singer
- 2018: Fort Boyard, on France 2: candidate
- 2018: Vendredi tout est permis avec Arthur, on TF1: guest
- 2018: Baby-sitter : star incognito, on Gulli: the Quebec babysitter
- 2019: Fort Boyard, on France 2: candidate
- 2019: Danse avec les stars (season 10), on TF1: guest
Web shows
- 2022 : Lou et Sophie (Season 1): Will
- 2022 : Detox (Season 1, Episode 6): James
Clips
- 2014 : Aimer les monstres, Émile Proux-Cloutier[14]
- 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre
- 2015: All I Want for Christmas Is You, cover of Mariah Carey's song
- 2017: Don't Stop
- 2017: Yolo
- 2017: Miraculous, with Lou Jean
- 2018: Juste toi et moi
- 2019: Minuit
- 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou Jean
- 2020: Bad Buzz
- 2021: mélancolie
- 2021: mélancolie - Symphonic Version
Nominations
- 2017: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.[15]
- 2019: NRJ Music Awards: Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.[16]
- 2019: Olympia Awards: Music Breakthrough of the Year.
References
- ^ "Lenni Kim se la joue déjà Ryan Gosling !". TF1. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017..
- ^ "Lenni-Kim | Chanteur". Lennikim.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ a b "Lenni-Kim - MYTF1". MYTF1. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ Steph Musicnation (15 April 2017). "Le jeune Lenni-Kim vous présente " Don't Stop " son nouveau single ainsi que ses projets ! - La Parisienne Life". La Parisienne Life. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
- ^ "Lenni Kim - Yolo (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "Lenni Kim - Don't stop (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "Danse avec les stars : EXCLU. Lenni-Kim sur la piste de "Danse avec les stars" !". TF1. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017..
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 - Site Officiel - VOTER". NRJ. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
- ^ "Isabelle Morini-Bosc", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-06-02, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ "Guillaume Pley", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-08-23, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ "Isabelle Vitari", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-08-15, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ "Jean-Philippe Janssens", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-06-06, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ "Pierre-Jean Chalençon", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-05-08, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ ÉMILE PROULX-CLOUTIER - Aimer les monstres, retrieved 2021-08-29
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 : La liste des nommés". 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2019 : Angèle et Roméo Elvis dominent les nominations". 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Lenni-Kim at IMDb