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Lenni Kim
Lenni-Kim in 2019
Born
Lenni-Kim Lalande

(2001-09-08) September 8, 2001 (age 23)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • singer
  • actor
Years active2015–present
Musical career
Genrespop
Instrumentvocals & piano
Labels
Websitelennikim.com

Lenni-Kim Lalande (born September 8, 2001) is a Canadian singer.

Biography

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Early life

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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

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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.

Lenni-Kim in Paris in 2017.

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 has begun to release some of the songs from his new EP, his very first EP entirely in English. The songs he has released so far (as of January 30th, 2024) are "Things I Want" and "Scars". "Things I Want" was released on November 8th of 2023, and has reached 88K views on YouTube. "Scars" was released on January 27th of 2024 and has reached just over 10K views on YouTube.

Discography

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Lenni-Kim in 2019.
Lenni-Kim in 2019.

Album

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EP

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Soundtrack

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Singles

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  • 2015: Pourquoi tout perdre
  • 2017: Don't Stop
  • 2017: Yolo
  • 2017: Maylin
  • 2017: Miraculous, with Lou
  • 2018: Juste toi et moi
  • 2018: Still Waiting For You
  • 2019: Minuit
  • 2019: 18 - Unplugged
  • 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou
  • 2020: Bad Buzz
  • 2020: T'emballer
  • 2021: mélancolie
  • 2021: mélancolie (Symphonique)
  • 2023: Things I Want
  • 2024: Scars
  • 2024: See Me Now

Tour

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  • 2018-2019: LK Tournée

Filmography

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Short film

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Movie

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TV series

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TV shows

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Web shows

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  • 2022 : Lou et Sophie (Season 1): Will
  • 2022 : Detox (Season 1, Episode 6): James

Clips

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  • 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
  • 2018: Juste toi et moi
  • 2019: Minuit
  • 2019: Ce mur qui nous sépare, with Lou
  • 2020: Bad Buzz
  • 2021: mélancolie
  • 2021: mélancolie - Symphonic Version
  • 2023: Things I Want
  • 2024: Scars

Nominations

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References

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  1. ^ "Lenni Kim se la joue déjà Ryan Gosling !". TF1. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017..
  2. ^ "Lenni-Kim | Chanteur". Lennikim.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
  3. ^ a b "Lenni-Kim - MYTF1". MYTF1. Retrieved 26 July 2017..
  4. ^ 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..
  5. ^ "Lenni Kim - Yolo (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
  6. ^ "Lenni Kim - Don't stop (Clip officiel)". YouTube. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
  7. ^ "Danse avec les stars : EXCLU. Lenni-Kim sur la piste de "Danse avec les stars" !". TF1. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017..
  8. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 - Site Officiel - VOTER". NRJ. Retrieved 16 October 2017..
  9. ^ "Isabelle Morini-Bosc", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-06-02, retrieved 2021-08-29
  10. ^ "Guillaume Pley", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-08-23, retrieved 2021-08-29
  11. ^ "Isabelle Vitari", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-08-15, retrieved 2021-08-29
  12. ^ "Jean-Philippe Janssens", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-06-06, retrieved 2021-08-29
  13. ^ "Pierre-Jean Chalençon", Wikipédia (in French), 2021-05-08, retrieved 2021-08-29
  14. ^ ÉMILE PROULX-CLOUTIER - Aimer les monstres, retrieved 2021-08-29
  15. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2017 : La liste des nommés". 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  16. ^ "NRJ Music Awards 2019 : Angèle et Roméo Elvis dominent les nominations". 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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