Cannelle is a French electropop artist from Aix-en-Provence, known for synth-driven, maximalist pop built around her own vocals, dyed-blue hair and a self-produced online persona that predates her music by several years. She released her debut single, "LUCKY," in the summer of 2024 and has since built a small but fast-moving discography that runs through the 2025 tracks "CLOVER," "FILLE," "DIAMOND CUTS" and "WATCH ME FLY" up to her 2026 debut mixtape, "CINNA" - the same five-song run tracked on her Mood artist page. A separate French artist, based in Montreuil, also records under the name Cannelle and works in R&B rather than electropop - the two share a stage name and a home country but not a catalogue, and this profile concerns only the Aix-en-Provence artist behind "LUCKY" and "CINNA."
How It Started
Cannelle grew up between a small village and Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, in a household she has described as musical by default rather than by plan: her father plays bass, drums and piano, and her sister works as a DJ. Before any of that turned into a recording career, she spent her teenage years building a visual world on social media - self-portraits shot in gardens and fields, early vlogs, a "fairy in the forest" persona she has referenced in press interviews - years before she wrote a song. The FADER's Vivian Medithi, who has profiled Cannelle twice, traces the music itself back to a music-video idea: Cannelle conceived the concept for what became "LUCKY" first, then built a song to go with it, shooting the DIY video on VHS and digital cameras in a friend's New York apartment. "LUCKY," produced with 3mouth, came out in May 2024 and reads as a debut built backward from an image rather than forward from a demo.
What sets Cannelle apart from most electropop newcomers is not the sound on its own - hyperpop-adjacent, maximalist synth pop has plenty of practitioners - but that she arrived with a fully formed visual identity already in place, built over years online, that the music had to catch up to. She has said she asked her father to paint her childhood bedroom blue when she was eleven, a detail that lines up with the pastel-blue hair that now functions as her signature.
The Sound and the Discography
"CLOVER" followed "LUCKY" in November 2024, a track The FADER described as capturing "the gossamer rush of being totally sprung." Through 2025 came "FILLE," "MP3," "hypnotic" (a collaboration with RADA), "WATCH ME FLY" and "DIAMOND CUTS" - a run of singles that, by her own account, was as much about finding a sound as committing to one. "I feel like people are gonna start to hear me have a "Cannelle sound" after all these singles where I was trying stuff and figuring myself out," she told The FADER ahead of her 2026 mixtape.
That mixtape, "CINNA," came out in July 2026: roughly fifteen tracks split close to evenly between French and English, built with Oscar Scheller producing about half the record alongside Warpstr and a producer known as Chicken, plus tracks Cannelle produced or co-produced herself. Confirmed titles include "BB Blue" - described as the project's centerpiece - "Stereo," "Dis-moi," "Dollars," "French Kiss," "Idole," "Sunshine," "Antenna," "Hi" and "Telephone." The "Sunshine" video was filmed across four Japanese cities, and the Chicken collaboration reportedly came through a recommendation from her friend, the rapper CLIP. Cannelle sings in both languages by design: "French should be cool as well," she told The FADER, framing her bilingual approach as a statement rather than a compromise, and adding that "to be cringe is to be free." She names Bob St. Clair, David Guetta, Daft Punk and LMFAO as reference points, alongside Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj by way of their music videos rather than their records.
Nearly every personal detail above - the childhood self-portraits, the specific instruments her father plays, the bedroom painted blue at eleven - comes from Vivian Medithi's two FADER profiles, published in March and July 2026. No second outlet has independently corroborated these specifics as of this writing, which is worth stating plainly rather than passing off as widely verified; the discography and release dates, by contrast, check out across Apple Music, Spotify and Last.fm catalogue listings independent of The FADER's reporting.
Live Dates: Cannelle in Berlin and Paris
Cannelle's live history so far includes a U.S. run opening for Ninajirachi, with stops reported in Detroit and Cleveland, and her first headline show in Paris. Mood's own booking data adds two confirmed 2026 European dates: a September 3rd bill at Virage Paris billed as "SUPERB NIGHT," where Cannelle shares the stage with M¥SS KETA and Mathilde Fernandez, and a September 10th headline date at Monarch Bar in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Both listings carry matching Spotify track data for "LUCKY," "CLOVER," "FILLE," "DIAMOND CUTS" and "WATCH ME FLY" - the same five-song fingerprint attached to her Mood artist page, which is how this profile confirms the touring Cannelle and the Aix-en-Provence artist covered by The FADER are the same person, not a booking under a shared name.
Mood's enrichment data gives some texture to how the two dates differ. The Berlin show reads at 0.9 on fashion against 0.8 for the Paris bill - notable given that the Paris date puts her alongside M¥SS KETA, an artist built almost entirely around visual presentation, and Cannelle still reads as the more fashion-forward booking in Mood's scoring. Organicness sits at 0.05 for Berlin and 0.1 for Paris, both close to the platform's floor, a reading consistent with a synth-and-vocal, studio-built sound rather than a live band - which tracks with an artist naming Guetta and Daft Punk, not a guitar act, as reference points. Vocality holds close across both, 0.85 in Berlin and 0.8 in Paris, Mood's data reading a vocal-forward pop record whether she is headlining alone or sharing a bill.
Anyone tracking the wider scene these bookings sit inside can browse Berlin's hyperpop listings on Mood or Paris's electropop calendar on Mood, both of which the September dates feed into.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Cannelle?
Cannelle is a French electropop artist from Aix-en-Provence who debuted with the single "LUCKY" in 2024 and released her first mixtape, "CINNA," in July 2026. She is distinct from a second French artist who also performs as Cannelle and works in R&B out of Montreuil.
What is Cannelle's biggest song?
No single track has an official chart placement reported in press coverage so far. "CLOVER" and the "CINNA" centerpiece "BB Blue" are the two most frequently cited as career highlights in interviews and reviews.
How old is Cannelle?
Her age is not confirmed by either FADER profile, and secondary sources disagree - some list her as 21, others as 22, as of 2026. In the absence of a primary source stating her age directly, it is treated here as unconfirmed.
Is Cannelle playing shows in 2026?
Yes. Mood's booking data lists a September 3rd, 2026 shared bill in Paris with M¥SS KETA and Mathilde Fernandez, and a September 10th, 2026 headline date at Monarch Bar in Berlin. Both are listed on Cannelle's Mood artist page.
What is Cannelle's mixtape "CINNA"?
"CINNA" is Cannelle's debut mixtape, released in July 2026 with roughly fifteen bilingual tracks produced primarily by Oscar Scheller, alongside Warpstr and Chicken.
