Petite Meller

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Syvan Meller known professionally as Petite Meller, is a French-Israeli singer, songwriter and model based in Los Angeles. Her debut album, Lil Empire, was released on 9 September 2016. Meller's work is heavily influenced by philosophy, cinema, visual fashion artistry, Graceland by Paul Simon and her grandmother.

Meller was born in Paris, France, and relocated to Tel Aviv when she was 11. Meller's mother is French, her father is Polish and she has one sister. Growing up, she split her time between Israel and Paris, where she would stay with her grandmother.

Meller grew up listening to jazz and African artists such as Fela Kuti. The first time she performed onstage was at a summer vacation Club Med contest in the south of France where she came second and won a pink milkshake. When Meller was young she would write songs and record them on a tape deck. At age seven, Meller and a boy she had a crush on, recorded a song together in a restroom to capture the sound of the water.Meller began her career in Israel, performing as a vocalist in the Israeli synth-pop band Terry Poison from 2003 to 2011. After leaving the band, Meller moved to Brooklyn, New York to seek out her own sound in 2012. Speaking of her departure from Terry Poison, Meller said that the decision to leave left her "liberated" and filled with "feminine power." During her time with Terry Poison, the band released a self-titled debut album, with Meller assisting with writing and composing as well as performing vocals throughout the album.

In 2014, Meller moved to London after meeting her manager.

In 2015, Meller signed a record deal with Island Records UK and Island Records US, plus a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music US.

Her 2015 single "Baby Love" peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart. Meller performed at Reading and Leeds and Latitude Festival in 2015.

Her debut album, Lil Empire, was released on 9 September 2016.

Meller was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for The Best Push Artist of 2017.

In 2020, with the release of "Dying Out of Love", Mellor stepped into a new genre of music she called "Ork Pop" (orchestral pop). Her upcoming album will include a song written for her by Diane Warren and will include music from the Moscow Royal Orchestra.

A style icon, Meller and has sat front row at fashion shows such as Chanel, Armani, and Miu Miu. Top tier photographers that have worked with Meller include Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth, Valerie Phillips, and Jean-Baptiste Mondino, for publications including Vogue US, Interview, Time, V, The Guardian, i-D, Vice, Paper, Evening Standard, NME, Vanity Fair, W, Flaunt, Wonderland and DAZED. Meller was the face for 2020 ELLE Mexico and has featured on the cover of magazines such as French Fries, Vein, S, Irk, ELLE Belgium and Harpers Bazaar Vietnam.

Date of Birth14th July 1994
Age30 Years
Zodiac SignCancer
CountryFrance
Current CityParis
LanguageHebrew
Hair ColorBlond Hair
Career Start2012 (12 years ago)