Lenni-Kim

Lenni Kim
Lenni Kim
	Lenni-Kim in 2019
Born	Lenni-Kim Lalande; September 8, 2001 (age 23); Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	singer; actor;
Years active	2015–present
	Musical career
Genres	pop
Instrument	vocals & piano
Labels	Warner Music France; Parlophone;
Website	lennikim.com

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

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 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 November 8th, 2024) are "Things I Want", "Scars", and "Adrenaline". "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. "Adrenaline" was released on November 8th of 2024.

Discography

Album

2017: Les autres (Warner Music France)

EP

2019: 18 (Parlophone)

Soundtrack

2024: FEM (UGO MEDIA)

Singles

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
2024: Adrenaline

Tour

2018-2019: LK Tournée

Filmography

Short film

2015: Pourquoi tout perdre, by Antoine Olivier Pilon: the boy

Movie

2016: A Pact Among Angels [fr] (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 [fr], on TVA: young Martin Matte
2015-2016: Fluffy Marky [fr], 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 [fr], 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
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

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

[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..

[:0-3] "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.

[NRJ_Music_Awards_2019_:_Angèle_et_Roméo_Elvis_dominent_les_nominations-16] "NRJ Music Awards 2019 : Angèle et Roméo Elvis dominent les nominations". 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-25.

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