Her

Her is a French band from Rennes, active from 2015 to 2019, made up of Simon Carpentier and Victor Solf. It is described as working across chanson française, indie pop, indietronica, industrial and soul. The group takes its name as a reference to women and feminism.

Origins and early development

Carpentier and Solf meet at the lycée Émile-Zola in Rennes after time spent living outside France, with Carpentier returning from the United States and Solf from Germany. They begin making their first tracks together at the age of sixteen. Both later study classical music in order to support their writing, composition and harmonies.

Previous work

Before forming Her, the two spend six years in the electro-pop group The Popopopops, starting in 2007. With that group, they release two EPs, an album called Swell, and play a number of concerts.

Releases

Her forms in April 2015 and issues its first EP, Tape #1, that same year. Its first singles are “Quite Like” and “Five Minutes”. The video for “Quite Like” is made by Raphael Frydman and produced by Partizan.

Simon Carpentier

Simon Carpentier dies of cancer on 13 August 2017.