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Adèle Castillon
French singer and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adèle Castillon du Perron (French pronunciation: [adɛl kastijɔ̃]) is a French singer and actress. She was the singer in the French pop duo Videoclub from 2018 until 2021, and has since gone solo. As an actress, she appeared in the French comedy film Sous le même toit (2017), and the French thriller School's Out (2018).
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Castillon was born in Angers, France on 24 October 2001.[1] She has two siblings. As a child, Castillon started making YouTube videos and had theatre training, though she did not consider that these two correlated with each other and did not intend to use YouTube for her career prospects. At the age of 15, with actress Léa Seydoux and some friends, she interviewed the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India.[2]
In 2017, she played in the movie Sous le même toit.[3]
In 2018, Castillon met Matthieu Reynaud and formed Videoclub, over their shared love of 80s nostalgia. Their channel had amassed over 20,000 subscribers before posting anything, to the suspicion of YouTube. Due to Castillon's popularity on the site, their music quickly went viral there, as well as on TikTok and Spotify.[4][5] The group was dissolved on 31 March 2021, when Castillon and Reynaud ended their relationship.[6]
In May 2021, before the release of their album Euphories, Videoclub announced the disbandment of the group and that they would each be pursuing solo projects.[7]
On 10 June 2022 she released "Impala" her first song released after splitting from Videoclub.[8]
Her second single called "Rêve" was released on 7 April 2023.[9]
She released the single "Alabama" on 16 June 2023, the song is her third single as an independent artist.[10] On 31 May 2024 Castillon released "Ce Soir" which features rapper Gazo.[11]
She is currently signed to Columbia Records.[12]
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Castillon's father, Benoît Castillon Du Perron, wrote a book during ten years, the book is named Mourir avec la rivière (en: Dying with the river).
Castillon revealed in Paulette Grisoni's podcast "La leçon" that the couple was already separated before the separation of the group.
She also reveals a hard breakup, including her break with the family of her ex-boyfriend and ex-partner Matthieu Reynaud.[15] Castillon revealed the reason for the breakup on TikTok, but deleted the videos some days after.
Addiction
At the end of 2019, Castillon developed an addiction to painkillers that lasted until early 2023, when she quit all drugs, including alcohol.[16] She said that during this time, she would take ten or more pills a day.[17]
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