by Olivier Duboc

French singer-songwriter Renan Luce was born in Paris in 1980. He spent his childhood and teenage years in Bretagne, learning to play piano, then saxophone and finally guitar, and writing a first couple of songs. He moved to Paris in the early 00s and began playing regularly, eventually catching attention of Universal Publishing's Olivier Lefebvre. He quickly obtained a regular opening act opportunity with Bénabar, whose songwriting recipe was actually lyrically quite close. A first album, Repenti, was released in late 2006, displaying Luce's personal palette of inspiration, ranking from close-to-rebel intonations to everyday life sensitive observations. Renan Luce began touring intensively and Repenti sold well, though very progressively, reaching a peak in early 2008, with the late mass success of its lead single. Since 2006, Luce's work had earned him many awards and nominations. He received the Académie Charles-Cros price in 2007 and both ‘Best breakthrough album' and ‘Best breakthrough live act' Victoires de la musique in 2008.