The news surprised many people: singer Flore Benguigui is leaving L’Impératrice. In a long message, the 32-year-old artist points out “ deep personal and artistic disagreements » and denounces a music industry “ toxic » et « unfair especially towards women, towards victims, towards mental health, towards those she judges “too fragile for this profession” “. A speech applauded by many singers, from Juliette Armanet to Angèle via Olivia Merilahti, half of the group The Dø. And the latter finds herself in a bit of the same situation. Indeed, the public is wondering what has become of this famous electro-pop duo revealed in 2008 with the hit “On My Shoulders”. Made up of Olivia Merilahti and Dan Levy, The Dø then enjoyed great critical and public success in 2014 with “Shake Shook Shaken”, led by the singles “Miracles (Back in Time)” and especially “Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy” , which earned them a Victoire de la Musique.
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“Unfortunately, the differences…”
From ? Nothing more! Dan Levy deals with compositions for the cinema or the production of albums for Jeanne Added or Thomas Azier. For her part, Olivia Merilahti launched the solo project Prudence, while collaborating with Kavinsky and Isaac Delusion. If in 2021, The Dø mentioned an indefinite break, a reformation can now be ruled out. Indeed, as the album “Shake Shook Shaken” celebrates its 10th anniversary, Olivia Merilahti takes to Instagram to confirm the end of The Dø. “ This is the album that I most enjoyed defending with you. Unfortunately, the differences within the group do not allow this anniversary to be celebrated with dignity. » she wrote on the social network.
Thus his artistic collaboration with Dan Levy is “ officially finished » after truly 10 years of career and three albums. “ This has been the case for years now, but it had not been communicated publicly. I wanted to provide clarity on this subject so as not to disappoint those who are expecting new things from the group. » continues the musician, who concludes with pride: “ The music of The Dø lives on thanks to you, with you, and I am deeply grateful “. Indeed, the group remains listened to by more than 620,000 listeners per month on Spotify and has a huge fan in the person of Billie Eilish. “ On Finneas’s birthday, we played music in the pool, I played songs for him, he played songs for me and he said to me “do you remember this one?”. And that’s when I said to myself “this is fire”. He played me some other The Dø songs and they’re all just as good » explained the American popstar, who was able to meet her idols recently.
