Santa is caught in a real whirlwind. If success was slow to knock on her door, the singer of the group Hyphen Hyphen stands out as the New Star of French song with his first solo album “Recommence-moi”, already sold nearly 120,000 copies thanks to the hits “Popcorn salé” (71 million plays on Spotify) and “Recommence-moi”, chosen to be the anthem of the latest edition of the “Star Academy”. Everywhere on radio and television, Santa is the big favorite of the Victoires de la Musique 2025 with a total of four nominations in the categories of Female Artist, Album, Original Song for “Recommence-moi” and Concert. His Zénith tour is such a box office hit that it keeps getting longer, and Santa has just announced the very first concert at Bercy of his career. Appointment is made on April 2, 2026!
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“It’s a cry of resistance”
If his rise in the world of music is exponential, Santa has nevertheless encountered many pitfalls on his path. Proudly claiming her belonging to the queer community, the interpreter of “Who has the right” suffered badly from the gaze of others when she was younger, and she even took on the role of the ugly duckling at school for a long time. This is the confidence she made to Emilie Mazoyer on France Blue by evoking the creation of his new single “La difference”, whose powerful text takes on a very personal dimension. “ It was the last song I wrote on the album, in a spur of the moment moment since I turned it in the day before I was due to turn in the tapes for printing the record. I knew she had to come. I looked for her, waited and she walked past me and I grabbed her » confides Santa, aware of the significance of his words: “ It became my favorite because it’s the first one I wrote knowing that it will be listened to and heard ».
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“I clenched my fists”
For Santa, the song “The Difference” is “ a cry of resistance ». « This is the first time that the “you” emerges in my writing. It is a cry of resistance to the childhood that is within us » she emphasizes, wishing to address with hope “ all the children (that she meets) who receive a lot of cruelty » because of their disparity. Writing this title brought back painful memories for the artist. “ I was the first to have a birthmark and I received a lot of teasing. I clenched my fists and said to myself: “Resist, I will make a difference” » confides Santa. The singer therefore wanted to offer a very special setting for this song. Indeed, the version that the public can now discover on the radio waves has been remixed and rearranged: “ I re-recorded the vocals, the piano, the guitars. I found a new ending to further support this desire for resilience “. New success in sight for the singer?
