In December 2002, Nolwenn Leroy won the second season of Star Academy after 16 weeks of intense competition. Since then, the pretty brunette from Saint-Renan in Finistère has released eight studio albums and two live albums and has sold more than four million records.
As Star Academy prepares to return to TF1, Nolwenn Leroy has just proven to everyone that despite simple lyrics and songs where she doesn’t really draw on her voice, she is an outstanding singer. On TikTok, a video that is currently making the buzz, indeed shows the young mother taking over the hit of the moment “Running Up That Hill” by the English singer Kate Bush. A hit released in 1985 and which had topped the charts at the time but which has just been brought up to date thanks to the hit series “Strangers Things” whose season 4 has just arrived on Netflix.
Nolwenn Leroy captivates Internet users
Shared by the “Fanzine Planet” account, the video shows Nolwenn Leroy taking up the famous song brilliantly and with passion. Something to shock some Internet users who had never seen the pretty brunette push the song in this way. “I thought she could sing only Breton songs me”, “But why doesn’t she make songs in this register? It suits her so well”, “I’m not a big fan of nolwenn. But the cover is excellent “, “I never imagined that Nolwenn’s voice would go so well on this song. the emotion it exudes is captivating”, “I love the cover”, “The best cover of this song”, “Pleasantly surprise! this style suits her much better” can we read among the reactions.
Aliénor de la Fontaine