After reaching the top of the best sellers in 2023 with its success Tiki Taka and his EP Galatea, The artist Vacra presents, this Friday, May 17, his first album called Pygmalion.
The singer with an androgynous voice who has long played with the mystery surrounding his gender returns with a more intimate and personal project where he takes the time to talk about his loved ones and his success.
A discreet artist
An enigma at the heart of the French music scene, Vacra has maintained the mystery surrounding his identity since his inception. Therefore, we do not know his birthplace, his age or her career outside of music. A way for the artist to protect her private life to “let his music speak better,” she confided to NRJ in October 2023.
Although he has been in the music industry for more than ten years, Vacra has eliminated all digital traces of his artistic past. Only in 2020 did the artist reveal his first single to his public, sequential shotwith R’n’B, hip-hop and afrobeat sounds.
Published first on social networks and then on platforms, in 2021, this song quickly became a hit thanks to Vacra’s androgynous voice and already has more than 14 million views on YouTube.
First singles and revelation
With her particular voice, Vacra intrigues and enjoys cultivating secrecy around her gender. So in the clip of sequential shotOnly a young dancer appears on screen, suggesting that Vacra would be a woman.
At the end of 2022, the singer blurs the lines again and reveals the clip for his other hit, Tiki Taka – certified platinum single – in which it does not appear either.
Finally, in February 2023, during a private showcase organized at Silencio in Paris, Vacra revealed his face for the first time. A choice that she does not regret, according to what she confided to the Belgian media Sud Info.
“There is a time of adaptation between the mystery in which I simply did not show myself and now. It is true that I have the opportunity to meet people and it must be reciprocal. They are beautiful encounters that generally occur on a daily basis,” he stated. Explain.
“This project sums up my entire life”
Now in open evolution, Vacra has presented its first EP in February 2023. Galateaan album of eleven songs in which we find Nemir, Ronisia and Young Jonn and that allowed the artist to be nominated in the French-speaking revelation category at the 2023 NRJ Music Awards.
This Friday Vacra reaches a new milestone in his career with the release of his first album Pygmalion. A more personal album, and where the artist featured the rappers PLK, Josman, Soolking and the singer Louane.
“This project sums up my entire life,” he confesses to La Libre. “Everything exploded (…), there were so many positive aspects but it is true that behind that I missed many births, birthdays, moments of life, I saw less of my family so in the album there is also that side that I needed.” express what I felt at that moment.
Vacra is also preparing to return to the stage. After his Galatea tour, the singer will perform at festivals this summer on June 20 on the Montauban stage, on September 7 at the Delta Festival or on September 13 on the Costa Dorada.
Source: BFM TV
