Olivia Merilahti born in Paris who got her breakthrough as a musician with indie pop band The Dø frontwoman is a FinnishFrench singer and composer Her work has been compared to that of Björk whom she cites as a major influence Merilahti was born to a French father and a Finnish mother She primarily uses English in music which she learned at an early age Finnish is my intimate language I speak Finnish with my mum and Ive been living in France for most of my life so its been my secret language My secret weapon somehow So these different languages play different roles in my life and English has always been the musical one Having studied classical music in Helsinki Merilahti gravitated to rock music then jazz and electronic music In 2004 during the writing of music from the movie Empire of the Wolves she met Dan Levy with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø In 2020 she released a solo project under the name Prudence Source Article Olivia Merilahti from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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