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from 2018 until 2021, and has since gone solo. As an actress, she appeared in the French comedy film ''

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'' (2017), and the French thriller '' School's Out'' (2018).

Early life and career

Castillon was born in

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, to Benoît Castillon du Perron and Anne-Pascale Crèvecœur. She has two siblings. As a child, Castillon started making YouTube videos and had theatre training, though she did not consider that these two correlated with each other and did not intend to use YouTube for her career prospects. At the age of 15, with actress

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and some friends, she interviewed the

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, India. In 2018, Castillon met Matthieu Reynaud and formed

, over their shared love of 80s nostalgia. Their channel had amassed over 20,000 subscribers before posting anything (to the suspicion of YouTube offices) due to her popularity on the site and their music quickly went viral there, on

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, and on

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. In May 2021, before the release of their album ''Euphories'', Videoclub announced the disbandment of the group and that they would each be pursuing solo projects. On the 10th of June 2022 she released "Impala" her first song released after splitting from Videoclub. Her second single called "Rêve" was released on April 7 2023. She released the single "Alabama" on June 16 2023, the song is her third single as an independent artist. On May 31 2024 Castillon released "Ce Soir" which features

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Gazo.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Private life

Adèle's father, Benoît Castillon Du Perron, wrote a book during ten years, the book is named ''Mourir avec la rivière (en: Dying with the river).'' Adèle revealed in Paulette Grisoni's podcast "La leçon" that the couple was already separated before the separation of the group. She also reveals a hard breakup, including her break with the family of her ex-boyfriend and ex-partner Matthieu Reynaud. Adèle revealed the reason for the breakup on

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, but deleted the videos some days after.

Addiction

At the end of 2019, Adèle developed an addiction to painkillers that lasted until early 2023, when she quit all drugs (including alcohol). During her time in addiction she would take 10 or more pills a day.

References

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