Jadu (full name ''Jadula Laciny'', name at birth ''Jadula Freydank'') is a German singer, musician and songwriter living in

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Biography

Jadu was born in August 26th, 1988 in

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and grew up in

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. She moved to

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

in 2007 and in 2013 she met Marten Laciny, better known as the rapper

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(and his alter ego Marsimoto), who she married in 2015. Jadu is a singer, drummer and guitarist. In 2013 she toured with the rapper Chefket as his guitarist, playing e.g. at the Splash Festival. In 2017 she wrote the title track of

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's album ''Laune der Natur'', together with her husband and with Campino, singer in Die Toten Hosen. In 2019 she released the album ''Nachricht vom Feind'' which was noticed for its strong symbolism. She describes her musical style as " Military Dream Pop" and media compares her to

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due to the symbolism. The debut album contains musical elements from pop as well as from

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and

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. The German lyrics are provocative and full of military language and

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references. The theme of her songs is the deep and dark aspects of love. For example, one of her songs describes the relationship between

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and

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. In 2020 she was the support act on Lindemann's European tour.

Discography

Albums * 2019: ''Nachricht vom Feind'' (Album, Deserteur/ Groove Attack) *2022 "''Modus Operandi'' Singles * 2017: ''Treibjagd'' ( Staatsakt / Caroline /

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) * 2018: ''Uniform'' (Deserteur) * 2019: ''Todesstreifen'' (Deserteur) * 2019: ''Friedliche Armee'' (feat. Nessi; Deserteur) * 2019: ''Der Feind/Frühling in Schwerin/Die Erlösung'' (Jadu & das Metropolis Orchester Berlin) (Deserteur) * 2020: ''Auf drei'' * 2021: ''Der goldene Schluss'' * 2021 ''Stockholm'' Guest artist/Songwriter * 2015: ''Illegalize It'' and ''Usain Bolt'' (guitar) on ''Ring der Nebelungen'' by Marsimoto * 2017: ''El Presidente'' (lyrics) and ''Blue Marlin'' (backing vocals) on ''Roswell'' by

* 2017: ''Laune der Natur'' (songwriter) on ''Laune der Natur'' by

Gallery

image:Jadu - Rock am Ring 2019-2182.jpg, Jadu at

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2019

External links

Official web page
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadu Musicians from Berlin German women musicians German women singers 1988 births Living people