Charlotte Adigéry, also known as WWWater, is a Belgian musician.

Early life and education

Adigéry was born in France and grew up in Ghent, Belgium. Her mother was Jewish, born in France. She is of Martinican and Guadeloupian descent. Her family background is Nigerian-Jewish Yoruban via the Martinique slave trade. Adigéry attended college in

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, where she studied music.

Career

In 2016, Adigéry contributed vocals to "The Best Thing" a song on the 2016 ''

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'' film soundtrack that was scored by David and Stephen Dewaele, aka Soulwax or

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. In 2017, Adigéry released a self-titled four-song EP on

DEEWEE Deewee, stylized as DEEWEE is a record label founded in 2015 by David and Stephen Dewaele of the band Soulwax. The label operates from a building in Ghent (Belgium) that the Dewaele brothers nickname ''DEEWEE 001'', referring to it as the first ...

. The record features Adigéry singing in English, French and Créole. It was written and produced with and by Bolis Pupul and mixed by the Dewaele brothers. In 2019, Adigéry released an EP called ''Zandoli'' that was written and produced by Bolis Pupul and co-produced plus mixed by Stephen and David Dewaele from Soulwax and was released on the record label DEEWEE. She sings in Creole on the first track called "Paténipat". The song was featured in the trailer for the John Malkovich 2020

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TV series, '' The New Pope''. As part of the promotion of ''Zandoli'', Adigéry did a Take Away Show which was shot at the Pete the Monkey Festival in July 2019 by La Blogothèque. In 2019, Adigéry released a limited to 300 edition cassette single called ''Yin Yang Self-Meditation'' on DEEWEE made with frequent collaborator Bolis Pupul and the Dewaele brothers. Adigéry uses stream of consciousness to explore racism, writing music, and what it means to be an artist. Adigéry also records under the moniker WWWater, a project which is more raw and punk. Adigéry has toured with

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Honors

* 2019: The NME 100: Essential new artists for 2019 * 2019: Focus Knack, Human of the Year * 2019: Music Industry Awards: Breakthrough, Alternative and Artwork (nominee) * 2020: Music Moves Europe Talent Awards, (nominee)

Discography

WWWater

* 2017: ''La Falaise'' EP (self-released)

Charlotte Adigéry

* 2017: ''Charlotte Adigéry'' EP (DEEWEE) * 2019: ''Zandoli'' EP (DEEWEE) * 2019: ''Yin Yang Self-Meditation'' limited edition cassette (DEEWEE) * 2022: ''

Topical Dancer ''Topical Dancer'' is a studio album by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul and co-written and co-produced by Soulwax. Released on 4 March 2022 under the label Deewee, ''Topical Dancer'' is Adigéry and Pupul's debut album as a duo. Background ...

'' with Bolis Pupul (DEEWEE)

Collaborations

* 2016: ''

'' film soundtrack, "The Best Thing" by Soulwax – vocals

References

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