Hello, dear readers! With this page, we would like to express our admiration of the French song singer, writer, and actress, Olivia Ruiz. If you have been mesmerized by her class, poetry, and performance, here is the place to share and express all your impressions and experiences. Meanwhile, we expect with great patience the launch of her sixth album in 2020.
The Roots of Upbringing
The young chanteuse is born in a small village, Carcassonne, on 1st of January of the new year – the 1980s. Her family heritage line could be traced back to Spain. She shares in an interview that she and her brother were obsessed with their family history who escaped the Franconian regime. Signing has always been a part of her family as she claims that her grandparents and parents often used to sing in the café they owned. Her father was a member of a band group who was launched on TV. The singer states that touring is what she liked the most about her father’s career. She remembers how a large bus came in front of the bar and his friends were inside. She enjoyed the adventure of it.
Inspiration
Olivia is an ardent lover of her hometown place. Even though she lived in Paris for 16 years, the creativity in her musical career originates from the local region of Aude. During her childhood, she often changed locations. The singer lived in the small village of Marseillette, town Narbonne, and following her studies in Montpellier. The South of France is the area where she feels most happy about living. Her dream is to have a house with a garden when she grows veggies, and her son can run. Songs related to her hometown – the village of Marseillette
- ‘J’traîne des Pieds’ (La Femme Chocolat, 2005) is the title of a song that depicts the memories of her childhood family-owned tobacco bar where she used to spend time.
- ‘La fille de vent’ (La Femme Chocolat, 2005) is a song inspired by the fierce winds that go around the small village of Marseillette where she grew up.
The Meaning of Her Last Name
Ruiz is the last name of her grandma. She kept the name as her designation since the singer believes that her family is one who willingly goes all the way for their ideas. She chose the name as a tribute to their suffering due to the uprooting in Spain. Olivia also had a powerful connection with her grandma. Spanish songs in her art:
- ‘Le tango du qui’ (J’aime pas l’amour, 2003)
- ‘Malaguena’ (J’aime pas l’amour, 2003)
- ‘Quijote’ (La Femme chocolat, 2005)
- ‘La Molinera’ (La Femme chocolat, 2005)
- ‘Quedate’ (Miss Météores, 2009)
- ‘Volver’ (Le Calme et la Tempête, 2012)
- ‘La Llorona’ (Le Calme et la Tempête, 2012)
- ‘Calella’ (Le Calme et la Tempête, 2012)
- ‘Nino mi niño’ (À nos corps-aimants, 2016)
- ‘Duerme negrito’ (À nos corps-aimants, 2016)
She discloses that she is passionate about psychogenealogy, or in other words, discovering all the branches of her family and identifying the individual traumas that she carries unknowingly. The singer wishes to free herself from it. Anne Ancelin Schützenberger is the woman who helps her journey of self-awareness and also an important person in her life. Therefore, two of her songs are devoted to the 90-years old lady – ‘L’Ombre du Vent’ and ‘Dans ma Chambre de Dame’. Although she confirms that Anne likes the songs, her life is nothing like the songs describe.
The Best Concert of Her Life
The best concert she ever had was in Carcassonne in 2013. It was a very emotional moment for her. She sang at the summer festival. A lot of memories appeared into her mind and she could not remember crying that much at a concert. In her teenage years, she took part every summer in the medieval show of the city. It was the place where she made her first steps on stage as a dancer and actress. Apart from performing, she enjoys gambling online. Rather tech-savvy, she knows where to find all the best Klarna casinos, and enjoys the thrill of the game.
Mission of a Feminist
Olivia confirms that she supports feminism as long as both men and women get equal pay. But she does not recognise herself as a watchdog. The French artist wishes that there are prospect for those actresses who wish to perform in the world they live in.
Most Notable Bibliography: Albums and Songs
Currently five albums are on the market. The very first one issued in 2003 while the last one was published in 2016. Her career started after the final of the Star Academy show where producers noticed her refinement and potential to evolve. Even though she did not win the competition, her success came when she signed with Universal and Juliette, who trusted her talent. Her first album seduces the public with brilliance and rhymes. The singer also becomes a winner of the Best Newcomer on Stage at the Victoires de la Musique 2005.
La Femme Chocolat, 2005
2005 is the year of publication of the successful second album. The copies of the ‘Femme Chocolat’ are sold over 1m times for a year. In this record, she collaborates with Christophe Mali (from Tryo), Juliette, Mathias Malzieu, the singer of Dionysos and Christian Olivier from Les Têtes Raides. In 2007, she won two Victoires de la Musique awards as the Best Female Artist and the Best Show of the Year.
Miss Météores, 2009
The third album was also a fruitful release, granting the author Victoire de la musique as a female artist and video of the year for ‘Elle panique’.
Le calme et la tempête, 2012
The fourth album, ‘Le calme et la tempête’, was finally released on December 2012. In 2013, she won for the 3rd time a Crystal Globe for the category Female Artist Performer.
À nos corps-aimants, 2016
Two months later, after the third win of the Crystal Globe, Olivia announces her plans for the fifth album, À nos corps-aimants. The official release of the album is followed by touring in more than 100 cities. She made a few appearances at concerts but withdrew from the social media life to focus on other projects. She is planning a sixth album in 2020.
Career of an Actress
In October 2013, in Grenoble, Olivia Ruiz – combining dance, theatre, and song – played Candelas, the Gypsy of Sorcerer Love, a pantomime ballet that Manuel de Falla wrote in 1915.
Additionally, she released the ‘Un jour mon père viendra’ (Someday my dad will come) comedy which tells the story of her family. The bride, Olivia, hires an actor to pose as her father at her wedding but everything changes when her birth father arrives.