EMMY D'ARC

Forget the polished pop girls. Emmy d’Arc is of a different caliber. While her peers were still playing with dolls, she sang the Emmy de Playstation-game Singstar to pieces and claimed her first guitar. The mission was already clear then: get on stage. Not to please, but to overpower. What followed was a fifteen-year crusade along more than 450 stages. From sweaty concert clubs to the hallowed ground of Pukkelpop, Gent Jazz, and Rock Werchter. She won hearts in the opening acts of greats like Sting, John Cale, and Amy MacDonald. Whoever sees Wie Emmy live, doesn't see an act; you see a young veteran without a shred of stage fright, an artist who only really breathes when the lights go on. Raw, Intimate, Unstoppable. With her debut album Braving Fears under her arm, Emmy d’Arc is ready to play the international card. Her sound? A hybrid of intimate singer-songwriter pop and glowing power rock that begs for an arena. Armed with a guitar, a piano, a loop station, and a voice that can soothe like a plaster and hit like a sledgehammer, she creates a wall of sound on her own that many a full band is jealous of. Emmy strikes a chord that remains hidden with most artists. She breaks down the facade, throws away the masks, and connects. No bullshit, just the pure necessity to make music. Emmy d’Arc is no longer a promise. She is a fait accompli. And she is coming to win.