Bio

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Short bio:

LiLi Roquelin is a New York City-based Award winning Indie-Pop singer-songwriter-producer who has accumulated numerous noteworthy accomplishments including honor and awards, music releases and music videos, radio airplay, over 80 press and interviews features, special live performances ( the American National Anthem before 5,000 people at CITI FIELD stadium; opening for Bruce Sudano – producer for Michael Jackson, and wife Donna Summer), vocal contributions (soundtrack album with Quincy Jones, Julian Lennon) and several TV, Film and advertising song placements. She has over 1 million+ views on her official channel and her songs were on the official first entry list for consideration at the GRAMMY Awards. Most notably, her single “Childfree” has become the anthem for women who choose to live their life without having children and is featured in The New York Times.

Press-release for song CHILDFREE (*as featured in The New York Times)

Press-release for Album “BE INSPIRED” 

Story

“I will go to the United States and have a music career there”, LiLi told her friends as she was just 14. Growing up on la Côte d’azur, she started pursuing music in Middle School: from writing lyrics, recording vocals to programming, and performing live with numerous bands. Once in the US, she released “A Taste of Departure” as the lead singer/writer of an American pop-rock band. She then quickly proved her professionalism in Cleveland – “home of Rock’n’roll” – during the recording of the Alt-rock album “Neverending Sundown” with band Hate Dies Hard at Bill Korecky’s Mars Studio (home for bands from Universal Records, Victory), who then recommended her to producer Sean Bilovecky (Disengage). She co-wrote with him her song “I Saw You”.
Pushing herself to living music to the fullest, she moved to New York City and started writing her own projects, while performing live on the piano. The songs she composed and produced on her crowdfunded first solo EP were mixed by three-time Grammy award winning Marc Urselli and were accompanied by the music video for “I Saw You”. Her second solo release LP “Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?” and her music video “Should you get mad”, directed by Arnaud Muller/RNO Pictures (U2), received film festivals and media attention.
She is aware there is strength in vulnerability, and with that knowledge she shares her introspection and growth as an individual as well as a musician on her Album “Beautiful Sun”.
Three award-winning Music Videos have accompanied the Album (“Thank You”, “The Only One”, and the Animation “Like a Feather”), and an acoustic version of “Thank You”.
She explored collaborations with a Hip-Hop Remix of “Bliss of My Soul” with Bronx rap artist R.e.a.P, a pop-rock Song “Smile”, and a pop-electro track “Abolitionistas” for the non-profit organization Freedom Ladder.
Her original Holiday song “Don’t You Know it’s Christmas” (Oct. 2017) is a fresh upbeat acoustic little tune with a cute story featuring acoustic guitars and ukulele which support the sweet melodies of her smooth mezzo-soprano vocals. The bright tone in the composition was a great transition into her LP “BE INSPIRED” (released December 6, 2018).
In 2019, She participated alongside of JULIAN LENNON to a spoken word track “Voices of the People” on the soundtrack album of the inspiring movie “One Little Finger”. The soundtrack features QUINCY JONES (80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award) and was co-produced by her Recording Academy pal Kevin Mackie (Grammy-winning and twice Grammy Nominated Producer.)
On 28 February 2020, before the world’s public health crisis and New York City lockdown, she shot with her team the music video “Feel Good” which was then edited remotely and officially released on 5 May 2020. The goal with the upbeat and colorful music video featuring live-action and animation is to uplift people’s spirits. She also released simultaneously “Be Inspired: Deluxe Edition” to all download and streaming platforms. She put out as well deluxe editions for “Beautiful Sun” with a new album cover art, her “2008 EP” with a new “dreamy-acoustic” version of “Blues Alone” as bonus track, and a remastered version of her LP “Will You Hate…”. In September 2021, she released “CHILDFREE”, an anthem for women who chose to live a life without having children. It features 55 happy childfree by choice women on the cover art. She was interviewed and featured along with the song in The New York Times on November 21 2021.  Since its release, she received media attention with many podcasts interviews and press across the world including Australia and Indonesia, a feature in a comic book, and a panelist seat at the 2022 Childfree Convention. In 2023, she released a Short Documentary describing the Songwriting process for “Childfree”.

Notable Stats:

1 Million+ views on Official Youtube
Music on TV, Film, Advertising and Dance
8,000 real followers on Twitter/X
8,000 real followers on Instagram
(Reached 240,000 views @ the old Myspace)
In The Deli Magazine Top NYC Artists Charts since 2010
+ See Venues played, Opening Act and appearances highlights

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