Olivia Merilahti
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Olivia Bouyssou[1] (born 25 February 1982),[2] known professionally as Olivia Merilahti and Prudence, is a Finnish-French singer and composer, best known for being the frontwoman of the musical duo The Dø. Her work has been compared to that of Björk, whom she cites as a major influence.[3] Merilahti was born to a French father and a Finnish mother.[4] She primarily uses English in music, which she learned at an early age.
Finnish is my intimate language; I speak Finnish with my mum and I've been living in France for most of my life, so it's been my secret language. My secret weapon somehow. So these different languages play different roles in my life, and English has always been the musical one.[5]
Having studied classical music in Helsinki, Merilahti gravitated to rock music, then jazz and electronic music. In 2004, during the writing of music from the movie Empire of the Wolves, she met Dan Levy, with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø. In 2020, she released a solo project under the name Prudence.[6]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Beginnings |
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Be Water |
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| The Submarine Files |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Never With U" | 2020 | Be Water |
| "Passionfruit" (Drake cover) | non-album single | |
| "Offenses" | Be Water | |
| "Freed from Desire" (Gala cover) | 2021 | non-album single |
| "Good Friends" | Beginnings | |
| "Here & Now" | ||
| "Your Power" (Billie Eilish cover) | The Submarine Files | |
| "La Nuit N'en Finit Plus" (Petula Clark cover) | non-album single |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
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2022 | Moonpark |
| "Zenith" (Kavinsky featuring Prudence and Morgan Phalen)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reborn | |
| "Feels Like Home" (Newem featuring Prudence)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2023 | non-album single |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Empire of the Wolves | Co-composed with Luca De' Medici, Grégory Fougères, Dan Levy, Pascal Morel, and Samuel Narboni |
| The Passenger | Co-composed with Dan Levy | |
| Wild Camp | Co-composed with Dan Levy, Nicolas Baby, and Philippe Neil | |
| 2017 | Sparring | Also portrays Marion Landry |
| 2023 | Aspergirl | 10 episodes |
References
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- Living people
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- French film score composers
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- French people of Finnish descent
- Musicians from Paris
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- 21st-century French women composers
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