page_title: Yoann Lemoine
section_title: As Woodkid
hierarchical_section_title: Yoann Lemoine / Life and career / As Woodkid
caption_attribution_description: English: Woodkid and Philip Glass after their conference about New York Minimalism at the Opera de Saint Etienne in 2014
context_page_description: Yoann Lemoine, known professionally as Woodkid, is a French music video director, graphic designer and singer-songwriter. His most notable works include his music video direction for Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", Taylor Swift's "Back to December", Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die" and Harry Styles's "Sign of the Times".
  Lemoine is also a neofolk musician. On 28 March 2011, he released his first EP Iron EP. On 18 March 2013, he released his first album titled The Golden Age, which is an autobiographical record.
context_section_description: His first musical project is about the transition from childhood to adulthood and his countryside background. The songs can be described as 'organic' and wooden. The project is about a kid, who starts organic and later turns himself into marble.
  One explanation as to why Lemoine became a musician is that guitarist Richie Havens gave him a ukulele during a video shoot he was directing.
  Woodkid released the Iron EP on 28 March 2011. For the music video for the single "Iron" (composed by Yoann Lemoine), he collaborated with English model Agyness Deyn. The song was featured in trailers for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations and the film Hitchcock, as well as the TV series Teen Wolf.
  On 6 October 2011, during a live performance in Brussels, he performed a cover of the Katy Perry song "Teenage Dream" (whose official video he directed).
  On 15 October 2011 he sang on stage with Lana Del Rey in New York City. He co-created the video for her song "Born to Die".
  He performed at the London Jazz Festival on 15 November 2012.
  The French couture brand Dior Homme's fall-winter 2013 collection, "A Soldier on My Own", was inspired by Woodkid's "Iron", and is named after a phrase in the lyrics. The song was used as the soundtrack of the show.
  On 15 December 2012 Lemoine announced he was beginning recording of his debut album, to be named The Golden Age. It was released on 18 March 2013 through independent label, Green United Music. Lemoine released the official album cover through a video he created himself on 14 December 2012 and released the album's corresponding track listing one week later on 21 December on his official Facebook page.
  "Run Boy Run" was directed by Lemoine himself and was used in several O₂ and Science Channel adverts (those voiced by Sean Bean). It was also used in the teaser trailers for the BBC's series Musketeers, in January 2014.
  The music video for "Run Boy Run" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The song was also used in the trailer for the game Dying Light.
  "Run Boy Run" and "I Love You" were featured on the soundtrack of the 2014 film Divergent.
  During his Golden Age tour, Woodkid performed at the London Brixton Academy with the BBC Concert Orchestra in November 2013, and was invited by the Montreux Jazz Festival to perform for the second time with the Sinfonietta de Lausanne at the Stravinsky Auditorium. The Golden Age tour performances were marked by a well-coordinated light show and visual projections that included imagery from his music videos.
  In January 2014, Lemoine / Woodkid was invited to give a performance and talk about the New York minimalist movement with Philip Glass by the Opéra and Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Étienne.
  In February 2014, Woodkid received the award for best stage performer at the French equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Les Victoires de la Musique.
  In 2014, Woodkid / Lemoine worked as creative director for Pharrell Williams' 24 Hours of Happy music video concept, seen more than 600 million times on YouTube.
  He also served as creative director of the video campaign for John Legend's album Love in the Future, produced by Kanye West, including videos for "Who Do We Think We Are", directed by Paul Gore and "Made to Love", directed by Daniel Sannwald.
  In April 2014, Woodkid performed at Coachella.
  On 26 June 2014 Woodkid opened the Montreal International Jazz Festival with a free outdoor concert to an audience of 100,000+.
  In July 2014, Ubisoft released its second cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed Unity, where "The Golden Age" was played.
  In August 2014, Woodkid performed at the FM4 Frequency Festival in Austria.
  In December 2014, Woodkid performed at Wonderfruit in Thailand.
  He also directed Pharrell Williams's Coachella show, featuring Jay Z, Gwen Stefani, Usher, Pusha T, Busta Rhymes, and Puff Daddy.
  The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps featured "Run Boy Run" as part of their 2015 repertoire, entitled "Game On".
  On 15 July 2016 Woodkid performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival at a special "Woodkid and Friends" evening with a nearly all ac
caption: Woodkid and Philip Glass after their conference about New York Minimalism at the Opera de Saint Etienne in 2014
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