Hyphen Hyphen
Hyphen Hyphen is a French electropop band from Nice. The four-member band has released three albums — "Times" (2015), "Times & Lives" (2016) and "HH" (2018) — two EPs and a number of singles. History. The band was formed at the Conservatory of Nice, when all four members were studying Plastic Arts. Santa and Adam are childhood friends, and met the other two band members in high school. They chose the term Hyphen from Ancient Greek ("hyph' hén"), an elision of ("hypó hén"), "in one" (literally "under one"). They self-released their two EPs, titled "Chewbacca I'm Your Mother  (March 2011) and Wild Union" (May 2012). The first elements from their current visual identity began showing with these projects, including tribal signs. They would later use the term "Wild Union" to describe the bond they formed both within the band and with their ever-growing audience. Since 2010, the four musicians have taken part in many national and regional music contests. They notably won the Prix du Jury of Les Inrocks Lab in 2011, the Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs d'Europe et de Méditerranée in 2011 and made it to the 2012 Printemps de Bourges finals. Hyphen Hyphen also won  FAIR 2013, détours ADAMI 2013 and Best Live 2013 with the two French bands Skip the Use and C2C. After many performances in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Hyphen Hyphen started performing all over France including high-profile festivals such as Solidays in 2012 and 2013, Rock en Seine in 2012 or Eurockéennes de Belfort in 2013. In 2014, they started working on their debut album "Times", with all tracks written, composed, arranged and produced by the four members. The album was released in France in September 2015. On 12 February 2016, they won the Award for "Revelation Scene  (Best New Live act) at Victoires de la Musique, the French Music Awards. They released their second album HH" in May 2018 and went on tour for over one and a half-year. They performed more than 150 shows all around France, Belgium and Switzerland. On 22 March 2019, they released internationally the single Lonely Baby (feat Kiiara). On 10 September 2019, they announced their first international tour in North America. Six shows are announced for the end of the year in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto, and Brooklyn. Members. The four-member band is composed of: Santa is  of both French and American descent and the daughter of a singer. She trained with Guy Roche, vocal coach of singers including Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera.