Pomme
Who Is Pomme? France’s Most Poetic Singer-Songwriter
Pomme is the stage name of Claire Isabelle Geo Pommet, a French singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress born on August 2, 1996, in Décines-Charpieu near Lyon. She has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary French music, blending folk intimacy, chanson poetry, and orchestral ambition in a way that has earned her two Victoires de la Musique by age 25.
Her music is intimate and literary. She writes about love, loss, gender identity, ecology, and the interior life with a precision and emotional honesty that has won her a devoted following across France and internationally. She identifies as queer and is an engaged voice for LGBTQI+ rights and environmental causes, integrating these positions into her public persona without making them the totality of her artistic identity.
After ten years with Universal Music France, Pomme became fully independent in 2025, operating under her own label Sois Sage Musique. This move, rare for an artist at her level, reflects her long-standing commitment to artistic autonomy. She continues to release music, tour internationally, and work in cinema simultaneously.
Growing Up Musical: Lyon, Self-Teaching and YouTube
Claire Pommet grew up in Caluire-et-Cuire, a commune in the greater Lyon metropolitan area. Encouraged by music-loving parents, she began solfège at age six and joined La Cigale de Lyon, a children’s and youth choir, at seven. She later studied the violoncello and taught herself guitar, autoharp, and piano — the self-teaching approach that gives her music its tactile, handmade quality.
In high school, she self-produced her first CD and began performing in Lyon bars. After obtaining her baccalauréat, she traveled to Canada, recorded her first songs, then moved to Paris to study English. She abandoned the English program to pursue music full time. Her early YouTube videos, homemade and intimate, built her initial following and attracted industry attention.
Her first professional release was the four-track EP En cavale in 2016, which earned her an opening slot for Benjamin Biolay — a significant early endorsement from one of French chanson’s most important figures. The following year, her debut album À peu près (2017) arrived, mixing pop and folk and establishing her signature confessional aesthetic.
Two Victoires and a Generation’s Voice
The breakthrough came with her second album Les Failles (2019), co-produced by Albin de la Simone. Described by Pomme as an album of “absolute truth and humility,” it was written while processing a breakup. The album’s singles “Je sais pas danser” and “Anxiété” resonated widely, and in February 2020, Les Failles won the Victoire de la Musique for Album Révélation.
In February 2021, Pomme won the Victoire de la Musique for Artiste Féminine de l’année — the most prestigious individual award in French music. Two Victoires by age 24, with two albums, confirmed her position as one of the most significant French artists of her generation.
Her third album Consolation (August 2022), produced with Flavien Berger and partly recorded during a retreat in Québec, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Victoires 2023. The Consolation tour ran for 150 dates, ending in September 2024 — a touring scale that few French artists achieve.
Her fourth album Saisons (March 22, 2024) represented her most ambitious project: a conceptual orchestral album structured around the months of the year, co-written with Aaron Dessner of The National, with orchestral arrangements by Malvina Meinier and production by Flavien Berger. The album bridges folk, French classical music, and modern indie pop in a way that drew comparisons to her most admired international peers.
Stromae, Arcane and “Ma Meilleure Ennemie”
On November 23, 2024, Pomme collaborated with Belgian superstar Stromae on “Ma meilleure ennemie”, released as part of the soundtrack to Season 2 of Arcane, the Netflix animated series set in the League of Legends universe. The song was written by both artists alongside Alexander Seaver (Mako) and Stromae’s brother Luc Van Haver.
The collaboration marked Stromae’s first music release after a two-year hiatus from the public following the cancellation of his Multitude Tour. The pairing of two of the most distinctive voices in Francophone music — Stromae’s Belgian electro-chanson and Pomme’s French folk intimacy — for a global Netflix property brought both artists to an entirely new international audience.
In April 2025, an extended version of the Arcane soundtrack was released, including a new version of “Ma meilleure ennemie” featuring Coldplay and Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna. The original Pomme and Stromae version has accumulated tens of millions of streams globally.
In May 2025, Pomme also released “La Nuit,” written and composed for the film La Venue de l’avenir by Cédric Klapisch, in which she also acts. In July 2025, she performed at the Nuits de Fourvière in Lyon in “Le Petit Cirque,” a live show conceived with artists Marie and Yann Bourgeois, based on her Saisons album.
Pomme: Official Videos
