Biography
Jacqueline Faraoui (born June 26,1991), who performs under the stage name LYONE, is a singer, songwriter and musician from Kiev, Ukraine. Before LYONE adopted her stage name she was in a band and released her first single “Flesh” in early 2008. After this she got involved in jazz and blues music as well as did a course on Electronic Music Production. Since the course LYONE has been producing her own music as well as recording. In 2015 she released an album under the name Jackie Faraoui with her first solo EP “Escape”, but later was let go. She has began her career by releasing her first single under the stage name LYONE in 2016 called “Peace & Lovin”. The song quickly gained popularity through a contest where she was nominated in the top 3 list. The song was aired on various radio stations in France, Greece, UK and Belgium. She then continued to release a singles “We Found Each Other”, “Divinity” and “Calling My Name”. After graduating with an Audio Engineering Degree in May 2017, LYONE released her first solo debut Album called “Middle Class Dreamers”. The album was produced, performed and recorded by LYONE. It is an electro pop / ambient fusion with deep lyrics that anyone can relate to. The name of the album was inspired by her mother who used to work very hard to provide the best possible life for her. She was a single mother who made the decision to move to a different country to find the “better life”.
LYONE has spent most of her life in Athens, Greece until May 2017, when she permanently moved to Paris, France. Her most recent work (“War”) is sounding a little more electronic than previous works. The song was produced mainly on Ableton Live and the sounds used were created by herself from scratch.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.