Yoann Lemoine#Singles

Yoann Lemoine was born in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, near Lyon,{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/actu-musique/pop/album/20130318-woodkid-golden-age%20 |title=Woodkid fait feu de tout bois |publisher=Rfimusique.com |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=10 August 2014}} to a mother of Polish-Jewish origin, and a father working in advertising. {{Cite news |date=2020-10-03 |title=Woodkid signe avec « S16 » un retour en majesté |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2020/10/03/woodkid-signe-avec-s16-un-retour-en-majeste_6054676_4500055.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |language=fr}} He studied illustration and animation at the Émile Cohl school, where he completed his diploma with honors. He then left for the UK to follow a silk screen printing process course at Swindon College. In 2004, Yoann moved to Paris. After a brief experience at H5, he joined Luc Besson's crew and worked on the project Arthur and the Invisibles for a year. In 2006, Yoann directed a series of roughs for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.{{cite web|url=http://web.mac.com/theblackfrog/Dynamografika/YOANNmain.html |access-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404125450/http://web.mac.com/theblackfrog/Dynamografika/YOANNmain.html|title=YOANNmain |archive-date=4 April 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gratefulgrapefruit.com/2012/01/27/woodkid-live-in-paris-video/ |title=WOODKID live in Paris [video] | Grateful Grapefruit |date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Gratefulgrapefruit.com |access-date=29 March 2013}}

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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.{{cite web |url=http://magazines.airfrance.com/en/air-france-madame/165-february-2015/#194 |title=Le Ukulélé de Woodkid |access-date=18 February 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/vogue-video-lab/2011/04/iron|title=Work with Agyness Deyn|date=8 June 2011|publisher=Vogue|access-date=8 June 2011|archive-date=18 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818000525/http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/vogue-video-lab/2011/04/iron|url-status=dead}} The song was featured in trailers for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations{{cite web |title=Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Official E3 Trailer | date=July 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsbMK9Odoc |access-date= |publisher=www.youtube.com}} 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"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJCGyPUh87E |title=Woodkid – Teenage Dream |publisher=YouTube |access-date=10 August 2014}} (whose official video he directed). On 15 October 2011, he sang on stage with Lana Del Rey in New York City.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0lhldoc40 Woodkid and Lana Del Rey performing "Iron" in NYC (Highline Ballroom) on October 15, 2011]. YouTube (15 October 2011). Retrieved on 22 January 2012.{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/lana-del-rey-signs-with-interscope/|title=Lana Del Rey signs with Interscope|date=28 October 2011|access-date=6 November 2011}} He co-created the video for her song "Born to Die".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bag1gUxuU0g Lana Del Rey – Born To Die]. YouTube (14 December 2011). Retrieved on 22 January 2012. He performed at the London Jazz Festival on 15 November 2012.{{cite web |url=http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/woodkid-69374 |title=Woodkid |access-date=24 January 2013 |archive-date=26 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226033212/http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/woodkid-69374 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.strictlysocial.com/2012/woodkid-score-dior-homme-winter-fashion-show|title=Woodkid For Dior|access-date=23 February 2012|archive-date=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528201154/http://www.strictlysocial.com/2012/woodkid-score-dior-homme-winter-fashion-show/|url-status=dead}}

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On 15 December 2012, Lemoine announced he was beginning recording of his debut album, to be named The Golden Age.[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150428467684849&id=57436954848 The Golden Age :...]. Facebook. Retrieved on 22 January 2012. 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{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyN2CgGDA0 |title=WOODKID – The Golden Age – March 18, 2013 |publisher=YouTube |date=14 December 2012 |access-date=29 March 2013}} and released the album's corresponding track listing one week later on 21 December on his official Facebook page.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151211751644849&set=a.254160644848.142754.57436954848&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash3%2F154730_10151211751644849_1950697166_n.png&size=254%2C308 |title=Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |access-date=29 March 2013}}

"Run Boy Run" was directed by Lemoine himself{{cite web|title=Woodkid Run Boy Run|date=16 December 2012 |url=http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2012/woodkid-run-boy-run/ |publisher=theinspirationroom.com| access-date=28 January 2013}} and was used in several O₂ and Science Channel adverts (those voiced by Sean Bean).{{cite web|title=Woodkid – Run Boy Run (Official HD Video)|url=http://ticklemyears.com/#Woodkid-Run-Boy-Run|access-date=24 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Science Channel Commercial|url=http://www.commercialtunage.com/commercials/science-channel-question-everything-2/|publisher=Commercial Tunage|access-date=26 November 2013}} It was also used in the teaser trailers for the BBC's series Musketeers, in January 2014.{{cite web|first=Christine |last=Duong |url=http://popinsomniacs.com/2013/12/26/trailer-the-musketeers-comes-to-bbc-one-jan-2014/|title=Trailer: "The Musketeers" Comes to BBC One on Jan. 2014|date=26 December 2013|publisher=popinsomniacs.com|access-date=3 April 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{{Cite web|url=http://www.1883magazine.com/events/events/woodkid|title=Woodkid at Brixton Academy|last=Merry|first=Elspeth|website=1883 Magazine|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030505/http://www.1883magazine.com/events/events/woodkid|url-status=dead}} in November 2013,{{Cite web|url=http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/54460/woodkid-with-the-bbc-concert-orchestra-benjamin-cl-tickets|title=Woodkid at Brixton Academy|access-date=23 February 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053934/http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/54460/woodkid-with-the-bbc-concert-orchestra-benjamin-cl-tickets|url-status=dead}} and was invited by the Montreux Jazz Festival to perform for the second time with the Sinfonietta de Lausanne at the Stravinsky Auditorium.{{cite web|title=Woodkid at Montreux Jazz Festival|url=http://www.montreuxjazzlive.com/woodkid-w-sinfonietta-de-lausanne-i-love-you-video}} The Golden Age tour performances were marked by a well-coordinated light show and visual projections that included imagery from his music videos.{{cite web|last1=Bedian|first1=Knar|title=Woodkid|url=http://soundofboston.com/woodkid-10-16-13-the-royale/|website=Sound of Boston|date=20 October 2013}} The song is also used in the Umbrella Academy, in connection to Number 5, and the episode was also called Run Boy Run.

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.operatheatredesaintetienne.fr/otse/saison-13-14/spectacles//type/table-ronde/s-278/|title=Table Ronde en présence de Philip Glass et Woodkid|access-date=19 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203043522/http://www.operatheatredesaintetienne.fr/otse/saison-13-14/spectacles//type/table-ronde/s-278/|url-status=dead}} In February 2014, Woodkid received the award for best stage performer at the French equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Les Victoires de la Musique.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france.tv/france-2/les-victoires-de-la-musique-varietes/|title=Les Victoires de la Musique|website=www.france.tv}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.24hoursofhappy.com/|title=Pharrell Williams - Happy|first=Iconoclast|last=Interactive|website=Pharrell Williams - Happy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/11/27/pharrell-williams-happy-we-are-la-yoann-lemoine|title=Pharrell Williams 'Happy' by We Are From LA & Yoann Lemoine|date=27 November 2013|publisher=promonews.tv|access-date=8 March 2014}} 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsYrpNHQ6hg|title=John Legend - Who Do We Think We Are (Official Video) ft. Rick Ross|date=6 May 2013 |via=www.youtube.com}} and "Made to Love", directed by Daniel Sannwald.{{Cite web|url=https://elise.tech/en/home/|title=ELISE – Enhance Your Brand With UGC|website=ELISE}}

In April 2014, Woodkid performed at Coachella.{{Cite web|url=https://revolt.tv/news/coachella-weekend-2-delivers-the-goods-on-day-1/|title=Coachella Weekend 2 on Revolt.tv|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309164726/https://revolt.tv/news/coachella-weekend-2-delivers-the-goods-on-day-1|url-status=dead}} On 26 June 2014, Woodkid opened the Montreal International Jazz Festival with a free outdoor concert to an audience of 100,000+.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Jazz+fest+City+swoons+Woodkid+sound/9979075/story.html|title=Jazz fest: City swoons to Woodkid's sound|access-date=27 January 2019|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813114322/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Jazz+fest+City+swoons+Woodkid+sound/9979075/story.html|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/y-etait-asap-ferg-woodkid-flume-109642-19-04-2014/|title=On y était: ASAP Ferg, Woodkid, Flume à Coachella - Les Inrocks|first=Coralie|last=Garandeau}} 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 acoustic set. He was accompanied by the Sinfonietta de Lausanne orchestra and a choir of children from the Montreux Choral Festival. Among his friends who also performed at this event were Son Lux, The Shoes, Ed Droste, Thomas Bloch, and actress Elle Fanning singing for the first time live on a stage.{{cite web|title = Woodkid and Friends at Montreux Jazz Festival|url = http://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en/artist/woodkid-and-friends|access-date = 16 July 2016|archive-date = 22 June 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160622044746/http://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en/artist/woodkid-and-friends|url-status = dead}} On 16 September 2016, Woodkid promoted Mykki Blanco's debut album on his Facebook page. He is featured on the single "High School Never Ends" and helped produce the album. In March 2017, the second episode of 13 Reasons Why aired, featuring "Run Boy Run". In February 2019, the second episode of The Umbrella Academy aired, which also featured "Run Boy Run" and used the song as the episode's namesake. In May 2022, the fifth episode of The Pentaverate aired, which also featured "Run Boy Run".

On 7 May 2019, Woodkid released the EP Woodkid For Nicolas Ghesquière – Louis Vuitton Works One, featuring Jennifer Connelly and Moses Sumney. On 12 December 2019, Woodkid announced the production of a new album set to release in 2020. On 24 April 2020, Woodkid released "Goliath", the first single from his upcoming album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tEfYvY3bAg|title=Goliath Music Video|website=YouTube|date=24 April 2020 }} He released on 16 October 2020 his next album "S16".{{cite web |url=https://www.nastylittleman.com/2020/09/02/woodkid-s16-new-album-available-for-pre-order-now/ |title=Woodkid: S16 new album available for pre-order now |access-date=2 February 2020}}

In 2021, Woodkid teamed up with Paris 2024 to compose a new song called "Prologue", this song was featured in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the 2020 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony and was released on digital platforms on 8 August of that year. On 30 November 2021, Woodkid made a post threatening legal action concerning the use of his music in propaganda from a group supporting politician Éric Zemmour. The post quickly gained popularity, gathering over 48,000 likes in just 7 hours.{{Cite tweet |number=1465692571091435526 |user=Woodkid |title=[picture] Communiqué – Génération Zemmour, groupe de soutien à la candidature de Monsieur Eric Zemmour aux prochaines élections présidentielles a publié une vidéo de propagande utilisant, de manière totalement illicite, ma musique et j'entends donc clairement engager des poursuites dans ce cadre. |author=Yoann Lemoine |author-link=Yoann Lemoine |date=2021-11-30 |access-date=2022-02-08 |language=fr |trans-title=Press release - Génération Zemmour, a group supporting the candidacy of Mr. Eric Zemmour in the upcoming presidential elections, has published a propaganda video using my music in a totally illicit manner, and I therefore clearly intend to take legal action in this context.}}

On 27 October 2021, Woodkid announced on Twitter{{cite tweet |user=Woodkid |number=1453395439491981325 |title=Very proud to be part of League of Legend's upcoming show Arcane on @netflix with a brand new song called «Guns For Hire » |date=27 October 2021}} that he had made an original song for the Riot Games series Arcane. The song in question, "Guns For Hire", was featured in the sixth episode of the series released in November 2021. Woodkid returned to compose for Arcane for its second season on 9 November 2024, writing another original song featured in the third episode, called "To Ashes and Blood".{{Cite web |date=9 November 2024 |title=Woodkid - "To Ashes and Blood" (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Visualizer] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-jmBi0aK8&ab_channel=RiotGamesMusic |via=YouTube}}

In 2022, Woodkid collaborated with French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer on her twelfth album, "L'Emprise", producing more than half of the album. He also provided the artwork for the album.

On 9 March 2025, Woodkid's role as the co-composer of Hideo Kojima's 2025 video game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, alongside Ludvig Forssell, was revealed, with his original song "To the Wilder" being featured in the game's trailer.{{Cite web |last=Shutler |first=Ali |date=2025-03-10 |title=Woodkid releases ‘Death Stranding 2’ anthem ‘To The Wilder’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/woodkid-death-stranding-2-trailer-to-the-wilder-3845011 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} He announced his album for Death Stranding 2 in collaboration with Hideo Kojima on 8 June 2025, and it released on 13 June 2025 with sixteen tracks including eleven original songs, featuring actress Elle Fanning and composer Bryce Dessner.{{Citation |title=WOODKID FOR DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH by Woodkid on Apple Music |date=2025-06-13 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/woodkid-for-death-stranding-2-on-the-beach/1818147007 |access-date=2025-06-09 |language=en-US}} The music he composed for the game is procedural, and adapts to the player's actions.{{Cite web |last=Pallav |first=Rishi |date=2025-06-09 |title=How does procedural music work in Death Stranding 2? |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/how-procedural-music-work-death-stranding-2 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}

In June 2010, he received 5 Lions for his AIDS Awareness campaign Graffiti at the Cannes Lions Advertising festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.yoannlemoine.com/?page_id=13|title=Official Website Awards|date=8 June 2011|access-date=8 June 2011}}

Lemoine's films are produced by Iconoclast.{{Cite web|url=https://iconoclast.tv/us|title=ICONOCLAST U.S.|website=iconoclast.tv}}

In 2012, Lemoine received the award for Best Director of the Year at the MVPA Awards in Los Angeles{{Cite web|url=https://www.videostatic.com/vs/2012/06/2012-mvpa-award-winners.html|title=2012 MVPA Award WINNERS|website=VideoStatic|date=2 June 2012 }} and was nominated for 6 MTV Video Music awards for his videos for Lana Del Rey, Drake, and Rihanna.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1690825/2012-video-music-awards-nominees/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715231132/http://www.mtv.com/news/1690825/2012-video-music-awards-nominees/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2014|title=2012 MTV Video Music Awards: The Nominations Are In!|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|website=MTV News}}

Lemoine is openly gay.{{cite news |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/paris-is-burning-woodkid |title=Paris Is Burning — Woodkid |author=Miguel Cullen |work=Clash |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=27 January 2022 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/woodkid-les-bosquets/ |title=Woodkid is on point |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=27 September 2016 |author=Gerry Visco }}{{Cite news |url=https://tetu.com/2017/05/12/woodkid-se-livre-comme-jamais-virilite-identite-homosexualite/ |title=Woodkid se livre comme jamais : virilité, identité, homosexualité |trans-title=Woodkid opens up like never before: masculinity, identity, homosexuality |author=Jérémy Patinier |work=Têtu |date=12 May 2017 |access-date=27 January 2022 }}

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