An acclaimed actress and multi-lingual electro-pop musician, Nadia Essadiqi… Read Full Bio ↴An acclaimed actress and multi-lingual electro-pop musician, Nadia Essadiqi releases her music under the stage name La Bronze. She was born to a Moroccan-Canadian family on October 30, 1985, in Montreal, Quebec. An appearance in the French-Canadian TV show Trauma helped spark her acting career during the early 2010s, and she launched her music career shortly thereafter with a self-titled debut album. The eponymous La Bronze was released in September 2014 and earned her an award for "Emerging Artist of the Year" at the Alternative Independent Music Gala of Quebec (GAMIQ) in 2015. That same year, she recorded a cover of Stromae's chart-topping European hit "Formidable," choosing to sing the song is Maghrebi Arabic rather than her native French. La Bronze's version of "Formidable" behind a viral hit and greatly expanded her international audience. She released an EP, Roi de Nous, in 2016, winning the award for "Best Electro EP" at the Alternative Independent Music Gala of Quebec later that year. The EP was followed by the full-length album Les corps infinis in 2017. A second EP, La chute de sparte, was released in 2018, and La Bronze collaborated with Ben Mazué on his album Les Femmes idéales that same year. She released various standalone singles during the following years before gathering many of those hits on her 2022 record Vis-moi. One year later, her 2014 debut album was certified gold in Canada.