It takes a brave singer to try and do Adele, but 13-year-old French
singer Marina Kaye showed she had more than enough soul in her to
make “Rolling in the Deep” her own. The schoolgirl is a strikingly
expressive and powerful singer who had the audience at France’s Got
Incredible Talent on their feet by the time she hit the famous chorus.
Marina’s take on the Adele hit blew the judges away as well as music
Marina comfortably lends her own flavour to the song, and you can
really see the passion in her eyes as she sings it, making for an eyecatching performance.
Unsurprisingly for such an enormous talent, Marina went on to win the
sixth series of France’s Got Incredible Talent, as well as forging an
original music career. The young singer, who was born on 9 February
1998 in Marseille, France, originally began her music career at age 10
by posting vocal covers on her YouTube channel.
Marina is quite the Adele fan, as later on France’s Got Incredible Talent,
she sang the English popstar’s song “Set Fire to the Rain”, as well as
Katy Perry’s “Firework”. You can see Marina perform “Set Fire to the
Rain” in the video below, where she again brings her distinctive style to
the number one hit song.
After Marina won the competition she, rather sadly, decided to exit the
music industry due to bullying at her school. She later changed her
mind after a meeting with Norwegian producer Jan Erik Frogg and she
resumed singing and turned it into a full-time career. Frogg discovered
the teen on YouTube from her cover of Demi Lovato’s “Skyscraper”,
and the pair have continued working together to this day
At age 15 Marina left school and moved to London, England to work on
her music. Her first release as an original artist was the Homeless EP,
which featured her debut single of the same name, which she co-wrote.
The four-track EP, which showcased a pop and rock style, topped the
charts in France and Belgium. It even became the fifth-highest charting
release of the year in her homeland.
The young singer followed this up with three studio albums. Marina’s
success on the French charts continued with these, with her debut
studio album Fearless going x3 Platinum in France and the follow-up
Explicit going Gold. Her third studio album Twisted reached the French
top 50 and yielded the single “The Whole 9”, which peaked at #15 on
the French charts.
Fearless remains her most popular album, as it again featured
“Homeless” and other fan favourite tracks such as “Freeze You Out”
and “Dancing With the Devil”. “Freeze You Out” is notable for having
been written for Marina by Australian superstar Sia along with English
songwriter Chris Braide. If you would like to see more from Marina
