âVyelâ is the musical nom de plume of Vincent LĂ©vĂȘque, a Paris-based singer, musician and producer. His name comes from the English phonetic pronunciation of his initials. Born and raised in ChĂąlons-en-Champagne, France, Vincent began playing French horn as a child, and learned guitar whilst playing in various bands during high school and college.
He started to post his first covers and remixes of well-known songs on SoundCloud & YouTube in 2011. Five years later, his cover of Coldplayâs hit âHymn for the Weekendâ featuring Sophia Omarji got more than 900,000 streams on Spotify and 50,000 views on YouTube. As a result of the trackâs success, BOXINBOX & LIONSIZE, two DJs from Los Angeles & Barcelona then remixed the cover in a 4-minute trap-electro style production.
Vyel is currently working on his first original songs - Heâs still posting covers on YouTube, waiting for their release date very soon.