Haylen

Haylen is a modern-day Pin-up. Perched on her heels in all circumstances, nothing can hinder her dreams and desires.

Born to an Iranian artist father who fled his country during the Islamic revolution of 1979, she is inspired by this rage to better sing about freedom. “You have to fight or you'll never get the chance to choose,” she proclaims with conviction.
It was in the subway, squats, underground scenes and through jam sessions that she built a solid reputation as a rhythm guitarist and asserted herself as a talented singer with a smooth, deep and powerful voice. During one of these jams, she crossed paths with Simon Truxillo and Andrew Mazingue who allowed her to record her first songs and thus realize her ambitions. Then one day, “his punk diva” Amy Winehouse enters the scene, who introduces him to the soul of soul, jazz, the entire vintage and glamorous world of the 50's/60's and its icons who still inspire him today. Today: Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Wanda Jackson, Betty Davis, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley…

Drawing on her various experiences and accompanied by her musicians, Haylen then went on tour to London and throughout France for nearly 300 dates (concerts and festivals including “Les Femmes s’en mingl” at the Machine du Moulin Rouge in 2013 or the floating stages festival in Agde)

She landed the leading female role in the rock opera “Le Rouge et le Noir”, co-written by Zazie and produced by Albert Cohen. She takes up this new challenge by expressing, every evening for 4 months, her talent as a singer but also as an actress on the stage of the legendary Palace. A unique experience that takes him to China in 2019, for a tour of 52 performances through the most beautiful theaters.

In 2018 and completely independently, Haylen released an EP “Out of Line” with trip-hop and blues sounds. Hailed by critics, this EP led him to perform on numerous stages including the American Tours Festival and the Vintage Legend Festival before sharing it with various renowned international artists such as Nico Duportal, Ray Collins' Hot-Club , Sugar Ray Ford, Aisha Khan, Gizzelle,…

She also performed, invited by Matthieu Chedid in person, to share the stage with Keziah Jones at the Villa Schweppes as a trio during the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.

Then everything came together, Haylen joined the Jean Paul Gautier “Fashion Freak Show” troupe for a world tour, became a revue leader for the famous cabaret Le Crazy Horse, the first French muse of the famous American speaker brand Klipsch and artist supported by Gibson France. In spring 2022, she even hits the road for a tour of 16 Zéniths across France with the “Dire Straits Experience” (Gérard Drouot Production). She opens for Post Modern Jukebox and Chris Isaak, who even invites her to join him on stage at the Olympia and for Robert Cray Band at La Cigale in spring 2023.

In the summer of 2023, she participated in the Mississippi Blues Trail Challenge at the Cahors Blues Festival and won two prizes including the Grand Jury Prize. She will perform on the big stage during the next edition.

Her first album “Blue Wine” is made up of 13 tracks, two of which are in French and one by Darrel Higham (composer of Imelda May's hits, for which she opens on April 21 at La Traverse in Cléon). Imagined with the codes of the 50s/60s and sometimes 70s, she goes so far as to record her pieces with period microphones. It's a captivating journey through time between his blues, soul and rock & roll aspirations. The lyrics are directly inspired by his life and experiences, speaking of love, society and the thirst for freedom. Haylen's fair, powerful and embodied voice is also enhanced by arrangements of strings and brass that are both explosive and delicate.