Petite Meller

Syvan Meller (סיון מלר) known professionally as Petite Meller (פטיט מלר), is a French-Israeli singer, songwriter and model based in Los Angeles.

Meller began her career in Israel, performing as a vocalist in the Israeli electroclash band Terry Poison from 2003 to 2011.

After leaving the band, Meller moved to Brooklyn, New York to seek out her own sound in 2012.

Speaking of her departure from Terry Poison, Meller said that the decision to leave left her "liberated" and filled with "feminine power."

During her time with Terry Poison, the band released a self-titled debut album, with Meller assisting with writing and composing as well as performing vocals throughout the album.

In 2014, Meller moved to London after meeting her manager.

In 2015, Meller signed a record deal with Island Records UK and Island Records US, plus a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music US.

Her 2015 single "Baby Love" peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart.

Meller performed at Reading and Leeds and Latitude Festival in 2015.

Her debut album, Lil Empire, was released on 9 September 2016.

Meller's work is heavily influenced by philosophy, cinema, visual fashion artistry, Graceland by Paul Simon and her grandmother.

Meller was born in Paris, France, and relocated to Tel Aviv when she was 11.

Meller's mother is French, her father is Polish and she has one sister.

Growing up, she split her time between Israel and Paris, where she would stay with her grandmother.

Meller grew up listening to jazz and African artists such as Fela Kuti.

The first time she performed onstage was at a summer vacation Club Med contest in the south of France where she came second and won a pink milkshake.

When Meller was young she would write songs and record them on a tape deck.

At age seven, Meller and a boy she had a crush on, recorded a song together in a restroom to capture the sound of the water.

Her debut album, Lil Empire, was released on 9 September 2016.

Meller was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for The Best Push Artist of 2017.

In 2020, with the release of "Dying Out of Love", Mellor stepped into a new genre of music she called "Ork Pop" (orchestral pop).

Her upcoming album will include a song written for her by Diane Warren and will include music from the Moscow Royal Orchestra.

A style icon, Meller and has sat front row at fashion shows such as Chanel, Armani, and Miu Miu.

Top tier photographers that have worked with Meller include Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, Valerie Phillips, and Jean-Baptiste Mondino, for publications including Vogue US, Interview, Time, V, The Guardian, i-D, Vice, Paper, Evening Standard, NME, Vanity Fair, W, Flaunt, Wonderland and DAZED.

Meller was the face for 2020 ELLE Mexico and has featured on the cover of magazines such as French Fries, Vein, S, Irk, ELLE Belgium and Harpers Bazaar Vietnam.

In publications Meller is portrayed as a French singer, even though she herself defines herself as a citizen of the world.

She has stated that her music is "not very connected to reality", and she describes her music as "nouveau jazzy pop".

Meller is known to use her philosophy studies as inspiration woven into her songs and videos as well as cinematic homages.

When speaking to Paper Magazine about her artistic mission, Meller referenced Stephen Hawking's theory and said there's "a multiplicity of realities at the same time. In my videos I create my small realities, because I believe we have to take all the desires and the fantasies and expose them. To bring the unconscious life to reality: that's what I like".

Image is a big part of Meller's persona and uses her ear as a compass that leads to her aesthetic.

When listening to recordings of her songs, she stated that she has clear visions of where to go to shoot the video, the colours and the story.

Meller is regularly seen with pink cheeks, blonde pigtails, bonnets, leotards and whimsical clothing in a childlike lolita look.

Meller spoke about her style by saying, "I dress a bit like a clown sometimes, like an absurd character, because I feel that life is very absurd and there’s nothing to do but dance the pain away. That’s what my shows are about. They’re a celebration." During a family vacation, Meller suffered severe sunburn on her face and body.

As a result of this, Meller wears pink blush on her cheeks as a symbolic reminder of the past trauma she faced.

She cites psycho-analysts Freud and Lacan as the inspiration behind this decision.

When asked by Flavour Magazine if it's important to Meller that there is a deep message to her songs she responded; "Not really, I’d like people to have fun listening to my music. I’ve always preferred the taste of chocolate milk to the deepness of a sour coffee with no sugar. For me, just watching school kids dancing out of control to Baby Love in the school yard is everything."

Video clips for her music are much of Meller's expression as an artist.

Meller works almost exclusively with director and architect Asaf Tennessee Mann and Mexican director, Napoleon Habeica to encapsulate her unique aesthetic style.

Before filming a video, Meller arrives at least a week in advance to scout for local characters to cast and include in her destiny premise.

Each of her videos are usually bright in colour and include similar visual tie-ins of people gathering in a line and dancing around her.