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A hybrid Pop concoction

MPLI's (Maé Pour Les Intimes) signature style resides in her soulful voice and a melting pot of inspirations such as pop, French chanson, folk and hip-hop. MPLI loves harmonizing and she is definitely fond of French language. When writing songs, she finds enjoyment in manipulating words and melodies. As a singer-songwriter, MPLI's music touches on personal matters that surround relationships, whether they are romantic ones, friendships or even professional relationships. "Hybrid pop" rightly describes the atmosphere that prevails in her eclectic work.

Biography

MPLI, whose real name is Maéva Fiston, is a singer-songwriter and performer and she grew up in the Belgian province of Hainaut. She is of Belgian, Rwandan and Guadeloupean descent and has been immersed in music since her early childhood. At age 6, she began learning music theory and she learned to play the transverse flute. At the same time, she took modern dance lessons and she quickly realized her penchant for performing on stage, on which she remained for ten years.

MPLI has always found refuge in writing as a way to exorcize her pains through words. As a teenager, she tried her hand at the guitar to accompany her vocals and musicalize her own lyrics.

In 2016, MPLI finally quit hiding and endeavored to participate in The Voice Belgium’s fifth season. She was first part of Quentin Mosimann's team until she got stolen by the Cats on Trees who supported her till reaching the quarterfinal. This adventure unexpectedly paved the way for her debut in television, as she became a year later the official face of OUFtivi, the youth channel of Belgian broadcaster RTBF.

In the next two years, a turning point was reached in MPLI's life as she worked tirelessly to simultaneously deal with her job as a TV host, study her master's degree and carry on with her musical activities. Among her many hats, she is also backing vocalist for Belgian artist LeoFiftyFive at his concerts until 2019.

The year 2021 is pivotal for the young artist, with the release of two self-produced EPs. The first project, entitled "Acoustiquement Vôtre", was a first invitation to discover MPLI's cosy bubble in the form of 4 guitar-voice capsules on her Youtube channel in an intimate atmosphere.A few months later, she released "Intimement Vôtre", a second 4-track EP in which she continued to tell her stories on pop-sounding instrus.

It was also during this year that she refined her live performances, thanks in particular to her participation in the following springboards: Du F dans le texte, Parcours Francofaune and Soundtrack voor artiesten. She was also chosen to give a streaming concert at the Foyer Culturel in Montigny-le-Tilleul, and collaborated on several occasions with Erratum Fashion designer Siré Kabba, performing for the brand at the Golden Afro Artistic Awards 202 and the Afropolitan Festival at Bozar in 2022. In the same year, she was programmed at Motown Concerts via the "Les Extras de Court-Circuit" program and was selected for the ProPulse 2022 festival at the Théâtre National W-B. Last but not least, she is part of the program for the "In the streets/VIBE festival" during the summer. Since then, MPLI has been working behind the scenes on the creation of her debut album, an opus in which she is asserting herself and growing musically.