Cœur de pirate

What I admire most about Cœur de pirate is the quiet defiance of singing in French inside a North American market that rewards English. Born Béatrice Martin in Outremont, Quebec, she chose her mother tongue and turned la chanson française into something young Quebecois could call their own. The pirate's-heart moniker fits: there's a romantic stubbornness to building a career on your own terms. Pianist, songwriter, actor, lyricist, she refuses a single lane. To me she's less a pop star than a cultural custodian, proof that staying rooted can be its own form of rebellion, and a far more interesting one than chasing trends.

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Name (English)

Cœur de pirate

Name (Japanese)

クール・ドゥ・ピラート

Reading

くーる・どぅ・ぴらーと

Born

September 22, 1989 (age 36)

Origin

Outremont, Quebec, Canada

Occupation

singer / pianist / actor / singer-songwriter / lyricist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Victoire de la chanson originale de l'année

• Official sitehttps://www.coeurdepirate.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/beatricepirate/
• Xhttps://x.com/beatricepirate
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C5%93ur%20de%20pirate
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289614

Tags

• Quebec
• singer
• pianist
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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