Stromae

Stromae is one of the rare artists who can make you dance and weep in the same three minutes. Beneath the irresistible electro-hip-hop pulse of tracks like Papaoutai and Alors on danse sit genuinely heavy themes, absent fathers, identity, loneliness, smuggled in so gracefully you barely notice the wound until it lands. What I admire most is his integrity: he stepped away when his health demanded it, then returned without compromise. Singer, rapper, producer, fashion designer, every facet runs on the same honest core. He doesn't chase the easy hit; he builds something that means something, and it shows.

Name (English)

Stromae

Name (Japanese)

ストロマエ

Reading

すとろまえ

Born

March 12, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Etterbeek, Belgium

Occupation

singer / rapper / record producer / songwriter / fashion designer

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Grand prix de la francophonie
• 2014 Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year
• 2014 Knight of the National Order of the Golden Paper Cone
• 2023 Victory of the album
• 2014 Victory of the album of chansons, variety
• 2024 Commander of the Order of the Crown
• 2023 Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year
• 2011 Victory for the electronic, groove, dance music album

• Official sitehttps://www.stromae.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/stromae/
• Xhttps://x.com/Stromae
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromae
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313453

Tags

• singer
• rapper
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.