FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024
Swiss artist Lakna has proven her ease and stage talent through the mastodons of the music scene such as the MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL. Her latest eponymous single Tsunami has more than 236,000 streams; which led her to a signing with Marie-Agnès Ama Opoku, project manager at Warner Music France. Her art is composed of sensitive lyrics and rhythmic melodies with rnb/afro/pop/soul atmospheres. Daughter of a Burkinabe Griot and a Geneva actress, Lakna has always been immersed in a great musical culture. Naturally, she has been singing since she was six years old. She grew up between two opposing worlds since her brother and sister live in Burkina Faso. In Switzerland, Lakna builds herself in all these ambivalences. During covid-19, Lakna was spotted by “Mon Lausanne production”, the Lausanne label which is on the rise. He pushes her to work on her musical identity and refine her art. In a period of uncertainty, Lakna composes her second project, “Univers Observable”. This EP is released on November 24, 2021. It is very well received by critics and qualifies Lakna as "one of the new revelations of the Swiss scene". Lakna makes her second TV appearance during the Swiss national news 12:45 (RTS). The sound “Gimme” is playlisted on several radios, couleur3, SRF3, RadioFR, RougeFM, RTR, ... She tours all summer despite the health crisis conditions. She and her musicians play more than fifteen dates including Estivale Open Air, Etusound, Le Ned, Les Docks, La Spirale, Les Créatives Festival, Le bee-flat im Progr etc... In December, Couleur3 X Nayuno invites her for one of their "Soul Session". In 2022, Lakna tours with her EP "Univers Observable". But her musical creation does not stop. She releases "LA LA LAND" at the end of May 2022. A hit that reaches the biggest radio stations such as: SRF virus, RTE tre, la 1ere, Couleur3... The course of the year 2022 is enriched by a featuring with the Zurich artist Mercee as well as by the opening of the prestigious MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL. On July 28, 2022, she is the guest of the 8 p.m. news on TV5monde which names her "rising star of Swiss R'n'B". At the end of 2022, Lakna returns with the eponymous single to the project "TSUNAMI". A single which, as its name suggests, overturns everything in its path. The sound has more than 236,000 streams and is included in the Belgian Hot 100 for October 2022. In November, Lakna was among the artists selected for "SWISS LIVE TALENT", a competition that nominates the greatest Swiss stage talents of the year. Good news never comes alone: Lakna and her entire team find their video "La La Land" in the running for "BEST SWISS VIDEO CLIP" at the Solothurn days and at M4MUSIC. Her latest project, Tsunami, was released on March 24, 2023 and was welcomed with open arms by the French press and her audience. She was spotted by Marie-Agnès Ama Opoku, project manager at Warner. They began their management contract in April 2023. The new EP (UTC-0) released in February 2024 brought the curiosity of the French media as well as a Swiss base. Lakna has been featured on MOUV', Tarmac Belgique, and numerous other media outlets. She has made her first magazine cover (Femina), and her concert dates in Paris have begun.