Amandine du 38

Amandine du 38, or Miss Amanda, is a French amateur singer from Villefontaine whose rap videos went viral in January 2009.[1] Her videos were ridiculed and she faced harassment, which led her to drop out of school. In March 2010, she tried to release a crowdfunded album under the name Miss Sing.

Career

In December 2008 at age 18, Miss Amanda uploaded a rap video online called École au Sénégal (School in Senegal), about poverty in Senegal. She wanted to get tips on how to improve her rapping.[2] The video was noticed by the radio show le 6/9 from NRJ, which mocked her amateur rapping. The video went viral in January 2009. Those who mocked Miss Amanda gave her the nickname "Amandine du 38". She became a victim of harassment (teasing, insults, death threats, suicide rumors) both on the internet and in person.[3] [4] Many videos were published online mocking her, urged by French radio stations such as NRJ, Ado FM or the regional radio RMG 38.[5] Although her school and her parents advised her to stop sharing videos, especially since her sister and brother were also being harassed at school, she kept on uploading new songs as well as videos responding to her harassers.[2] A few months later, fed up with being asked to rap between classes, she finally gave up making videos for a few months and dropped out of school.[2][6]

Attempt to release an album

In March 2010, Miss Amanda came back with new songs under the name Miss Sing. She tried to release an album in the crowdfunding record label MyMajorCompany, but failed to reach the required amount.[7] She was still being harassed online and many of her online accounts were hacked.[2][8] She resumed her studies in October 2014.[1]

Legacy

In 2010, Miss Amanda stated that she didn't really know if she regretted publishing her first video.[2]

Amandine du 38 was mentioned in 2021 as an example of ridiculous rap[9][10] and quick virtual notoriety despite lacking any musical talent.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b François-Luc Doyez (22 December 2014). "Amandine du 38: cinq minutes pour faire une vidéo, cinq ans pour s'en remettre". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e Guichet, Apolline (October 2011). "Qui sont les stars de YouTube?". Phosphore (364). Bayard Presse: 52.
  3. ^ "Le faux suicide d'Amandine : quand les forums dérapent". La Voix du Nord. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  4. ^ "Suicide d'Amandine du 38: Un gros fake". Le Post. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  5. ^ "Amandine du 38". LCI est @ vous. 10 February 2009. LCI.
  6. ^ "Amandine du 38". 66 minutes. 17 June 2009. M6.
  7. ^ "La rappeuse Amandine du 38 revient: qui veut produire son album?". Le Post. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  8. ^ Emilie Cuisinier (19 August 2010). "Internet, ou comment se faire une mauvaise réputation à vie ?". France Soir. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  9. ^ Olivier Cachin (14 February 2013). "Il compare Booba à Amandine du 38 : Cardet, l'effroyable pamphlet d'un repenti du rap". Le Nouvel Observateur. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  10. ^ "Internet | Mais que fait "Amandine du 38" dans le Top 10 français de Twitter?". Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  11. ^ Cardet, Mathias (February 2013). L'effroyable imposture du rap [The Frightening Fraud of rap] (in French). Blanche. p. 168. ISBN 978-2846283236.
  12. ^ Yerim Sar (21 January 2014). "La carte de France des pires rappeurs amateurs, d'Amandine du 38 à Damien du 64". Premiere. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
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