WAMEN + 1ère partie

Wamen takes her name from her grandmother: in 2016, she inherited her first name and chose to carry her memory on stage.

Franco-Cameroonian, she grew up in Cameroon until the age of 16 and draws from this dual culture a rich musical identity, nourished by Henri Dikongué, Jacques Brel, Lady Ponce, Édith Piaf, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone.

A lover of words, she trained in literature, theatre and artistic production, before the need to set her lyrics to music asserted itself naturally. Wamen tells stories of often broken love, mirrors of a generation and its wounds, with direct and poetic writing.

With Discipline, which has become a true anthem, she asserts her strength and identity by denouncing a sexism that is today normalised.

Her project RE (17 August 2025) marks the end of a cycle and opens the way to a deep sense of peace, carried by an artist of great sincerity and supported by a loyal and committed community. On 2 October she released her first album, Vie d'Adulte.

The album explores the doubts of an entire generation, the fear of not being enough, of not doing as well as the generation before and of passing on generational traumas to the one that follows. This pursuit of success, by the way, what does it mean to succeed?

It is the testimony of a young adult who is searching for herself, who repairs, who loses. Song after song, we grow up with her. Everyone can find themselves in her lines, because in the end, we are all a little alike.

Having sold out La Maroquinerie in just a few hours, Wamen will perform on 9 December at La Cigale, also sold out, and the before embarking on a tour across France.