Hoshi

Mathilde Gerner (; born 14 September 1996), better known by her stage mononym Hoshi, is a French singer-songwriter.

Biography

Early life

Mathilde Gerner was born on 14 September 1996 in Versailles and grew up in the commune Montigny-le-Bretonneux of the communauté d'agglomération Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. She started playing the piano at the age of 6 and the guitar at the age of 15, to this four-person group. The band occasionally put up municipal performances in Montigny-le-Bretonneux. The group played "Lou", their first recorded piece of music. Around the same time, in December 2011, Gerner alone competed in and won the "Jeunes Talents, c’est maintenant!" competition, organized by the city. During this competition, she was noticed by Marc Isacco, who was in charge of a musical section in Montigny. Through Isacco, she was able to meet established artists and perform in larger venues. TransyStory separated at the end of 2012 and Gerner continued her solo career.

Being passionate about Japanese culture, she chose Hoshi Hideko as her stage name, later shortened to simply Hoshi (星), which means "star" in Japanese. In 2014, she participated in the show Rising Star on the channel M6, but her cover of "Mistral gagnant" did not qualify her. She returned to singing in the streets, She also performed solo for small concerts.

Gaining recognition

On 3 March 2017, she released her first single, "Comment je vais faire". The song and its music video achieved some success.

On 5 October 2018, she sang a duet in Ycare's song "À qui la faute".

In 2020, she was nominated in the Victoires de la musique in the category "Stage Révélation of the Year".

Personal life

Gerner appeared with Gia Martinelli in November 2018 on the red carpet at the NRJ Music Awards when she was nominated for the category of Francophone Breakthrough of the Year (Révélation francophone de l'année). In December the same year, she said she was the victim of a "forced coming out" due to the publication of an article in Paris Match that wrote about her homosexuality based on comments she denies ever making.

Suffering from hearing loss since childhood, she learned during her first tour that she suffers from Ménière's disease. She mentioned it in an interview in February 2020 and spoke about it publicly in April 2021 on the set of the program C à vous.

Influences Gerner's varied influences include Jacques Brel, Catherine Ringer, Patti Smith, Izïa Higelin,