Olivia Merilahti

Olivia Merilahti is a Finnish-French singer and composer, best known for being the frontwoman of the musical duo The Dø. Her work has been compared to that of Björk, whom she cites as a major influence. Merilahti was born to a French father and a Finnish mother. She primarily uses English in music, which she learned at an early age.Finnish is my intimate language; I speak Finnish with my mum and I've been living in France for most of my life, so it's been my secret language. So these different languages play different roles in my life, and English has always been the musical one. Having studied music in Paris and Helsinki, Merilahti gravitated to rock music, then jazz and electronic music. In 2004, during the writing of music from the movie Empire of the Wolves, she met Dan Levy, with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø.

The duo released 3 albums between 2008 and 2014, toured the world and got awarded best rock album at Les Victoires de la Musique in 2015. They were several times quoted by Billie Eilish as her favourite band.

In 2018 Olivia got her first role in a movie alongside Mathieu Kassovitz, "Sparring" by Samuel Jouy. She composed the original score.

She released her first LP under the name Prudence, "Beginnings" in 2021, collaborating with various producers such as Xavier de Rosnay from Justice.

Between 2022 and 2025, Olivia collaborated with many artists such as Kavinsky, Etienne de Crecy or French 79. She also worked as a producer for many French acts such as Louane and Yoa.

Olivia is currently producing her solo album under her own name.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Beginnings Released: 28 May 2021 Label: RCA, Sony Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming

Extended plays Title Details Be Water Released: 4 November 2020 Label: Sony Format: Digital download, streaming The Submarine Files Released: 12 November 2021 Label: RCA, Sony Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist Title Year Album "Never With U" 2020 Be Water "Passionfruit" (Drake cover) "Offenses" Be Water "Freed from Desire" (Gala cover) 2021 "Good Friends" Beginnings "Here & Now" "Your Power" (Billie Eilish cover) The Submarine Files "La Nuit N'en Finit Plus" (Petula Clark cover)

As featured artist Title Year Album "The Thrill I Need" 2022 Moonpark "Zenith" Reborn "Feels Like Home" 2023 "Memories" PrimaDonna vol. 2 "You always say" 2025 Teenagers

Filmography Year Title Notes 2005 Empire of the Wolves Co-composed with Luca De' Medici, Grégory Fougères, Dan Levy, Pascal Morel, and Samuel Narboni The Passenger Co-composed with Dan Levy Wild Camp Co-composed with Dan Levy, Nicolas Baby, and Philippe Neil 2017 Sparring Also portrays Marion Landry 2023 Aspergirl 10 episodes