Tess

Tess Océane Joffroy (born 1994) is a Réunionese singer-songwriter. After posting song covers on Facebook and YouTube, she was discovered by Lilly Wood and the Prick's manager and producer. He signed Tess to record label Choke Industry and she later signed another record deal with Polydor Records. Her first extended play (EP), Tess, peaked at number 145 on the French singles chart. It was supported by the single "Love Gun", which reached number 131 on the same record chart.

Life and career Tess Océane Joffroy was born in 1994 in Saint-Denis, Réunion. Her mother is Réunionese and her father is French. She took dance classes when she was 4 and she practiced guitar when she was 14 for 3 years. At 15, Tess began writing songs. She started uploading song covers on Facebook for her friends and later on YouTube. While she was holidaying in Paris in 2014, he invited her to a music studio in the city where they both began working on her first extended play (EP), Tess. She also signed a record deal with Polydor Records.

Tess released her first single "Endlessly" in 2015. She briefly performed as Tess Zucchini after releasing it and she was an opening act for Israeli-French singer Tal at Stade Jean-Ivoula. Tess studied physical therapy in Saint-Pierre, Réunion and obtained her degree in 2016. She worked as a physical therapist for only one month in Réunion and after she relocated to France, she chose to "put [her degree] aside" so she could "devote [herself] to music". Tess was digitally released on 20 January 2016 by Choke Industry, although it was re-released on the same date in 2017 by Polydor. She sang at the opening of shopping center Cap Sacré-Cœur in November 2018. Her first album, Scars and the Moon, was released on 21 December 2019 by Choke Industry. Her musical influences are Lorde and The Weeknd.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums Title Album details Scars and the Moon Release date: 20 December 2019 Label: Choke Industry Formats: Digital download, streaming 11:11 Release date: 11 November 2022 Label: Independent Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions Tess Release date: 20 January 2016 Label: Choke Industry, Polydor Formats: Digital download, streaming 145 Origin Release date: 7 May 2021 Label: Choke Industry Formats: Digital download, streaming — "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album FRA (solo or featuring A. Chal) 2015 — Tess /Scars and the Moon "Love Gun" 2016 131 "Hard to Forget" 2017 — "Dark but Beautiful" 2018 — "The Lake" 2019 — Scars and the Moon "Poison" — "It's You" 2022 — "Time Stops" — 11:11 "Ynyb" — "Not Human" — "Royaume (The Silent Princess)" — "Kali" — "My Tender Love" — "New Moon" 2023 — "Comme un soleil" — "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.