This Parisian star gets straight to the heart of the matter, and matters of the heart. Clarika has been releasing smart, sassy pop since the mid '90s, striking a delicate balance between folky chansons (embellished with the requisite accordions and strings) and modern, offbeat, discotheque-ready indie. Over the years, she's developed a reputation as one of France's most candid songwriters, through equally wry and wrenching observations about relationships and gender dynamics. Clarika hit new extremes in unflinching intimacy with 2016's De quoi faire battre mon coeur, a bold, brash response to her breakup with her longtime creative and romantic partner, Jean-Jacques Nyssen.