Born and raised in Ajaccio, Corsica, Alizée's first public appearance was her winning performance in the talent show Graines de star[3] in 1999.

", "Gourmandises", "Mademoiselle Juliette", her cover version of "La Isla Bonita", "Parler Tout Bas", "Les collines (Never Leave You)" and "À cause de l'automne".

[5] After a three years hiatus, Alizée released her third studio album, Psychédélices, in 2007, which achieved some success in Latin America and Eastern Europe, performing in these regions through 2009 at the same name tour.

She collaborated for her fourth album, Une enfant du siècle, with independent Parisian scene, including Para One and Adán Jodorowsky, released in 2010, and performed in concerts through France and Eastern Europe.

She released her fifth studio album 5 in 2013, passing through a divorce process and musical maturity on back to basics 60's influences, earning praise for her artistic evolution.

Alizée therefore joined the singing category instead, performing the song "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez and "Ma Prière" (a single released by Axelle Red in 1997).

The associated music video portrayed Alizée as an impoverished rustic teen visiting a dance club in the city with her little sister, pursued by a young man who had lent them the bus fare to get there, but whose romantic interest in her she never returned.

The video of the "sexily alliterative"[4] song (compare its title to "Lola", a variant on "Lolita") shows a miraculously acrobatic (even airborne) Alizée frolicking amidst popping bubbles in front of a pink backdrop, erotically singing about her cautious search for a true love.

Meanwhile, a compilation of the live album was re-released in early 2007 in Mexico by Universal Music as a CD+DVD release,[15] following the featuring of the songs on local radio stations.

[17] After a three-year hiatus, a time spent out of the media spotlight, Alizée returned in December 2007 with a new album, Psychédélices, the first one to be made without the creative supervision of her former mentor Mylène Farmer.

[22] It includes collaborations with Bertrand Burgalat, Daniel Darc, Oxmo Puccino, Jérémy Chatelain,[23] Michel-Yves Kochmann, and Jean Fauque.

The lyric of "Fifty-Sixty" tells, in personal and metaphorical manner, of a young model under the guidance of Andy Warhol, possibly inspired by real-life story of Edie Sedgwick.

[39] Sony BMG Mexico also released a statement saying it was not Alizée's fault, that it was the store who had problems with the security, and that they did not expect so many people in attendance; fences had been broken and children were in danger.

Over 300 CDs were signed and the record label executives of Sony BMG Mexico presented a Gold certification for shipments over 50,000 copies of Psychédélices – Mexican Tour Edition.

It received mixed-to-positive reviews by critics, praising her radical change from her teen pop roots, but also criticising her perceived lack of interest in the project, and the uncatchy nature of the melodies.

She covered a song called "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime", originally sung by Vanessa Paradis, accompanied by the national orchestra.

Alizée also revealed that for the new album she was working with Jean-Jacques Goldman, BB Brunes, and Thomas Boulard (singer and guitarist of the rock band Luke).

[58] In December 2012, the official video of "À cause de l'automne" was published on Alizée's VEVO channel, initially available only in France and made available for the rest of the world in February 2013.

She promoted the album with performances during Soccer Beach Show of Monaco, Alain Chamfort's En concert at Le Grand Rex, and during her participation in Les Enfoirés 2013 concert at the Paris-Bercy hall and Le Tour de France 2013 opening ceremony performance in Porto-Vecchio, where she sang the second single from the album, "Je veux bien".

In August, Alizée was confirmed to be participating in the upcoming fourth season of the popular reality show Danse avec les stars (the French version of Strictly Come Dancing[63]) for the promotion of 5.

About a month later, she announced that she was again in the studio for a "surprise" and in September revealed her collaboration with the singer Olly Murs in a new, French version of his single "Dear Darlin'".

[68] In September 2014, Alizée contributed to the single "Kiss & Love" for the charity event Sidaction,[69] and announced her participation in the 2014–2015 Danse avec les stars Tour.

She also took part in We Love Disney 2 [fr] with a cover of the song "Tendre Rêve",[70] originally from the soundtrack of Cendrillon, the French version of Cinderella.

In December, Alizée announced that she would be dubbing a character in the animation film Clochette et la créature légendaire, the French version of Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast.

For her third album, Alizée changed her style radically in terms of both music and image, with a more mature performance and more elaborate make-up, clothing and hairstyle.

In the 2010 "Sexiest Women in the World" polls run by the French edition of FHM magazine, readers voted Alizée as the second-sexiest woman out of 100.

Media said she was one of the most controversial female vocalists of the 21st century, that she had broken into the music world at 17 years old with a worldwide success, that she spearheaded the rise of post-millennial Europop and became its "queen", and that "Alizée early on cultivated a mixture of a sweet Lolita innocence and experience that broke the bank".

[86] Some of her songs have been described as "sweeping, atmospheric ballads" whose "melodies are so sparkling and beguiling", and from which Alizée manages to "squeeze more emotion than the usual pop package".

Sweet syrupy pop ditties are wrapped in silky synths, violins and catchy techno beats and judging by the success of Alizée's sexily alliterative second single, L'Alizé, the Farmer team have hit upon a winning formula....Gourmandises the French word for sweets (or candies) is the appropriate title of French pop princess Alizée's debut album.

years, critics have commented upon the maturing of Alizée's image and style, and her being a growing artist full of "classy" sounds, and having a strong voice.