Jehnny Beth

Jehnny Beth (born Camille Berthomier, 24 December 1984[1]) is a French musician and actress originally from Poitiers and based in London, England since 2006.

She came to notability within Europe as one half of the indie rock duo John & Jehn, and globally as frontwoman of the English post-punk band Savages.

[3] She has also collaborated with other artists such as Trentemøller, Julian Casablancas, Tindersticks, Gorillaz, Noel Gallagher, Romy Madley Croft of the xx, Idles and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream.

[4][5] She had her first music instructors, a pair of jazz musicians, to learn piano and sing at the age of around 8, Chet Baker's songs in English.

Her theatrical and musical career started in an early age by playing the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt and performing her first piano recital at 10.

[8] In late 2006, she moved to London with fellow John & Jehn member Nicolas Congé (aka Johnny Hostile) to pursue their career as a duo.

[19] Beth's YouTube channel also includes a concert performed at the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in London, at the Roundhouse prior to the release of the album.

In 2015, Danish electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist Trentemøller released the album Fixion, including "River in Me" and "Complicated" with Beth on vocals.

[21] In 2015, Beth and the Strokes front man Julian Casablancas recorded a duet and released the single "Boy/Girl" (which was a cover version of Sort Sol and Lydia Lunch).

The 23 songs were released under the banner of "XY Chelsea -original soundtrack composed and performed by Johnny Hostile and Jehnny Beth", on double LP vinyl on the website of their label Pop Noire.

The full collection of Hostile's photography is featured in a limited-edition hard cover art book title C.A.L.M: Crimes Against Love Memories.

Jehnny Beth performing at Aftershock 2023 .