MEROL (Merel Baldé; born 10 February 1991) is a Dutch synth pop singer and actress. She rose to fame with the release of the singles "Lekker met de meiden" and "Hou je bek en bef me", released in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Biography: Early years Baldé was born in Dordrecht. Her father is an account manager and her mother teaches Dutch. In 2014, she graduated from the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre and Dance. After graduating she featured in various Dutch theatre plays, television shows and the feature film All You Need Is Love. Singing career Breakthrough (2018) In 2018, Baldé released her first EP, Boter, under the name MEROL with her own label Ammehoela Records. From this EP, she released the song "Ik wil een kind van jou" (I want a child from you) as her debut single on Valentine's Day 2018, during which it was performed live on radio. In July of the same year, she released the summer single "Lekker met de meiden" (fun with the girls). The single mocks stereotypes of young (mainly Amsterdam) women, to whom Baldé incidentally includes herself. The single became a hit. She explained on the radio that it first mainly was a hit among the "gays" and "then came the mainstream girls and now I get mainly straight guys in my DM who want to buy merchandise". The Christmas single Kerst met de fam about Christmas clichés was released at the end of 2018. Hou je bek en bef me (2019) On Valentine's Day 2019, the controversial single "Hou je bek en bef me" (shut up and lick my puss

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