Boggie

The native form of this personal name is Csemer Boglárka. This article uses the Western name order.
Boggie

Boggie in Pécs, Hungary (2015)
Background information
Birth name Boglárka Csemer
Also known as Boggie
Born (1986-11-30) 30 November 1986
Budapest, Hungary
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) singer
Instruments vocals
Years active 2013–present
Labels Tom-Tom Records
Website boggieofficial.com

Boglárka Csemer (born 30 November 1986 in Budapest, Hungary), professionally known as Boggie, is a Hungarian pop vocalist and songwriter. Boggie is best known for her hit single entitled "Nouveau Parfum" (Hungarian: Parfüm), which peaked at number one in Hungary for more consecutive weeks, extracted from her self-titled debut studio album Boggie (2015). She represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Wars for Nothing". On 19 May 2015, her song qualified for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest final, which was held on 23 May 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Musical career

2014–present: Boggie era

Boggie rose to major prominence in early January 2014 after the release of the music video to her debut single "Nouveau Parfum" (French for "New Perfume"). The video was picked up by media outlets in various countries including the UK [1][2] and USA.[3][4][5] The video shows the singer being extensively retouched while she sings the song, which is a darker, French rewrite of the song's Hungarian version entitled "Parfüm". Both versions are extracted from Boglárka's self-titled debut album entitled ''Boggie", released in 2015. The video and its message are similar to the Body Evolution viral video [6] created for GlobalDemocracy.com to encourage the introduction of mandatory disclaimers on retouched images in popular media. Much like the model in Body Evolution, by the end of the video Boglárka bears little resemblance to her unaltered appearance at the start. A brief split-screen comparison shows the viewer how drastically different the final result is.

Two verses in "Nouveau Parfum" consist of Boggie reeling off a list of designer label perfumes and asking which she should choose, before questioning why she should have to make a choice at all and asking who is making her choose. Boggie then counters this pressure with the lines, "Je ne suis pas leur produit / De beauté, d’préciosité / Ils ne peuvent pas me changer" ("I am not their product / Of beauty, of preciousness / They cannot change me").[7] The designer labels and subversive message do not feature in the original Hungarian lyrics of "Parfüm".[8]

Eurovision Song Contest

Boggie represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Wars for Nothing". On 19 May 2015 she qualified for the event's grand final, which was held on 23 May 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
HUN
[9]		 AUT
[10]
2014 "Parfüm" / "Nouveau Parfum" 1 — Non-album singles
2015 "Wars for Nothing" 16 64
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Albums

Year Album Peak chart
positions
MAHASZ Top 40
2013 Boggie
  • Release date: April 13, 2013
  • Publisher: Tom-Tom Records
 4
2014 All Is One Is All
  • Release date: October 24, 2014
  • Publisher: Tom-Tom Records
 5

References

  1. ↑ Winter, Katy (22 January 2014). "Boggie's music video shows singer transformed through real-time Photoshop | Mail Online". London: dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. ↑ "Boggie Photoshop music video: Singer uses Nouveau Parfum promo to show how digital trickery can transform you | Metro News". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ↑ Grossman, Samantha (29 January 2014). "Photoshop Transformation Video: Boggie Goes from Normal to Pop Star | TIME.com". newsfeed.time.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Hungarian Viral Music Video Directors Talk Retouching And Photoshop - Cosmopolitan". cosmopolitan.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  5. ↑ "Hungarian Singer Satires Digital Photo Manipulation In New Music Video | Popular Photography". popphoto.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  6. ↑ "Body Evolution - Model Before and After - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  7. ↑ "NOUVEAU PARFUM LYRIC - Csemer Boglárka". verselib.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  8. ↑ "PARFÜM LYRIC - Csemer Boglárka". verselib.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  9. ↑ Single (track) Top 20 lista (2014.01.20 - 2014.01.26)
  10. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Boggie". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

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