Enfnts Terribles

We first meet Poppy outside the runway show of Belgian designer Christian Wijnants, which we are both attending. The YouTube star is wearing a see-through coat with pink and purple details. She walks towards us in heels that give us instant anxiety. They are the kind of heels Lady Gaga wears, but she manages to make it look easy as fuck. Later, we find out that she used to do dance routines in them, so she’s used to the heels. Poppy greets us and we immediately seem to have a click.

She’s early, so we have a few minutes to take some quick photos outside the Palais de Tokyo. “Being in Paris is very inspiring to me, I try to come here as often as possible.” Poppy tells us. While waiting for the show to start, she also explains how she admires Belgian designers. The people at Christian Wijnants kept a good spot in the front row for Poppy to enjoy the show. When we’re exiting the location, she tells us how much she loved the vibrant collection.

We go back to the hotel she’s staying at and without any time to waste, she gets ready for a new look. She chooses a pink see-through look from German label GMBH. A Parisian makeup artist also gives her a fresh face of makeup. She wants a special eye-look with bright pink details. “It has always been like this,” Poppy says. “I dyed my hair purple when I was 7 years old. At school, all the other mothers would judge my mom because I had different colored hair. My mom was just like, it’s her hair, this is a non-issue.”

I disagree

As we’re walking through the typical Parisian streets for some more pictures, it strikes us how passionate she is about everything she does. She proudly takes us through the artwork and merch for her upcoming album, which all looks scaringly good. “Humor is a big part of the overall picture of what I do. I like to make my friends laugh. I always think about them when making new things. In a way, everything I do, I do for them. I have the best friends.”

Poppy’s next big project is her upcoming album I Disagree, which will be released on the 10th of January. If the album sounds anything like her recently released title track, it’s going to be very interesting. “People are calling it my third album, but it really feels like my first. I feel like everything that we’ve been working on is synchronizing. I feel like the past two albums were more of a sound bet to the YouTube videos we’re making.” The singer is obviously referring to the infamous YouTube videos she and her collaborator Titanic are making.

Photos by Brahim Tall for Enfnts Terribles
Makeup by Pauline Du Manoir