Under the Radar: Cannelle Ferragu

By Staff Writer Rosie Gao

Before Cannelle Ferragu turned French electro-pop into her own digital playground, she had already begun building a unique visual world. Growing up near Aix-en-Provence in southern France, Ferragu began experimenting with dreamy Y2K visuals across social media platforms during the early 2020s, particularly Tumblr. Ferragu drew inspiration from early internet fashion and Japanese anime, and icy-blue wigs, rhinestone jewelry, and gyaru-inspired makeup quickly became recurring signatures. 

As her following grew, Ferragu’s unique aesthetic carried her beyond social media and into the fashion industry. Ferragu has modeled and created content for brands such as Valentino, Rimowa, and Heaven by Marc Jacobs, and designed the 2023 Cinna Doll jewelry collection for En Route. 

In 2024, Ferragu made her musical debut as Cannelle with LUCKY, her debut single and a loose, playful theme song to the persona she had already been cultivating online. Her subsequent singles continued to define her sound: CINNA WYA? pairs bratty talk-rap lyrics with restless electronic production, while CLOVER softens into a sugary, lovestruck synth sound. In later tracks such as FILLE and DIAMOND CUTS, Ferragu pushed further into experimental genres like hyperpop and electro house. 

On her 2026 debut mixtape, CINNA, Cannelle took a much more hands-on role in production. Cannelle produced specific drums and sounds into sessions before working them out with collaborators like Warpstr and Chicken. In an interview with The Fader, Cannelle said the track BB Blue best represents the mixtape. Characterized by Cannelle’s airy, vulnerable vocals, BB Blue draws on themes of childhood heartbreak and nostalgia, taking listeners on a dreamy trip through her Y2K-inspired fantasy.  

Elsewhere, CINNA leans heavily into the abrasive French-electro sound in tracks like STEREO and IDOLE. Characterized by dense synths, clipped 808 drums, and repetitive hooks, these tracks embody an intentionally messy energy as Cannelle raps about themes like identity and underground culture. Through CINNA, Cannelle gives sound to the rhinestone-studded world she built online.