2021
Bandit
single
HO
Female group · Gwada Bouyon
Holly G
2021, Holly G drops "Bandit" and lands a strong female voice in Gwada Bouyon. Three years later, she's nominated at the BET Awards 2024 in the Best New International Act category — first Guadeloupean artist at that level. In between: her feature on "Je l'ai vu" with Arendi and VJ Ben, then her collab with Theodora on "Coller la petite" in 2025. A trajectory paving the way for Bouyon's global crossover.
- Role
- Female group · Gwada Bouyon
- Origin
- Guadeloupe
- Period
- 2020s
- Territories
- Guadeloupe · France
Why this profile matters
In 2021, Holly G drops "Bandit" and lands a strong female voice in a Guadeloupean scene where few women break through. Three years later, she earns a BET Awards 2024 nomination in the Best New International Act category — first Guadeloupean artist at that level. Alongside it, her feature on "Je l'ai vu" with Arendi and VJ Ben in 2021 becomes one of the tracks that restarts Bouyon Gwada after the post-Suppa lull. And in 2025, her collab with Theodora on "Coller la petite" directly plugs her into the French global push of the genre. The 2025 Eurockeennes Belfort "Bad Gyal Bouyon Le Bon" line-up books her with Theodora and Totally Spice's — mainstream FR consecration. Holly G is one of the voices opening a door no one will close.
Verified timeline
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Visibility shift around “Bandit”.
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BET Awards nomination in the Best New International Act category.
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Collaboration with Theodora on “Coller la petite”.
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Bandit and Je l ai vu place her among Gwada relaunch signals.
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Increased visibility around BET Awards 2024.
Tracks / markers
2021
Je l'ai vu
with Arendi and VJ Ben
2025
Coller la petite
with Theodora
2023
Je l'ai vu (Charles V Remix)
with Arendi
Sourced musical collaborations
Related chapters
Sources
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RCI Guadeloupe — Les Holly G nommées aux BET Awards 2024
BET 2024 nomination and trajectory markers.
https://rci.fm/guadeloupe/infos/Culture/Les-Holly-G-nommees-aux-BET-AWARDS-2024 -
PepseeActus — HollyG
Group profile and Guadeloupean geographic anchor.
https://pepseeactus.com/artist/hollyg/ -
Ultratop — Holly G feat Theodora, Coller la petite
Single profile and digital release.
https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/2771d9/Holly-G-feat.-Theodora-Coller-la-petite
Profiles linked by musical collaboration
AR
Bouyon artist · first-wave connector
Arendi
Arendi — also known as Arendi Rondo — is one of the early Bouyon Gwada voices to leave a public trace. As far back as March 2013, he dropped "Tout est Permis" on SoundCloud, long before streaming platforms took over Bouyon distribution. After a pause, he came back in 2017 with "Viniw" and "Holiday", then landed a key feature on "Je l'ai vu" with HollyG and VJ Ben in 2021 — a single that would open the post-COVID cycle and pave the way for the New Bouyon Wave.
VJ
DJ · producer · transition collaborator
VJ Ben
VJ Ben has been spinning as a DJ since 2013, but in 2021 his production work shifts into high gear. When he produces "Je l'ai vu" with HollyG and Arendi, he lays down the beat that opens the post-COVID Bouyon Gwada cycle — the window that directly paves the way for the 2023 New Bouyon Wave. Two years earlier, he was already credited as producer on "Ti KoKa" 2019 with Bilix, LaRose and Edday. The "Charles V Remix" 2023 relaunches the track on the platform chain. A pivot producer, not a global pillar — but the New Bouyon Wave was built on his beats.
TH
French-speaking pop artist · Bouyon crossover bridge
Theodora
Summer 2025. Le Monde calls her "pop phenomenon of the summer". Theodora has just cracked the French Spotify Top 10 with a platinum-certified single. 8.2 million monthly Spotify listeners, second most-streamed francophone female artist according to Billboard France, and a slot at Eurockeennes Belfort on a stage called "Bad Gyal Bouyon Le Bon" with Holly G and Totally Spice's. First time a French voice pushes Bouyon into mainstream radio. She isn't part of the New Bouyon Wave — she's a francophone Congolese-diaspora pop artist. But without her, the word "Bouyon" would never have hit French mainstream playlists this fast.