Manu Gavassi

Manoela Latini Gavassi Francisco (born January 4, 1993), better known as Manu Gavassi, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress.

Born and raised in São Paulo, she is the daughter of broadcaster and presenter Zé Luiz and psychologist and artist Daniela Gavassi.

She has 1 sister, fashion student Catarina Gavassi.

At age 12, she learned from her father how to play the guitar and wrote her first song at age 13.

At 19, she left her parents' house to live alone in an apartment and took interpretation courses in the state capital.

She began her career in 2009 through Capricho magazine, participating in Galera Capricho, modeling in fashion editorials and being part of behavioral articles for the magazine.

Karol Pinheiro, one of Capricho's reporters at the time, found out that Manu was singing and requested the singer's video for him on the magazine's website.

With a big réaction to the video, Manu went on to cover songs by singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift and publicized her past songs through her own YouTube channel.

Her father, broadcaster Zé Luiz, sent some videos of her singing to producer Rick Bonadio, who found the material interesting and invited the singer to be part of his record label Midas Music, she recorded her first studio album under the label.

Manu then began work on her self-titled album, which was recorded in just two months and released on August 31, 2010.

Her first single "Garoto Errado" was released a week before the album's release.

The singer's first show took place on September 18 through the event NoCapricho 2010.

In February 2011, she released the single "Planos Impossíveis".

In 2011, her song "Garoto Errado" was also on the soundtrack of the soap opera Rebelde on Record.

The singles "Garoto Errado" and "Planos Impossíveis" both received gold record by Pro-Música Brasil.

In November, she released the last single from her album, "Odeio".

The music video was released exclusively through the painting Garagem do Faustão, shown on the program Domingão do Faustão.

In the same month she made her debut as an actress, making a cameo in the series Julie e os Fantasmas as Debora.

In February 2012, Gavassi released the single Você Já Deveria Saber.

In June, she recorded the songs "O Céu Eu Vou Tocar" and "Ao Ar Livre", for the soundtrack of the movie Brave, as a lullaby for the adventures of brave princess Marilda.

In September, "Conto de Fadas", was released, the first single from her second album.

The song was among the top ten on iTunes Brazil.

In April 2013 she released the second single, "Clichê Adolescente", a track that has the same name as the album, and in November the third and last single was released, "Segredo", with the participation of former boyfriend Chay Suede.

The album was released on November 29 and featured a mini documentary published through her YouTube channel.

In January 2014, she was invited by the Mexican singer Dulce María to do a duet in Portuguese of the song "Antes Que Ver El Sol", the song itself was released in August.

In February, she made her debut in the soap opera Em Familia playing the singer Paulinha.

In December, she played villain Vicki in the Twenty-second season of Malhação.

Manu was only going to take part in the plot, but due to the success of her character, at the request of the fans, she returned and remained until the end of the series.

In December, she released her new single, "Esse Amor Tão Errado", which featured a music video recorded in Los Angeles and was featured in the Young Afternoon compilation.

In 2015, she started recording music for the first concert titled Vício.

In November, "Camiseta" was released, the first single from the EP.

Vício was released on December 11 with five unreleased tracks.

All EP production was signed by singer Junior Lima and bassist Dudinha Lima.

The second single "Direção" was released in February 2016 and the music video of the song was attended by actor Rafael Vitti On March 6 she started the Vício Tour in São Paulo, being the first tour of her career.

In May, she released the single "Vício".

The song's music video was released in two parts, and fans had to donate a specific amount of blood for it to be released.

With the Fundação Pró-Sangue, as a partnership, the Play For Life campaign aimed to encourage donation from the singer's fans.

In October, she released "Sozinha", the last single from the EP.

In November 2016, she began filming her first movie Socorro, Virei Uma Garota playing the protagonist Melina.

The feature is scheduled to premiere in August 2019.