Irma
Irma is a Cameroonian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in France, sharing original folk-pop songs and acoustic covers with listeners around the world.
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MusicOverview
- Name
- Irma Pany
- From
- Douala, Cameroon
- Based in
- France
- Music
- Singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist
- Breakout
- “I Know,” from her 2011 debut Letter to the Lord, reached No. 2 in France.
Mini bio
How it started.
Irma grew up in Douala and moved to Paris at 15. She began sharing songs and covers on YouTube in the late 2000s. In a 2025 interview, she remembered posting videos for friends before the platform introduced her music to a much wider audience.
The breakthrough.
A deal with My Major Company led to Letter to the Lord in 2011. “I Know” reached No. 2 in France, and a Google Chrome campaign later told the story of her rise through YouTube.
Her sound.
Voice and guitar remain at the heart of her work, alongside influences from folk, pop and R&B. Her catalogue includes Faces, Douala Paris and The Sound of What We Are. She writes her own songs and also enjoys turning familiar songs into shared singalongs.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Black Sun (Studio Pigalle Session)Writer, composer, producer, mixer, string arranger and video co-director
- 2026Nobody WinsWriter, composer and producer
- 2024Live From Paris (Deluxe Version)Performing artist
- 2023The Sound of What We ArePerforming artist
- 2022Douala ParisPerforming artist
- 2014FacesPerforming artist
- 2011Letter to the LordPerforming artist; debut album
Awards
Quotes
Eu adoro desafios. Realmente amo um desafio.Irma, interviewed by Fabio Machado for Scream & Yell
Published in Portuguese in November 2025. She was discussing playing bass lines and harmonies together on guitar. In English: “I love challenges. I really love a challenge.”
Trivia
- She studied classical piano with a Russian teacher living in Cameroon, then taught herself guitar.
- Michael Jackson was her first major musical inspiration; she later discovered Jeff Buckley and Lauryn Hill.
- She enjoys playing covers because the audience can feel like a group of friends singing together.
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