"Palmy"
"Palmy"
Birth name: Eve Parnchareun
Born: August 7, 1981 (age 28), Bangkok, Thailand
Origin: Bangkok, Thailand
Genres: Pop Rock
Occupations: Singer
Instruments: Vocals
Palmy, (Eve Parnchareun), born 7 August 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand, is a Thai pop singer. She has recorded several albums and concert DVDs on the GMM Grammy label beginning with her self-titled solo debut, Palmy, in 2001. Palmy has explored a variety of popular music styles on each of her three solo albums, and has collaborated with the Thai ska band T-Bone to create experimental renditions of her hits (see Flower Power Concert and The Acoustic Album.) Though her most recent solo recording was Beautiful Ride in 2006, she continues to perform live with T-Bone, and appears as a guest vocalist at other concerts and music festivals. She is primarily successful in Asian countries (especially Thailand, Japan, and Korea), but she has also performed in Australia and the UK.
Biography
Early
Palmy was born Eve Pancharoen on 7 August 1981 to multiethnic parents - her mother is Thai and her father Belgian. She lived with her grandmother in Bangkok and studied at Phra mae maree school (St.Louis) until grade 8. After that she joined her mother in Australia. While she was in Thailand she learned much about Thai culture. When Palmy decided to stay with her mother in Australia, they decided not to tell Palmy's grandmother because they were afraid that she might not permit it. Her grandmother was quite sad when she knew the fact that Palmy was gone but finally she understood.
Life in Australia
In Australia, she studied at Holy Cross College. She experienced western cultures both through music and arts, both of which greatly influenced her life. She loved art classes at school and spent most of her free time in a museum or at the gallery. Other than that, she loved to sing karaoke with her friends and went to a record shop every day. She listened to every style of music and became interested in singing.
She then joined a singing class but she didn't like it. She quit and started practicing singing hard by herself in the garage. She learned singing techniques by listening to her favorite singers' songs such as Zombie by The Cranberries or songs of Bic Runga.
Back to Thailand
Later she finished her high school, she had to decide what to do. She knew she wanted to be a singer but the chance was rare. She got a year to fulfill her dream. Otherwise she had to attend university. Therefore she came back to Thailand and went directly to GMM Grammy. Generally, people who want to be a singer must have a demo but she didn't. She went with nothing but her talents. She asked them if she could sing live. After singing, they told her to come again on a screen test day. She misunderstood that she was already accepted so she decided not to go back to university. On the screen test day, she sang 3 songs, those are Chan cha cham Tur pai nai baeb née (Thai: ฉันจะจำเธอไปในแบบนี้) by Bo Sunita (Thai: โบ สุนิตา), Drive by Bic Runga and Kid teung (Thai: คิดถึง) by Jiab Wattana (Thai: เจี๊ยบ วรรธนา). Fortunately, A few days later, they called her and told that she was now a singer of RPG, an affiliate of GMM Grammy.
She started with being a chorus in a song “Roo tua wa dee mai por (Thai: รู้ตัวว่าดีไม่พอ) by Tui Theerapat (Thai: ตุ้ย ธีรภัทร). Moreover, she wrote the English version of “Chai hai pai loei” (Thai: ใจหายไปเลย), a song by Mister Team, and named it One look one touch. This song ultimately became one of the songs she sang in her first concert. Later that year on December 21, she had her first album out.
Awards
2001 Most Popular New Artist, Channel Thailand Music Video Awards 2001
2002 Female Singer, Elle Style Awards 2002 Elle (Thailand) Magazines
2002 Best of Thai Female Pop Song, Music Society of Thailand
2002 Best Female Singer for National Youth, National Youth Bureau (NYB)
2003 Best Female Singer for National Youth, National Youth Bureau (NYB)
2003 Best Female Singer, Sea-Son Award
2003 Most Popular Female Artist, Channel Thailand Music Video Award III
Concerts
Palmy's Life Concert
This is the first concert in her life, her debut. After her tracks were the no.1 on so many music charts, her dream seemed to come true. The tickets were sold out within an hour. The concert was at Thammasat university auditorium at Tha-prachan campus on April 7, 2002.
Under the concept Palmy's life, the concert let the world know who the real Palmy was. After the concert, she became such a trend-setter. Art seemed to be more interested. Everybody interested in her lifestyle, clothes, songs and everything.
Stay with Me
After her 2-year pause, she came back and had her second concert at Impact Arena. This concert made impressions as always. People still loved her although she disappeared for 2 years. Most songs played in this concert were from her second album. Moreover, she covered 2 other bands' songs; Those are Zombie by The Cranberries and Chi-Cha by Silly Fool.
The name of this concert means she was still here, not gone away. To thank everyone who always stayed by her side and supported her so far, she named the concert Stay with me.
Palmy in the Candle light concert
A romantic concert under hundreds candles' light, she was the most artistically beautiful artist of the era. It took place at Vachirabenchatat Park (known as Rot fai Park). The trend of her stylish art seemed to be at the peak. This concert was in May in the same year with the Stay with me concert.