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Froukje
Froukje in 2020.
Background information
Birth name	Froukje Veenstra
Born	(2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 23) Nieuwkoop, Netherlands
Genres	Pop Synthpop Dutch alternative pop
Occupations	singer songwriter
Years active	2020–present
Labels	Frok 'n Roll TopNotch
Website	Official website

Froukje Veenstra (born 4 September 2001), known mononymously as Froukje, is a Dutch singer-songwriter.

Early life

Froukje Veenstra was born into a family of teachers, for whom music always played a central role. She used to play in the band Ginger Squad together with her father and her sister and later in other bands, including Chicks & Wings. In the late 2010s she enrolled at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. Her studies were disrupted from 2020 onward by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the pandemic, she was also unable to perform in front of an audience.

Career

Her first song "Groter Dan Ik", a protest song about the climate crisis, was released in early 2020. The song had been streamed 1.7 million times in less than one year. Later that year, her second song "Ik wil dansen" was released. With this single, she entered the Dutch Single Top 100 for the first time. In January 2021, her first EP Licht en donker was released. It reached the second position in the Dutch Album Top 100.

In 2022 her second EP Uitzinnig was released. Later that year she performed at Pinkpop Festival.

In January 2024 her Debut album Noodzakelijk verdriet was released, which is also her first LP record.

Musical style

Veenstra composes her own music with the help of a laptop, a guitar or a keyboard. Lyrically she is influenced by Maarten van Roozendaal and Theo Nijland. She is also inspired by Eefje de Visser, Typhoon and Stromae.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

External links

• Froukje – Official site

References

1. "Froukje heeft goud in handen" (in Dutch).
2. "Froukje // Over" (in Dutch).
3. Bouwman, Steef; Hansen, Hein (1 February 2021). "'Corona-artiesten' veroveren muziekindustrie met miljoenen streams" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. ^ "Discografie Froukje". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
5. "Popdebutant Froukje: 'Het klimaat is groter dan ik, maar niet groter dan wij'" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
6. "Froukje: groen in quarantaineseizoen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
7. ^ "Discografie Froukje" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

• 2001 births
• 21st-century Dutch women singers
• 21st-century Dutch singers
• Bisexual singers
• Bisexual women musicians
• Dutch women singer-songwriters
• Dutch singer-songwriters
• Dutch-language singers
• Dutch LGBTQ singers
• Living people
• LGBTQ women singers