A Global Star In The Making, Set To Touch Down In The U.S. — npr.org

hide captionPaul Van Haver, better known as Stromae, has already captured the European music market. Now, he's setting his sights on the U.S. Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae, has already captured the European music market. Now, he's setting his sights on the U.S. Paul Van Haver meets me in the public café of a Brussels arts center. Though he's one of the hottest young pop artists in Europe, he arrives with just his manager, not an entourage. Van Haver is soft-spoken and neatly dressed, with smooth caramel-colored skin and pale green eyes. Young people inside the café stare agog before approaching him for an autograph. They know him by his stage name, Stromae — "maestro" in backwards French slang.

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