KROY is the stage name of singer, songwriter, and composer Camille Poliquin. Her deeply personal approach to music and her bold pop explorations have seen her accumulate millions of plays on streaming platforms. KROY has been described as a visionary artist and Montreal’s queen of electropop and is known for her soaring voice, synth-pop melodies, and brooding lyrics.
In the fall of 2016, KROY released her debut solo album, SCAVENGER. With hypnotic electro rhythms and lyrics dominated by stories of impossible love, the album draws inspiration from spacey trip-hop (Goldfrapp, Portishead) and inventive modern pop (Vampire Weekend, Youth Lagoon). SCAVENGER’s whirlwind of synths has garnered praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Nylon, FADER, Complex, Noisey, and more. Reflecting KROY's polished black-and-white imagery, the cover won a prize at the 2017 Grafika Awards. The album’s success has also allowed KROY to perform throughout Canada and abroad, including New York and Paris, Le Printemps de Bourges, Austin (SXSW), Hamburg (The Reeperbahn) and Montreal (Osheaga). Between 2020 and 2023, the musician collaborated with Belgium-born producer Apashe on "Rain", Canadian producer Felix Cartal on "Too Late", and Korean producer QRION on "Never Go Back".
To express her forward and varied interests, Camille likes to say that, much like Seinfeld’s George Costanza, she could’ve become a marine biologist or an architect had she not turned her attention to music. On top of the success of KROY and Milk & Bone, the musician, who completed studies in orchestral composition, has crafted music for two Cirque du Soleil shows and several feature films with Laurence Lafond-Beaune, including the theme song for King Dave for which the pair earned a nomination at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards. Camille has also written the original music for the 2019 documentary Sisterhood, as well as the 8 episodes of Canadian TV series L’Empereur, and KROY songs have been selected to create the right feeling in key scenes of multiple major international TV shows.
After a long wait and relentless requests from her fans, KROY returns to unveil the fruits of her lyrical and musical explorations with 2024's MILITIA. In the time between SCAVENGER and MILITIA, KROY expanded her multidisciplinary practice. In exploring her obsession with robotic arms, she found an indispensable ally (Jonathon Anderson) who has brought her to work closely with KUKA. In 2021, she presented ANIMACHINA at the Phi Centre — 7 videos premised on themes of surveillance, terror, and animism, featuring her beloved robotic companion KUKA. KROY continues her work with these robotic titans in parallel to her music.
