De Manne, cinematic portrait
The Current Chapter

This Industry
Needs Me

A declaration of presence, purpose and artistic conviction.

The Story

Not A Boast. A Statement.

This Industry Needs Me is not a boast. It is what it sounds like when an artist stops asking whether he belongs, and starts behaving as though he does.

The project is about arriving: at a sound, at a self, at a place in a music industry that rarely makes room until you take it. It moves through identity and ambition, love and life, doubt and the stubborn belief that outlasts it.

It is also, unmistakably, Cameroonian. Not as decoration, but as the ground the whole thing stands on: an independent artist stepping fully into his voice, his identity, and his place in the wider music landscape.

This Industry Needs Me, official EP artwork
Release details to be announced. The title has been revealed. Everything else about this project, including the tracklist, stays close until De Manne is ready to share it. Want to be first to know? Join the journey.

The music is coming. The story is only beginning.

What It's About

Themes Of The Project

Identity
Ambition & Purpose
Resilience & Self-Belief
Love & Life Experience
Personal Evolution
Independence
Artistic Conviction
Cameroon To The World
Behind The Scenes

Building The World

De Manne, campaign portrait
De Manne, campaign portrait
De Manne, campaign portrait
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