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Bea Ernman Adopts Maternal Name and Bold Persona to Carve Out Solo Music Career

She shed the Thunberg surname to distance her music from her sister’s activism.

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Overview

  • Bea Ernman announced her new stage name as a tribute to her mother, Malena Ernman, and to step beyond the global recognition of her sister’s climate activism.
  • She has been performing in Stockholm clubs with blond hair, glitter earrings and skin-tight outfits while singing French chansons and self-written songs.
  • Her lyrics draw on her experiences with ADHD and childhood bullying to explore themes of self-defense and empowerment against abuse.
  • Ernman’s artistic roots include television performances at age 13 and roles alongside her mother in the musical “Forever Piaf.”
  • Greta Thunberg continues her climate activism and recently faced a disruption when an attendee stormed the stage during her speech in Amsterdam.