Pop Up is the debut studio album by French
electropop band
Yelle. It was released on 3 September 2007 by the
EMI-owned label Source Etc. The album peaked at number 61 in France, where it was certified silver by the
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). As of June 2008, the album had sold 45,000 copies in France and 11,000 copies in the United States.[2]
Promotion
On 26 February 2008, Yelle performed the track "
A cause des garçons" on the
BBC Three talk show Lily Allen and Friends.[3] They were featured as
MTV's Artist of the Week for the week of 24–30 March 2008, appearing during adverts.[4] The group also appeared twice on
NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, performing "A cause des garçons" on 12 November 2008 and "Ce jeu" on 4 February 2009.[5][6]
"A cause des garçons" was used as the opening song for the
Moschino spring/summer 2008 runway show. In 2008, it was also featured in an advert being broadcast in
Quebec for
Telus. Their single "Je veux te voir" was featured on the
season four finale of
HBO's Entourage on 2 September 2007, in the opening scene when the gang arrives in
Cannes.[7] "A cause des garçons" was also used in one of the Les Jeunes de Paris sketches on the 12 November 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by
Emma Stone.[8]