Hervé Paul, born Hervé Paul Huguet in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, on December 4, 1959, is a French musician and producer. He started out as a guitarist in the band Floo Flash in 1980, opening for U2 and R.E.M. He became artistic director at Vogue and CBS before signing as an artist with EMI in 1988. He launched his solo career with the single "Quand tu t'en iras" in 1989. He went on to release a number of albums combining French chanson and rock, sometimes with a hint of Americana: Une Autre Vie (1991), Né en Province (1995) and H.P (1999). At the same time, he took part in the 1998 album Un Album Hommage à Michel Polnareff, contributing one track, "Qui a tué grand-maman" . He also writes for other artists, putting his songwriting skills to work for Frenchman Kent and Canadian Martine St-Clair. In 2003, he worked with Florent Marchet, contributing to his debut album Gargilesse. The following year, he directed the recording of On dirait Nino, a tribute album to Nino Ferrer. Nine years after his last studio opus, he collaborated with guitarist Steve Donnelly to develop the folk-tinged Le Chemin des Dames in 2008. In 2017, he planned to recreate a rock band, Les EX's, but the project fell through. Three years later, he went solo, recording album #5 in New York with Mark Plati, Charles Giordano and Pete Thomas. The singles "Puisque la vie Continue" and "Omaha beach" (duet with Mark Plati) were released.