{{Short description|French music group}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2017}} {{Expand French|topic=cult|Stupeflip|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Stupeflip | image = Stupeflipdour.jpg | landscape = yes | alt = | caption = Stupeflip at a 2003 concert | alias = | origin = Paris, France | genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|punk rock|synthpop}} | years_active = {{Start date|df=yes|2000}}–present | label = {{hlist|Vorston & Limantell|Jive Records|Etic System}} | website = {{URL|stupeflip.com}} | current_members = * Julien Barthélémy * Stéphane Bellenger * Jean-Paul Michel | past_members = }} '''Stupeflip''' ({{IPA|fr|sty.pɛ.flip|lang}}) is a French hip hop band formed in 2000, composed of Julien Barthélémy, Stéphane Bellenger and Jean-Paul Michel. Their style can be described as a mix of hip hop, punk rock and synthpop.<ref name="Marti2003">{{Cite news |last=Marti |first=Sébastien |date=2003-03-04 |title=Stupeflip, les épouvantables épouvantails |trans-title=Stupeflip, the dreaded scarecrows |url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2003/04/04/292341-stupeflip-les-epouvantables-epouvantails.html |access-date=2016-11-30 |work=La Dépêche du Midi |location=Toulouse |language=fr-FR |issn=0181-7981}}</ref>
Stupeflip members are known by their stage personas: Julien Barthélémy as King Ju and Pop Hip, Stéphane Bellenger as Cadillac and Jean-Paul Michel as MC Saló. These characters and the band itself are part of an elaborate fictional universe.
==History== The band rose to fame with its single {{Lang|fr|"Je fume pu d'shit"|italic=no}} in 2003 on their first, eponymous album ''Stupeflip''. After having released their two first albums on BMG, the label decided to stop their contract in 2006 after the poor sales of ''Stup Religion''. After a hiatus, the band then began auto-producing themselves, releasing ''The Hypnoflip Invasion'' in 2011.''<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Pierre |date=2011-05-05 |title=Critique de l'album The Hypnoflip Invasion de Stupeflip |url=http://www.albumrock.net/album-stupeflip-the-hypnoflip-invasion-4955.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |magazine=Albumrock |language=fr-FR}}</ref>''
For their fourth album, ''Stup Virus'', Stupeflip began soliciting financial support on the crowdfunding platform Ulule. The crowdfunding campaign was a huge success, with the original stretch goal of {{Euro|40000}} being raised in just two hours.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Renault |first=Gilles |date=2016-11-10 |title=Stupeflip, champion d'Europe du crowfunding musical ? |trans-title=Stupeflip, European champion of music crowdfunding? |url=https://next.liberation.fr/culture/2016/11/10/stupeflip-champion-d-europe-du-crowfunding-musical_1527564 |access-date=2020-08-14 |work=Libération |location=Paris |language=fr-FR |issn=0335-1793}}</ref> The campaign ended with a total of {{Euro|427972}}, making it the biggest crowdfunding effort for a band in Europe. ''Stup Virus'' was released on 3 March 2017.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aubert |first=Morane |date=2016-10-05 |title=Stupeflip est de retour et lance une cagnotte pour financer son album |trans-title=Stupeflip is back and are launching a fundraising campaign to finance their album |url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/2016/10/05/musique/stupeflip-de-retour-lance-cagnotte-financer-album-11869591/ |access-date=2016-11-30 |magazine=Les Inrockuptibles |location=Paris |issn=0298-3788}}</ref>
==Discography== * 2003: ''Stupeflip'' * 2005: ''Stup Religion'' * 2011: ''The Hypnoflip Invasion'' * 2012: ''Terrora!!'' (EP) * 2017: ''Stup Virus'' * 2022: ''Stup Forever'' * 2024: ''Sons2Ouf!!''
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Category:French hip-hop groups Category:French punk rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Masked musicians Category:Bands with fictional stage personas Category:Musical groups from Paris