Le Motat

Wheelchair Accessible

Named after a creature falling under the category of a night butterfly, LE MOTAT (A.K.A. The Guilty Pleaser) is an act for precisely those kinds of people: night owls. Somewhere in a dark alley of the Doe Maar and Ton Lebbink street, this Rotterdam-based artist writes and produces quirky Dutch-language pop songs and delivers intentionally disorienting performances.

After leading you astray with an absurd song about ‘Cardboard,’ he then has everyone singing along to tracks like ‘De Mat,’ ‘1 Uurtje Verliefd,’ or ‘Naar de Klote.’ After all, if everything is already going ‘Naar de Klote,’ you might as well go together.

LE MOTAT made an impression during the Popronde as a 3voor12 talent, playing at venues like Tivoli, Doornroosje, Vera, So What!, and Q-Factory. Additionally, he has performed at festivals such as Hit The City, Grasnapolsky, Valkhof, Tweetakt, Vestrock, De Parade, Metropolis, and internationally at Theater aan Zee and M Leuven.