Kiesza Biography
Kiesa Rae Ellestad, popularly known professionally as Kiesza, is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary, who has most recently worked in New York City and London.
Kiesza Age
She was born on January 16, 1989, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is 30 years old.
Kiesza Nationality
She is a Canadian national although her last name Ellestad is Norwegian from her paternal side and her grandfather is from Fagernes in Norway.
In an interview with the Metro, Kiesza claimed that she can trace her lineage to someone who fought alongside Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, elaborating “There’s a lot of Scottish people in Canada. Tons. My grandpa was of Scottish heritage – he was of the black Douglases”.
Kiesza Family
Her parents got divorced when she was 18 years old and this was her major motivating factor to writing her first song.
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Kiesza Career
In February 2014, Kiesza released the video for her new single “Hideaway” through the label Lokal Legend.[8] Idolator considered it unique, for having a long take throughout the entire video, as Kiesza walked and danced through N 12th Street In Brooklyn, New York City. John Gentile of Rolling Stone called the style “impressive”.
Kiesza reported to Rolling Stone that she had trouble making the video, partly because she broke a rib just before filming, and “couldn’t move for an entire month afterward.” It was premiered by Annie Mac on her Mac’s Special Delivery segment on BBC Radio 1. “Hideaway” debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart issued for April 26, 2014.
Shortly after “Hideaway” charted, Kiesza released a new video for her cover of Haddaway’s song “What Is Love”. Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald referred to her version of the song as a “jaw-droppingly gorgeous cover of Haddaway’s 1993 dance smash What Is Love?”
She performed a slowed down version, with a video showing her and others, slowly revealed to be without clothes, to express “raw emotions”.
Kiesza’s second single, “Giant in My Heart”, premiered on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show on June 13, 2014. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number four.
Kiesza collaborated with Skrillex and Diplo on the song “Take Ü There”, which was released as the first single from a collaborative mixtape between the two producers. She co-wrote Gorgon City’s “Go All Night”, which features Jennifer Hudson singing her lyrics, which was on the British duo’s debut album, Sirens.
She appeared as a guest on Duran Duran’s album, Paper Gods, released September 11, 2015.
She wrote several songs for Rihanna which were considered for her eighth album. She also worked with Loreen on her album, which was expected to be released in 2016, and co-wrote the second single, “I’m in It with You”.
Kiesza Discography
- Sound of a Woman
- “Giant in My Heart”
- “No Enemiesz”
- “Sound of a Woman”
- “Cut Me Loose”
- “Give It to the Moment”
- (featuring Djemba Djemba)
- “Dearly Beloved”
- “Mother” (vs. Chris Malinchak) 2018
- “Phantom of the Dance Floor”
- “Weird Kid”
- “3 Hos”
- “Sweet Love”
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