Kiesza
Kiesza
Kiesa Rae Ellestad, known professionally as Kiesza, is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary, who has most recently worked in New York City and London...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
CountryCanada
faces music
I don't think shoving my butt into people's faces will tell them anything about who I am. How is that connecting to your audience? What is that doing for your music?
great hear instincts radio sing sounds turn
I feel like, when you turn on the radio and you hear a great song, you know it's a great song, and you sing along. We all know what a great song sounds like, so we all have that instinct, it's just being able to accept your own instincts when you write that song.
legs wear
To be honest, I'm more of a sneaker person. My legs hurt if I wear heels for too long.
Oh man, the Vengaboys are my guilty pleasure.
related until wrote
It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist.
entire life teen
I didn't date for my entire teen life - it just wasn't on my mind.
brings constantly experience life
Life experience brings out different emotions and different perspectives on things. I just want to be constantly evolving.
anyone believe hard work
I believe that anyone can be what they want to be; it just comes down to hard work.
band blues cover death folk gospel jazz metal rock time
I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I was in a cover band, a jazz band, a blues band. I was in a gospel choir.
age ballerina classic injury three trained
From the age of three to 15, I wanted to be a ballerina and trained really, really hard. Then I had that classic movie story moment, where I had an injury and had to give up my dream.
fit job paved stick
In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it's actually really easy.
beautiful beauty
Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.
crop focusing genuinely people propel sexuality tops using wear
I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore.
exploring limited music soft
When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was slow, soft melodies. But then, as I got better on the guitar, I started exploring different sounds.