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
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.
humming melodies songs static written
When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a lot of melodies come to me. So I've written a lot of songs on planes.
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?
legs wear
To be honest, I'm more of a sneaker person. My legs hurt if I wear heels for too long.
The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.
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.
impact love meet people whenever
I love Canadians. I think we make an impact around the world just when people meet us, and whenever I meet another Canadian, I see it as well.
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.