Line #17 Music/Kiesza


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2	[[caption-width-right:275:That's not a [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Misty]] cosplay. That's Kiesza, doing her signature pose.]]
3	->''"OOH.....''
4	->''AAH....."''
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6	Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born January 16, 1989), better known as simply '''Kiesza''', a Canadian SingerSongwriter who gathered international attention in 2014 for the hit “Hideaway” and its [[TheOner distinctive music video.]]
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8	Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Kiesza learned tap dancing and jazz dancing while growing up, and even attempted ballet, until [[GameBreakingInjury a knee injury]] put an end to that. She also joined the Royal Canadian Navy in her teenage years alongside her brother, and became a codebreaker. She wrote her first song at 18, after her parents split up. Briefly, she was into folk music, but she abandoned that once she partnered up with producer and songwriting partner Rami Samir Afuni.
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10	She released the retro-sounding [[HouseMusic house]] track “Hideaway” in February 2014, through indie label Lokal Legend. It lit up in the UK, selling over 136,000 copies in its first week, while it reached #6 on the Canadian Hot 100. The ''Hideaway'' EP saw an American release later in the year, highlighted by a memorable ''[[Creator/DavidLetterman Late Show]]'' performance.
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12	''Sound Of A Woman'' was released in October of 2014.
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14	!!Tropes associated with Kiesza include:
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16	* ActionGirl: She's a veteran and a crack shot with a sniper rifle. Her athleticism shows in her dance routines.
17	* BizarreTasteInFood: Claims to have invented the "pomelette," a omelette in a pizza.
18	* BookEnds: The "Hideaway" video begins with Kiesza getting out of a cab that later comes to pick her up at the end of the video.
19	* CloudCuckoolander: Describes herself as "spontaneous" and claims to be "the first undocumented human being to land a commercial airplane on the moon." She won't elaborate.
20	* CoverVersion: Of "What Is Love." Yep, she followed up "Hideaway" with {{Music/Haddaway}}.
21	* {{Determinator}}: Performed the entire "Hideaway" dance routine in the video on a broken rib.
22	* EarlyBirdCameo: Donkeyboy's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVz8cfq8d4 Triggerfinger]]."
23	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WhJiy_ohIY "Oops."]]
24	* GenreThrowback: Cites early [[TheNineties 90s]] dance divas like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8mm1Qmt-Y [=CeCe=] Peniston]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2Jc28tQrw Robin S]] as influences. Don't hear that every day.
25	* GoodLookingPrivates: She's a veteran of the Canadian military and very attractive.
26	* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/kiesza-from-ballet-to-boats-to-bullets-to-writing-big-hits In boot camp]], her ''first time'' ever firing a gun, she was so good that she was selected to join a competition taking place in the next field, up against ''police officers and hunters''.
27	-->"We took 15 shots and I think I got them all into the space of like an inch; very small. I had no idea, but as we were graduating they called out my name and the chief said it was the best shot he'd ever seen."
28	** When she graduated, she was approached about going onto sniper training. ''They've never allowed a female to be a sniper in Canada before''. It was never official partly for that reason, but think about it — she could have ended up setting a precedent. She didn't pursue the opportunity because she didn't like the idea of killing someone she'd never met, and who couldn't see her, for reasons she just had to ''trust'' were good.
29	* TheOner: "Hideaway" AND the "What Is Love" cover.
30	* QuirkyCurls: She calls it the "steam hawk".
31	* {{Retraux}}
32	* SillyLoveSongs
33	* SofterAndSlowerCover: Her cover of Haddaway's "What Is Love".
34	* WholesomeCrossdresser: The protagonist of the "Giant In My Heart" video.
35	* AWildRapperAppears: Joey Bada$$ in "Bad Thing".
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38	-->''Baby, I love the way that there's nothing sure''

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