Between the dark and the light, a confident balance occurs. Estonia-born pop songstress Elysa thrives in the centre of a similar spectrum. On one side, her emotionally charged delivery carries explosive, yet tender ballads. On the other, she comes to life as an independent and powerful provocateur whose crazy and sexy fearlessness immediately inspires high levels of energy and spirit. This can even happen within the span of the same song, cementing her as fresh force for popular music and culture.

“There are definitely two sides of me,” she exclaims. “Sometimes, I’m on the darker side. Other times, I’m on the lighter side. My songs show both. I’ll sing from my soul about my emotions, and then I’ll turn up and go completely crazy. I’ll jump from one extreme to the other. Those two opposites really attract.”

Her story itself hinges on such a dichotomy as it begins in her native Estonia. Growing up in a tiny country of 1.3 million residents, she retreated into music at a young age, obsessing over the likes of Rihanna… Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Céline Dion. After music school at just eight-years-old, she began penning songs in junior high. Making a name for herself locally, 2015 saw her enter the national pre-selection for the world-renowned Eurovision Song Contest. Placing third, she rose to immense popularity in Estonia in addition to touring all over the country.

She also started to make a name for herself throughout Europe.since then she has graced the stage of Eurovison multiple times including in 2025, she took to the Eurovision stage once again with her epic, emotionally-charged anthem "Last to Know", further cementing her reputation as one of Estonia’s leading pop exports.

One of her early singles “Hunter” amassed 5.6 million views on YouTube, another single “Dark of the Night” was also a success over unpredictable nocturnal production, Elysa’s voice stretches from breathy verses into a show-stopping and stunning hook that’s as bold as it is bright. 2020 saw the release of her powerful single “Real Girls” and also another latest titled “Undercover”.

“I always channel the energy around me,” she goes on. “It’s dark and sad, because I put all of this stress into it. It was a rough day, and I wasn’t afraid to pull from that. However, ‘Dark of the Night’ makes a connection. That’s what I want to do.” In the end, Elysa undoubtedly will with every piece of music she delivers. “I want people to feel emotions and relate,” she leaves off. “You’re going to get the sad songs, but you’re also going to get the fun songs. It’s always going to be both of those two sides. I feel like I’m a beautiful creature on this planet whose mission is to make music and uplift humanity through it all.”