Elisakh Hagia (born 23 January 2008), known professionally as ELS, is an Indonesian

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, singer, dancer and actress. She initially rose to international fame when she released the song ''Slide'' with rapper

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, then performed it with him in

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. She is also known for the popular song ''What Els'' featuring Zay Hilfigerrr, which she wrote the lyrics for, and has been played over 31 million times on

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Early life and career

Hagia was born in Bogor in Indonesia, before moving to

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to focus on performing. She started singing when she was 4 years old and initially taught herself on YouTube before taking professional singing lessons. She discovered a passion for Hip hop and is also inspired by the artists Jessie J and

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. In February 2017, Hagia composed a song with rapper

called ''Slide'', which within 2 weeks had 3 million streams on

and, as of March 2018, has over 30 million streams. Through her social media, the promoter of Urban Street Jam and

invited her to perform. In March 2017, Hagia performed to represent Indonesia at the Urban Street Jam. In April 2017, she released her second song ''What Els'' on

. She wrote the lyrics herself and hoped to inspire other children with the song. She performed it for the first time on

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. In July 2017, she performed with

for the first time at Electric Run Malaysia. In August 2017, Hagia held an audition for young dancers under 17 years old to perform with her in her second single. Four children were chosen from the audition, whom she took to her performance at the Development Basketball League (DBL) Indonesia. She performed at the 2017 KAGAMA Kangen Gathering event at Ecovention Hall, Ancol.

Discography

Singles

* What Els (feat. Zay Hilfigerrr) (2017) *Slide (feat.

) (2017) * What Girls Do (feat.

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) (2018)

Featured Artist Singles

* Pay You back (Mir Money feat. ELS) (2018)

Filmography

Television appearances

Live performances

*DBL Indonesia *Temu Kangen KAGAMA *Electric Run Malaysia (with

) *Seoul on Stage

References

External links

Official site
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