Elif Demirezer currently known by her stage name Elif, is a German pop singer and songwriter of Turkish descent.
Biography
Elif Demirezer was born as the daughter of Turkish immigrants in Berlin and has three siblings. She grew up in the Berlin district of Moabit and attended the OSC KIM school. In addition to performing in both the school musical and the school choir, Elif took guitar lessons as a teenager. It was during that time that she wrote her first songs.
Career
Beginning as a Popstar
At 16 years old, Demirezer competed in the eighth season of the ProSieben talent show. She made joint appearances with the All American Rejects and Cassandra Steen and finished together with her partner Niklas Dennin to earn second place in the final.
Solo career
After Popstars, Demirezer reinforced her internet presence on Facebook and YouTube by introducing her own songs, which were mainly in German language. She also worked as a blogger for Webradio's "I Love Radio". In 2012, Demirezer joined German singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko for his November tour of German clubs. Later, in February 2013, Demirezer became in the opening act for Ronan Keating during their tour of Germany. Later in the year, her first single "Unter meiner Haut" was released by Universal Music, and reached number 80 in the German single charts in mid-April. On 7 April 2013 was Elif Demirezer next Seeed, Blumio, Glass Bead Game and Andreas Bourani to the artists at the Memorial Concert - "I am Jonny for our brother voices" for the 2012 Berlin killed Jonny K. in Admiral Palace occurred. In early August 2013, the single was released 200 days summer. The video, which shows Elif along with a tame elephants on the island of Sri Lanka, was directed by Justin Kruse, who already music videos with Ivy Quainoo, Max Herre, Max Prosa, Leslie Clio and Joy Dena Lane had turned. End of August 2013 the debut album "Unter meiner Haut" was released. It was produced by Demirezer itself and Philipp Schwär and reached number 23 on the German album charts. In January 2014 Elif completed her first tour through German clubs.
