Biography
"Sings, as the daughter of Sia and Rihanna," jolly "YouTube" under the video of Era Istrafi to Single "Bonbon".It was this song in 2016 brought Balkan singer widely fame in the West. Prior to that, her work was successful only at the Albano-language population of Eastern Europe. The vocalist moved to Los Angeles and works on a debut album.With the participation of Istrafi, the official song of the World Cup 2018 "Live IT Up" was recorded. In the composition, Nicky Jam and Will Smith were also noted.
Childhood and youth
Albanian singer was born in 1994 in Pristina, date of birth - July 4th. Parents of the girl were associated with the show business: Mom Susanna Tahirstela sang and performed in the 80-90s, the father of Nevir Istrafi worked as a film operator. The era has two senior sisters: Nora and Nita. Nora Istrafi was also the performer later, and Nita chose a stylist career.
Childhood and youth Istrafi passed in Pristina. Even leaving the hometown, Era admires the capital of Kosovo. In an interview with wanderlust.co.uk, the artist admitted that she feels free. Her favorite place is the restaurant "Tiffany" with traditional cuisine. It also inspires nature, mountains and waterfalls, which are in the vicinity of Pristina.
In childhood, Ere had to survive drama. When the girl was ten years old, the head of the family died. The mother of the era threw a career and found a different job to provide daughters. Suzanne, who left the stage herself, welcomed the rudeness of the hole and the era of music.
Music
The first singles Istrafi came out in 2013. The 19-year-old performer made his debut with the MANI PëR Money composition. Albania-speaking song included words from a Gegian dialect and English. The second single - "A PO DON" - was accompanied by a clip.
The production of a black and white video, in which the grunge style is dressed, then still a fair-haired era dances in front of the camera, "Entermedia" was engaged. The same company will later work on the clip to the song "Bonbon", which will be a business card of the era in the international show business.
In 2014, slow, but the right entry of the singer into the space of Albanian dance music is forced by a scandal. Based on the text of the already existing song of non-simony Paragushi "E DEHUN" Istrafi, together with the MIXEY arguer creates a hit of electronic music with the same title, but other sound.
The clip makes the effect of a broken bomb: frankly dressed era surrounded by ballet artists dances in an unfinished Orthodox church located on the territory of the Novinsky University.
The building of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior appeared in the late 90s, but during the Kosovo war, the construction stopped. Pristina residents, most of whom are confessing Islam, spoke against the project. For the territory on which the Temple is standing is now being argued by the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Spentic University. The site remains abandoned, the brick walls of the cathedral are degraded with drawings and inscriptions, which can be seen in the music video.
However, the director of the clip Astritis Ismailith in response to the dissatisfaction of the representatives of the Church explained that he did not want to insult Serbs and even received permission to shoot. The video received the Videofest Awards award in the nominations "Best Speech" and "Best Style".
At the end of the fruitful year, Istrafi releases the Single "13". Unusual for the performer Genre R & B-ballad reveals the era vocal range, revealing the similarity of Istrafi's voice with Rihanna's voice. It pushes the parallels and similar to the stylistics of the clips on the songs "13" and "Russian Roulette".
But obviously, the comparison will be a year later, when the Albanian singer will record hit "Bonbon". In an interview with MTV, Era admitted that comparisons with Rihanna or Seia, which were performed both fans and musical critics, were very stolen. Istrafi said that he always adored Rihanna.
Shot into the Kosovo simple clip on the song "Bonbon", like the single himself, released on the last day of 2015. And then the life of the singer turned over. After a half months, Istrafi signed a contract for the release of the album with the world's largest label Sony Music Entertainment. In June, the artist presented the Bonbon version in English.
By this time, the video laid out under the New Year gathered more than 153 million views on YouTube. Each exit from the house in Native Pristina turned around for the era of an improvised autograph session.
"I could not even go buy something to a snack," the words of Istrafi MTV leads, "as people wanted to make a photo with me. You see, a lot of photos! ".In 2017, Istrafi moved to work in Los Angeles. With the participation of the former participant of the Pop Group "Terror JR" Felix Snow recorded a single "Redrum". In the same year, the song "No I Love Yous". Neither the first, nor the second job could not repeat the success of the Bonbon hit.
Personal life
Does Erastfi have a guy, unknown - the girl does not apply to personal life, despite the external openness. Era spoke several times in support of the LGBT community.
By the sign of the zodiac era - cancer. Istrafi growth - 175 cm, weight - 55 kg. The singer did three tattoos. On the left forearm from the inside the mandala, on the back of the right brush, a tattoo is packed in the form of an emoticon, and on the side - the word "FREE", which means "free".
In the "Instagram" the era has more than a million subscribers. The girl lay out selfie and photos with fans, shoots what is happening during the production of clips and records of songs and publishes snapshots from speeches and official meetings. Also leads Twitter, information in which does not always duplicate "Instagram".
Era Istrafi now
The first half of 2018 was issued for the performer fruitful. She recorded 4 compositions, including the Single "Live It Up", which will fall into the official album "2018 FIFA World Cup". In June, the clip came out to the composition. Previously, a duet with a sister appeared. Nora Istrafi and Era recorded the song "AS NI Gote". The last song for July 2018 is the single "Prison". Now the shooting of the clip is on this work. The tour of Istrafi is not yet reported. There is also no date of the release of the debut album.
In 2016, Era received the citizenship of Albania. World recognition allowed her to participate in official meetings at a high state level. In June 2018, she and her sister Nora visited the public meeting with the President of Albania or Metro. Together with the leaders of culture, science and sports, the head of state looked at one of the matches of the World Cup. Photo from Ilir Meta published in "Instagram".