Ellise
Ellise's warped, theatrical pop relies on a lithe voice and a heavy dose of dark whimsy. Among a series of short-form releases in the late 2010s, she went viral with "911" from her 2018 EP Can You Keep a Secret? Her full-length debut, Chaotic, followed in 2021. After a pair of seasonal October albums and collaborations including "Soul Sucker, Pt. 2" with the like-minded DeathbyRomy and Mothica, late 2023's "She Ruins Everything" took the form of a disarmingly reflective ballad.
Born and raised in the California Bay Area, Ellise Mariana Gitas was inspired to become a singer after performing a Kelly Clarkson song at a school event in the fourth grade. She auditioned for The X Factor as a young teen in 2013 and had relocated to Los Angeles by the time she competed on iHeartRadio Rising Star in 2016. That year, she also released her first song, the earnest "Breakdown," while appearing in the web documentary series Uncharted. At the time she was going by her full name.
As Ellise, she made her debut with a song called "Dominoes" in 2016. After parting ways with her first label, she self-released the more distinctively stylized "Love Made Me Do It" in early 2018. The EP Can You Keep a Secret? followed on Hell Bent Heaven Sent later that year. It included the song "911," which trended on social media, drawing millions of streams. She released another EP, Under My Bed, in 2019 before including "911" on her debut album, Chaotic. It arrived on Hell Bent Heaven Sent/Empire in May 2021. Ellise made her live debut a month later with a staged online performance of the title track. The eight-song, Halloween-themed Letting the Wolf In followed in October of that year. She finished out 2021 with "go bestie," a collaboration with Savage Ga$p and Chevy, and "Soul Sucker, Pt. 2" with DeathbyRomy and Mothica.
A series of solo singles followed in 2022 with titles like "Black Balloons" and "Did It Hurt?, and another October release, OVER HER DEAD BODY, arrived in 2023. A more earnest, non-album ballad, "She Ruins Everything," appeared that December.
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PITY PARTY
Alternative & Indie - Released by ELEV8MUSIC on 15 Sep 2023
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Chaotic
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - EMPIRE on 14 May 2021
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Letting the Wolf In
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - EMPIRE on 15 Oct 2021
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Soul Sucker, Pt. 2
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - EMPIRE on 12 Nov 2021
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Bubblegum Brain
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - EMPIRE on 5 Feb 2021
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Can You Keep a Secret? - EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent on 12 Oct 2018
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Pretty In The Dark
Pop - Released by Partners Record Label on 23 Jun 2023
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OVER HER DEAD BODY
Pop - Released by HELL BENT - ARSON THEORY on 13 Oct 2023
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Pretty In The Dark (Slowed + Reverbed)
Pop - Released by Partners Record Label on 11 Aug 2023
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Feeling Something Bad...
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - EMPIRE on 12 Mar 2021
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Black Balloons
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent, in partnership with INERTIA on 28 Oct 2022
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Pinky Promise
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent on 3 Aug 2018
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Did It Hurt?
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent, in partnership with INERTIA on 2 Dec 2022
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brokenboys&bitterbitches
Pop - Released by Hell Bent Heaven Sent - INERTIA, distributed by Arson Theory on 24 Mar 2023
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go bestie
Alternative & Indie - Released by 300 Entertainment on 29 Oct 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo