Ellinor Miranda Salome Olovsdotter (born 8 October 1985), known professionally as Elliphant, is a Swedish singer, rapper and songwriter. Her sound was initially created together with the Swedish production duo Jungle, which consists of Tim Denéve and Ted Krotkiewski.
The music they created together caught the attention of
TEN Music Group
TEN Music Group is a Swedish independent record label headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The label was founded by Ola Håkansson in 2003.
History
The company was founded by Swedish singer, composer and producer, Ola Håkansson in 2003, in St ...
, to which Elliphant signed in 2011. Elliphant also supported
Major Lazer
Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music and DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. They were founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was the ...
, the side project of American producer and DJ
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is a co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer; a member of the supergroup LSD (group), ...
, on their 2015 European tour.
Life and career
Early life and career beginnings
Elliphant was born Ellinor Miranda Salome Olovsdotter in
Stockholm
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to an
Icelandic family.
In 2011, Elliphant was at a party in
Paris
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when she met producer Tim Denéve, who needed someone that could sing and help him with his demos. Six months later, she signed to
TEN Music Group
TEN Music Group is a Swedish independent record label headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The label was founded by Ola Håkansson in 2003.
History
The company was founded by Swedish singer, composer and producer, Ola Håkansson in 2003, in St ...
.
2012–2013: ''Elliphant'' and ''A Good Idea''
Elliphant released her debut single "Tekkno Scene" in 2012. The track, which features rapper Adam Kanyama, was positively received and was featured in the video game ''
FIFA 13
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''. The song earned comparisons to
M.I.A. and
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is a co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer; a member of the supergroup LSD (group), ...
. In October 2012, Elliphant released her eponymous debut
extended play
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on A Bigger Splash Records, including the singles "Tekkno Scene" and "Down on Life".
Following the release of her first EP, Elliphant stated in an interview with
Idolator
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Idolator or Idolater may also refer to:
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* "Idolater", a ...
in July 2013 that she had signed to
Dr. Luke
Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional music career as the Saturday Night Live ...
's label
Kemosabe Records
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and that her Swedish debut studio album would be titled ''A Good Idea''. The album was released in her native Sweden on 9 October 2013,
and features a number of artists and producers, including Swedish duo
Niki and the Dove, who are featured on the track "More Fire".
2014–present: ''Look Like You Love It'', ''One More'' and ''Living Life Golden''

Elliphant released her second EP, titled ''Look Like You Love It'', in April 2014 via Kemosabe Records and
Mad Decent
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, featuring production from Dr. Luke, Diplo,
Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the ...
and
Dave Sitek
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. It was followed by yet another EP, ''One More'', in October, whose
title track
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features Danish singer
MØ
Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen (; born 13 August 1988), known professionally as MØ (; not to be confused with ∅), is a Danish singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 2012 and released he ...
.
Elliphant was one of the opening acts on
Charli XCX
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is a British singer and songwriter. She began posting songs on Myspace in 2008 before entering the London rave scene. Signing a recording contract with Asylum Re ...
's
Girl Power North America Tour in September and October 2014.
In early July 2015, it was announced that Elliphant's second studio album and North American debut album, ''Living Life Golden'', would be released on 25 September by Kemosabe Records. However, it was reported in late August 2015 that the album's release had been pushed back to an unspecified date. In December 2015, it was announced that the album would be released on 25 March 2016.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2017
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the
Song of the Year category was won by "
Stranger
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" featuring Elliphant.
As one of the track's songwriters, Elliphant also won Dance Work of the Year and Most Played Australian Work at the
APRA Music Awards of 2018.
In 2018, the song "Everybody" was featured at the end of the film ''
The Spy Who Dumped Me''. Later in 2018, a new Elliphant song "To the End" was featured in the film ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'', serving as the introduction music for
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman is the code name of several fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first major version is Jessica Drew (and later impersonated by Veranke), the second major version is Julia Carpenter, and the third m ...
. The song was released in January 2019.
She released her third studio album ''Rocking Horse'' in April 2021, preceded by the singles "Uterus", "Had Enough", "Time Machine", "White Tiger", "Could This Be Love", "Drunk & Angry" and "Notorious".
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Guest appearances
Music videos
References
External links
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1985 births
21st-century Swedish singers
APRA Award winners
ARIA Award winners
Living people
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish electronic musicians
Swedish pop singers
Swedish women pop singers
Swedish singer-songwriters
Swedish women rappers
Swedish hip-hop musicians
Swedish people of Icelandic descent
21st-century women rappers
21st-century Swedish women singers
English-language singers from Sweden