Odeya

Odeya Azulay known as Odeya (Hebrew: אוֹדֶיָּה אזולאי; born 19 April 2001) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer.

Early life

Odeya Azulay was born and raised in Bat Yam to a family of Moroccan origin in a religious home and attended a religious school. Around the age of 11, she distanced herself from religion and transferred to a secular school. After a few years, she began to approach religion again. In an interview with the website , she said: "I know there is an interest in women's singing, but I have a rabbi who I go to and he strengthens me a lot". She later added that "since my return to religion, I have been writing about slightly deeper topics; about Judaism, the soul, about the Creator of the world". In an interview with Ma'ariv La'noar, she said that she auditioned for the . In October 2019, she enlisted in the IDF.

Career

Before releasing her debut single, she recorded a cover version of Lana Del Rey's " Young and Beautiful".

On November 18, 2019, her debut single, ''"HaAhava Shelanu" (Our Love)'' was released, which was a success, garnering over half a million views on YouTube. The song was written by Odeya and produced by . In light of its success, in January 2020 she released her second single, ''"Rak Shayishaer"'', which she co-wrote with producers Guy and Yael.

In March 2020, her breakthrough single "Or" was released, which achieved great success on the official , staying there for many weeks and peaking at number six. On July 8 of that year, its official acoustic version was released. In mid-2020, she released the single ''""'', and towards the end of September, she released an official remix of "Or". It accumulated over 5 million views on YouTube, took first place on Spotify's viral chart in Israel, and was at the top of the Apple Music chart. In early 2021, she remixed ''"Habaita Lahzor" (Coming Back Home)'' written by Yoram Taharlev, and released an accompanying music video for the song. She also wrote and composed the song ''"Ein Oti Yoter"'' by singer Gal Adam, participated in the music video, recorded the opening line of the song, and sang a line from the song towards the end.

On June 20, 2021, her debut album, ''""'', was released. On the same day, she released the eighth single from it, ''""'', which also had an accompanying music video. Later that year, she released ''"" (I Came To Save You)'' for with Moshe Ben Avraham and . She also wrote the song ''""'' for Eden Ben Zaken.

In 2023, she wrote the songs "" and "Yatz'a Shabbat" for Omer Adam, which appear on his seventh album, "". On January 5, she released the single "" with Offer Nissim. On February 5, she released the cover version of "I Wanna Be Yours" with . On March 12, she released the single "Rak Otcha Ahavti". On March 15, she released the single "Hozer Al Atzmo". On March 23, she released the cover version of the song "" as part of an advertising campaign for the Castro clothing company. On March 26, she released the song ''"Psychologit" (Psychologist)''. On March 30, 2023, she released her second studio album, ''""''. On June 13, she released the singles "" and ''"HaZug HaMalchuti (The Royal Couple)''. On August 2, she released the single "Satai / Ata Sheli (Part 1)". In September, Odeya, along with , Eden Ben Zaken, and Nasrin Kadri released the project "Women's Singing" with the single ""; The single reached number four on the Media Forest weekly chart.

In October, she released "" with , in the shadow of the Gaza war. On November 16, 2023, she released the mini-album "" which includes three songs inspired by the Iron Swords War (Gaza War).

On January 22, 2024, Odeya and collaborated on a love song called ''"" (My Blood)''. That same month, she released the singles ''"Im Ata Sheli" (If You Are Mine)'' and ''"Politica" (Politics)''.

In April 2024, she was named on Israel's Forbes 30 Under 30. On April 16, she released the song ''""'' with and Omer Adam. On June 2, she released the single ''"BaGilgul HaBa" (In the Next Incarnation)''. On September 8, she released her third studio album, "". The album includes 13 songs, three of which were released in the weeks leading up to the album's release: "", "Layla Tov", and "Ben Adam". Odeya wrote most of the album's songs in a villa in northern Israel, which she rented to be alone and work. The album was created in collaboration with several writers and producers, including , , Tal Ben Nun, and . On November 14, she released the single ''"" (You Don't Know How Much I Love You)''. On November 24, she released the single "", a cover version of a song by Arkadi Duchin.

On March 4, 2025, she released her second mini-album, ''""'', which includes six songs.

Discography

Studio Albums

* 2021: ''Or'' - אור ()
* 2023: ''HaEmet'' - האמת ()
* 2024: ''Yalda Shel Emuna'' - ילדה של אמונה ()

Mini Albums

* 2023: ''Haravot Barzel'' - חרבות ברזל ()
* 2025: ''Kol HaLehanim Nigmeru'' - כל הלחנים נגמרו ()

Awards

References

External links

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People from Bat Yam
Israeli composers
Israeli women composers
Israeli female dancers
Israeli singer-songwriters
Israeli women singer-songwriters
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