Elif Demirezer

Biography

Elif Demirezer (born 12 December 1992), also known by her stage name ELIF, is a German rock musician and model of Turkish descent.

Early life

Demirezer was born as the daughter of Turkish immigrants in Berlin and is the third of four children. 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, Demirezer took guitar lessons as a teenager. It was during that time that she wrote her first songs.

Popstars

At 16 years old, Demirezer competed in the eighth season of the ProSieben talent show Popstars. She made joint appearances with the All American Rejects (The Wind Blows) and Cassandra Steen (Never Knew I Needed) 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 Tim Bendzko for his November tour of German clubs. Later, in February 2013, Demirezer became the opening act for Ronan Keating during his tour of Germany.
Later in the year, her first single "Unter meiner Haut×Unter meiner Haut30 August 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 22 tracks1Unter meiner Haut3:152Nichts tut für immer weh3:393Regenstadt3:354Ich bin da3:425Der Anzug3:196200 Tage Sommer2:577Zirkus3:588Ein Wort3:399Du3:2410Du kannst mir nichts3:0411Baba3:0912Ewig3:0613Feuer4:1514Danke4:0815Hol mich ab3:3316Unter meiner Haut (akustik version)3:1317Regenstadt (akustik version)2:3618Ich bin da (akustik version)3:4519200 Tage Sommer (akustik version)3:0120Zirkus (akustik version)3:4721Baba (akustik version)3:1922Feuer (akustik version)4:28" (Under My Skin) was released by Universal Music, and reached number 80 in the German single charts in mid-April. On 7 April 2013, Demirezer joined Seeed, Blumio, Glass Bead Game and Andreas Bourani at the memorial concert in Admiral Palace "I Am Jonny – Voices for Our Brother" commemorating the murder of Jonny K. In early August 2013, a single entitled "200 Days Summer" was released. The video, which shows Demirezer along with tame elephants on the island of Sri Lanka, was directed by Justin Kruse, who worked with Ivy Quainoo, Max Herre, Max Prosa, Leslie Clio and Joy Dena Lane on previous productions.
At the end of August 2013, Demirezer's debut album Unter meiner Haut was released. It was produced by Demirezer herself and Philipp Schwär and reached number 23 on the German album charts. In January 2014, she completed her first tour through German clubs.

EP's

2013: Unter meiner Haut
2015: Als ich fortging

Other singles

2009: Last Man Standing (download only; as Nik & Elif)
2013: 200 Tage Sommer
2013: Nichts tut für immer weh (download only)
2015: Als ich fortging
2016: Auf halber Strecke
2017: Doppelleben
2017: Fort Knox
2020: Freunde
2020: Gitarre
2020: Nur mir
2020: Alaska
2020: Ein letztes Mal
2020: Kann das bitte so bleiben
2020: Schwarz
2020: Aber wo bist du
2021: Du liebst nur dich selbst