There's something brewing quickly from underneath the music industry, something mystical, light yet dark, and severely captivating. Kerli, an Estonian native, was signed to Def Jam Records in 2006 and has been power vaulting her way up ever since.

Her exotic looks and eerily seductive voice has granted this European pop princess great success here in the US, where her debut album featuring the successful viral singles "Love is Dead" and "Walking on Air" is set to be released later this year.

Kerli has managed to come from living in a remote part of Estonia; where Wal-Mart has yet to make a footprint, and McDonald's doesn't out number billboards; to living in a small Estonian village; to being recognized by one of the major musical moguls of all time, L.A. Reid. I guess Kerli has to be doing something right! "I'm a product of visualization. I dreamed myself ready a long time ago. And I just started going. Fell down, got up, kept going, fell down, got up, and kept going. Big dreams take a lot of time and a lot of work to make happen."

Kerli has been compared to the Iceland native Bjork, whose vocalisms are similar; yet Kerli doesn't compare herself to anyone, she is unique, and, in a sense, brings a new genre of vocal talent to the table. "Being compared to her is a great compliment but I don't believe in comparing, identifying and categorizing things. To me, it's just music. And I sing how I feel."

Although her songs contain many subjects that are dark with lyrics that are both thought-provoking and consciously euphoric, she says they have a diverse meaning, but always with a singular purpose. "We are all light and dark. There is a constant fight between these two forces going on in this world and inside a human being. I always wanna bring people up, so there is a light element in my music no matter how dark it feels. I don't write begging songs. I don't write 'I can't live without you' type songs. I'd rather say: 'Love is dead, the world sucks today, but I will be great tomorrow, so f*** you.'"

The songs on her album beckon a resonating conscious feeling, an after work specialty that relaxes both the mind and body, leaving one tension free. Just imagine driving on a highway beside an oceanfront and listening to her hypnotic vocals. Truly amazing! Her inspirations are few due to her lack of exposure to music as a child, yet she has grown to love every genre and has used this inspiration to create her unique sound. "I am sure everything I have ever heard has inspired me, but I don't really believe that you have to listen to a lot of music to write it. I believe music is born in silence."

Her debut album is sure to be a blockbuster hit with college kids and adults alike who can relate on many levels with her tunes. She says that even though she misses her family back in Estonia, she wouldn't want to go back, she enjoys the freedom she has here in the United States to create what she wants and how she wants it. "I often feel like life is just passing me by and everyone I love is on the other side of the world. I feel like I am missing out on their lives. At the same time, I am terrified of the thought of living there. It's easier to be a freak in America. You simply get called an artist."

Even after all this immediate success Kerli has remained true to herself, setting goals and reaching them one-by-one. Kerli's album Love Is Dead is set to be released in stores June 10.

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