Biography

Ella, also known as Raphaela Antônia Souza Silva is a Brazilian/Norwegian Pop artist who began singing at the age of 2. Throughout her life she has been quite influenced by her parents' and aunt’s eclectic music taste.   Ella, Ketil and French producer duo Pepperjuice had lots of time to spend in the studio during the Covid pandemic, and released their debut single «Criminal» on March 2022. The track, featuring French and Brazilian superstars Franglish, Xamã and JS O Mão de Ouro was the theme song to the Brazilian movie «Me Tira da Mira», which premiered on all Brazilian theaters March the 24th. Ella was in Brazil between February and May promoting the track and performing on all main pre-premieres in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, gaining National media attention both in Brazil and Norway.   After a successful debut, Ella continued her mission to mix Scandinavian and Latin styles with the single «Oh!» , featuring singer and Tiktok phenomena Yina Rose with over than 10M followers on Tiktok and Instagram.   Coming back to Norway in May 2022, Ella planned on beginning her live shows, and succeeded. During the last half of 2022 Ella was amongst the headliners of 4 successful editions of the festival "Paris Latino" 
2023 starts off with ELLA participating in the Norwegian Eurovision Song contest with her banger WAIST, followed up by her second solo single “Así” (co-written by fellow MGP stars Adelén Rusillo and 2012 winner Tooji).