Kerli
Kerli is an Estonian singer, songwriter and audiovisual artist who builds worlds through electronic pop, handmade fashion and music videos.
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Kerli’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus her backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
- Walking on Air2008 · Singer and songwriter
YouTube - Tea Party2010 · Almost Alice contribution
YouTube - Utopia2013 · Electronic pop EP
Apple Music - Sound of Walking Away2017 · Vocal collaboration with ILLENIUM
YouTube - Shadow Works2019 · Second studio album
Apple Music - OVERSOUL2024 · Six-song electronic EP
Apple Music
Overview
- From
- Elva, Estonia
- Born
- 7 February 1987
- Full name
- Kerli Kõiv
- Creates
- Songs, music production, videos, photography and fashion
- Breakout
- Walking on Air and debut album Love Is Dead, 2008
- Fan community
- Moon Children
Mini bio
How it started.
Kerli Kõiv grew up in Elva, Estonia, and entered singing competitions before signing with Island Records in 2006. Her 2008 debut album Love Is Dead introduced Walking on Air, the song that brought her to a wider audience. The album reached the Billboard 200.
Finding her sound.
She moved toward electronic and dance music with songs including Army of Love, which topped Billboard’s Dance/Club Play Songs chart. Utopia followed in 2013. Her songwriting also reached other voices: she co-wrote Demi Lovato’s Skyscraper.
The Moon Children.
Her connection with fans began through blogging and YouTube videos before her music came out. She calls that community the Moon Children, with integrity, love and unity at its heart. Her bubblegoth style grew alongside the music, bringing handmade costumes and playful colors into goth and cyber fashion.
Building her own worlds.
Shadow Works arrived in 2019, followed by the electronic EP OVERSOUL in 2024. On Patreon, Kerli describes a practice that spans singing, songwriting, music production, photography, video and fashion. Recent releases include collaborations with Seven Lions, Zeds Dead and Amanati.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Precious with AmanatiCo-writer; lyrics, vocal melody and engineering
- 2026Fly Around The World with Zeds DeadFeatured artist and composer
- 2025Thrice Woven with Seven LionsVocals
- 2025By the Light of the Moon with Seven LionsFeatured artist
- 2024OVERSOULRecording artist
- 2019Shadow WorksRecording artist
- 2017Sound of Walking Away with ILLENIUMFeatured vocalist
- 2013UtopiaRecording artist
- 2011Skyscraper by Demi LovatoCo-writer
- 2010Tea PartySinger; Almost Alice contribution
- 2008Love Is DeadRecording artist; debut studio album
Music videos
- 2026PreciousBeauty, fashion, set and editing
- 2026By the Light of the MoonPerformer as Cybele
Awards
Quotes
Being a Moon Child is about believing in integrity, love and unity.Kerli, LA Weekly
In a 2013 interview, she explained the values behind the Moon Children community and how it began before her music was released.
Trivia
- The name bubblegoth came from a critic’s description. Kerli liked it and began developing the look herself.
- She told PopCrush that she handmade most of her stage clothes, shoes and video props.
- The first album she bought for herself was The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
- Her Moon Children community started with blogs and YouTube videos before her music was released.
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