Kiesza

Kiesza arrived like a thunderclap with "Hideaway," that single-take video resurrecting nineties house for a new generation. What keeps my interest, though, is everything underneath the viral moment: Berklee training, real dance discipline, and a voice that can carry both euphoria and ache. It would have been easy to be filed away as a one-hit phenomenon, yet she has kept building, releasing albums and deepening her craft on her own terms. I admire artists who treat a breakthrough as a beginning rather than a peak. Kiesza dances to her own rhythm, and I find that quiet stubbornness genuinely compelling.

Name (English)

Kiesza

Name (Japanese)

カイザ

Reading

かいざ

Born

January 29, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

Origin

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Occupation

dancer / singer / beauty pageant contestant / songwriter / lyricist

High school

Springbank Community High School

University

Berklee College of Music

• Official sitehttps://www.kiesza.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kiesza/
• Xhttps://x.com/Kiesza
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiesza
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16730833

Tags

• Alberta
• dancer
• singer
• beauty pageant contestant

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.