Ellise

Ellise was born in Foster City, California.^[2] Her mother moved to the United States from Iraq at 15 years old.^[3] She grew up living with her parents and younger brother, who is also a producer and a musician.^[4][5] After attaining her high school diploma from Monte Vista High School, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a singer, when she was age 17.^[6]

In 2016, she was selected for the Uproxx Uncharted series.^[7][6] She worked with producer Chris Seefried in the series to create her debut single, "Break Down".^[6] She was also a finalist of the 2016 iHeartRadio Rising Star Competition.^[8][9] In July, she performed at her first major concert at an unveiling of new rides at Luna Park.^[10][11] She released an EDM single titled "Dominoes" and the music video was directed by Paul Boyd.^[2]

In 2018, she left her former record label, Grange records. During this period, she independently released the dark-pop singles "Love Made Me Do It", "Fight!", and "Pinky Promise". Tracks "Nightmares" and "911" enjoyed the most success.^[12] This was followed by the release of her debut extended play (EP), Can You Keep a Secret.^[13] In 2019, she released her second EP Under My Bed. Her brother produced some of the song in the EP.^[4]

In 2021, she got signed to Empire Records,^[14] under which she released her debut album Chaotic.^[13][15] She was featured in Iggy Azalea's album The End of an Era, on the track "Day 3 in Miami".^[16][17] She released her third EP, Letting The Wolf In.^[18][19][20] In November, she collaborated with DeathbyRomy and Mothica on a remix for the song "Soul Sucker", originally from the EP.^[21][22] She was featured by Savage Ga$p on his debut album title track The Long Halloween.^[23]

In 2022, she signed to AWAL. Erik Ron produced "Black Balloons" and in 2023, "Half a Heart".^[24][13] She also released the single "Did It Hurt" in 2023.^[22] The same year, she collaborated with Ashley Sienna on the song "Pretty in the Dark",^[25] and then on "Pity Party" with Neoni.^[26]

She names Ariana Grande, Lorde, Lana Del Rey and Melanie Martinez as her inspirations.^[27][28] According to Paper Magazine and Wonderland Magazine, she makes "dark pop".^[20][21]