Mereki

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Mereki Rose Beach
Also known asMereki
Genres Indie pop
OccupationMusician
Years active2017–
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Mereki in 2015

Mereki Rose Beach, better known by her stage name Mereki, is an Australian singer-songwriter.

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Early life and education

Mereki Rose Beach[ citation needed ] was born in Byron Bay and raised in Noosa, Australia but her father was English. The Australian-English musician moved to Sweden at 17.[ citation needed ]

Career

Mereki has lived in London, Scotland, Melbourne, and New York before settling in Los Angeles, where her career developed.[ citation needed ]

She started her career as a singer, but began writing and releasing professional music with Grammy Award-winning producers Dan Nigro, Justin Raisen, and SADPONY.[ citation needed ] She was spotted by Ariel Rechtshaid, prompting their collaboration of "Golden Boy", recorded by Kylie Minogue. [1]

Mereki has writing credits with Phantogram, and Atrak, and guest artist and co-writer credits on tracks with Dhani Harrison, Basenji, Flight Facilities, Holychild,[ citation needed ] and Goldroom. [2] While fronting Goldroom,[ when? ] she performed across the US and internationally, [3] [ failed verification ] before going on to perform with electronic act Flight Facilities]] as their featured vocalist on the duo's sold-out North American tour.[ when? ]

In 2013, DCUP released "Don't Be Shy" remix, feat. Mereki. A music video to accompany the track, directed and executive produced by Australian director Tim White and starring Japanese fashion model Kozue Akimoto, was released to accompany the single. [4] [5] [6]

Mereki's debut solo single, "Blue Lake", was released in 2014. [7] Mereki released a few singles that landed her music in a Victoria’s Secret commercial. In 2017, Mereki released her EP Beach. The songs on Beach have Mereki’s signature style, a distinctly pop-feel with positive messaging, while tracks like “Spiritual”, “French Kissing” and “Got It All” also hold an ethereal, dreamy quality. [8] [9]

She made her live solo UK debut at the Glastonbury Festival 2022 [10] and followed this up with another performance at the festival in 2023. [11]

In 2022, Mereki released her single "Presence" and the follow-up track, "Twin Flame", in 2023. Her debut full-length solo album, Death of a Cloud was released on 24 March 2023, via BMG and her own label BUNBUN Records.[ citation needed ]

Other activities

In 2016, Mereki created Mereki's Clubhouse, a pop-up event platform with a focus on kindness and creating spaces to give a voice to up-and-coming female artists. The Clubhouse motto "Be Kind" grew into a non-profit organisation of the same name, [12] which then held an annual Holiday Benefit Concert – the last event selling out the legendary Troubadour in 2019. Past participants include Sharon Van Etten, John C. Reilly, and Jim James. [13]

Discography

YearSongNotes
2013Blue Lake
2015Jenny (feat. Kitten)
2015Sirens
2017French Kissing
2017Beach EP [14]
2017I'll Be Yours Tonight (Merry Christmas) [15]
2018Spiritual
2022Presence [16]
2023Twin Flame [17]

Albums

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