愛沙尼亞的87年出生的年輕歌手， 《 Love Is Dead》和《Walking On Air》兩支單曲流傳已久， 歌手生涯從2002年她參加了Fizz Superstar 2002開始， Fizz Superstar是個波羅的海的選秀節目 Estonian singer Kerli was born in Elva, a Soviet-occupied town with a population of 5,000, in 1987. As a teen, she dreamed of becoming a pop star and leaving her homeland, and studied singing, dancing, acting, and piano. In 2001, she was the runner-up in that year's Eurolaul, a televised competition that determines the song that will represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest; two years later, she competed in Sweden's Melodifestivalen, but was eliminated in the second semifinal round. She continued to perform and write songs, ultimately scoring an audition with L.A. Reid, who signed her to Island Def Jam in 2006. Kerli worked with producer, songwriter, and mixer David Maurice on an autobiographical set of songs, the first batch of which were released on the digital EP Kerli in 2007. Her debut album, Love Is Dead, arrived in summer 2008.