Elen Levon

She’s only 17 but Elen Levon certainly isn’t wasting time. 

After inking a record deal with Ministry of Sound last May, this super-star-in-the making is unleashing her follow up single ‘Like A Girl In Love’ on the world. Following on from her debut single ‘Naughty’ which worked its way into high rotation across all possible broadcast formats, ‘Like A Girl In Love’ is a pumping, jumping electro-pop knock-out, destined to place the paladin of pop as one of the artists to watch in 2012.

“I think lately girls are afraid to express their fun side and their inner bad girl,” she says about the song. “It’s about letting go and not caring what other people think. Everyone has two sides to them…”

Written by James Ash of Rogue Traders fame, ‘Like A Girl In Love’ well and truly frames Elen’s “inner bad girl”. Flying straight into Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh for filming, the video captures the mischievous star-crossed starlet’s seduction into forbidden love through the directorial talents of Sydney-based Benn Jae, who has worked with the likes of Havana Brown, Amy Meredith and Marvin Priest. 

As crazy as it sounds for someone so young, the spotlight’s been a long time coming for Elen. The Sydney native started dancing at the age of three and singing at seven. Inspired by idols like Madonna, Michael Jackson and Beyoncé, the young Elen took singing lessons almost every day and performing became her life. 

“It’s always been a passion and there’s never been anything else I’ve wanted to do.”

Well, except for some acting and modelling too. Yep, this ambitious all-star does that on the side. Forget being a ‘triple threat’, this girl’s a quadruple threat and she’s channelling it all into her music.

“I love acting because I think it’s also important to act on stage,” she confesses. “It’s where I get most of my ideas and creativity from and I think it’s important to be not only a performer but also an entertainer.”

Less than six months since her live debut on the Supafest festival around the country, alongside headliners like Snoop Dogg, Taio Cruz and Nelly, she got her chance to do just that! Jetting to Beijing in January as the stand-alone Australian representative at the annual Gala World Music Festival, under personal invitation from the Beijing Government. Performing her single ‘Sun Burns Out’, an upbeat synth-heavy dance-floor filler co-written by Brian McFadden, Elen’s Mandarin version of the song was broadcast to over 1 billion people on China’s largest television network, Beijing TV.

Not content to rest on her laurels, Elen is busy working on new material, writing with industry heavyweights 30H!3, Canadian producer Jon Levine (Nelly Furtado), Rami Afuni (LMFAO, Pixie Lott) and Brian Kennedy (Rihanna, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, Brandy, Cheryl Cole).

 While she’s literally the new kid on the block, this natural-born performer’s already got ambitious plans for the long term.  

“I want to be one of those artists that the fans can grow with and everyone can relate to the music,” she says. “I don’t want to appeal to just one age group. It’s not about the fame for me - I want to be around for a while.” 

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