Background
Katja Glieson was born Katja-Angelique Glieson in Melbourne, Australia.
Katja Glieson was born Katja-Angelique Glieson in Melbourne, Australia.
Glieson first gained recognition in 2014 for playing "Elsa" in a viral YouTube video Princess Rap Battle, where she raps with Snow White, which has been featured on Perez Hilton, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, Music Television, and People’s Crunch. According to Beat 100, The Australian born singer made a "difficult decision to move away from family and friends to pursue a career in music She worked three jobs and saved every penny to make the move to Los Angeles in order to live out her dreams".
Glieson talked about struggling with shyness and bullying growing up, made worse by being an overweight kid (at one point, she was at 200 pounds).
Suffering more than her fair share of ridicule and bullying in elementary school she turned to music Singing gave her a positive outlet.
"I used to sing to myself to kind of feel better and fill the void of having friends. lieutenant made me feel better," Glieson said.
Glieson performed on the mainstages at Los Angeles PRIDE, OC PRIDE and CAPITAL PRIDE in 2014.
After appearing in the Princess Rap Battle, Glieson also released her original song "Look At Us" on YouTube, featuring Ongina from RuPaul"s Drag Race and YouTuber Zedakiah. Lyrically, "Look At Us" embodies female empowerment and celebrates the idea of staying true to who you are. Glieson also uploads covers to YouTube, such as "Black Widow".
2014 Beat100 #1 Charting Video & Gold Award for "Problem" Cover Video (won) 2014 Beat100 #2 Charting Video & Gold Song A&R Award, Gold Video A&R Award & Gold Favorite A&R Award for "Hot Mess" Original Video & Song (won) 2014 Beat100 Top Artist of 2014 2014 World Music & Independent Film Festival "Metropolis" Most Creative Music Video (nominated) 2014 NewFilmmakers New York "Metropolis" (nominated).
