Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ellee dreamed of becoming an artist from the age of five. Coming from a very religious Mormon household, writing songs became an outlet for her to express herself in a way she didn’t always feel allowed. Ellee continued penning her own material and by age 17, had hundreds of original songs. This propelled Ellee to Nashville where she found early success with major labels and publishing deals. But as a young woman in an industry that demands an ideal from you, finding yourself is close to impossible. “Throughout the years I really lost myself trying to be what I thought other people wanted.” Ellee went on a 12-show tour on the West Coast and fell in love with Los Angeles. She felt a sense of creative freedom and weightless belonging she’d been yearning for her whole life, and she moved there not long after.
Since then Ellee has chosen to embark on a journey back to self and quickly found healing in being an independent artist and songwriter. This also led her to leave the Mormon religion which has come with its own set of struggles. Some of her family doesn’t speak to her anymore. But Ellee continues to hold her head high knowing she’s living a brave, unfiltered life she will proudly sign her name on.
Now with multiple tours and releases under her belt, Ellee is taking the music world by storm as a creative and role model. With a fresh outlook and untold experience, Ellee is writing her most vulnerable work yet. She’s been focused on building a healthy, loving relationship with herself and is ready to divulge to her fans just how she made it out of the dark. “So many of us struggle to figure out how to exist in a world that constantly tells us how to live and who to be…As a woman and an artist especially, you are constantly shamed and underestimated for ‘feeling too much.’ I want to show others [that] emotions are not a weakness, they are a superpower. And anyone can become the person they were meant to be by living raw and authentically.”
Her latest single “fragile” is a big cheers to being underestimated. She confides, “I have immense peace with people thinking they know me and labeling me as such. I know who I am and I need no one’s validation but my own. This song helped me through one of the darkest, loneliest seasons of my life, and I hope it will be an anthem for others to stay grounded in who they are no matter how difficult life may get.”
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