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Kiesza shows off her rock-hard dancer's body in her video for her brand new international single "No Enemiesz," the third track from Canadian rising star's recently-released debut album "Sound Of A Woman." Kiesza's video for the incredibly catchy "Hideaway" where she danced all around Williamsburg, captured in a single shot. So it's nice to see that she's come up with something less cringe-inducing for for "No Enemiesz" video. In this one, Kiesza's still dancing up a storm, but as she takes off each article of clothing, it morphs into a dancer who joins her in her quest for rhythm domination. She might be Robyn with better dance moves, but it's working.
"No Enemiesz" is a deep house and Eurodance song and it consists of a prominent retro house beat, bleary bass and a bouncy, grinding groove. The song features the euphoric chorus "If we could all fall in love together/ We'd have no enemies" which is convicted with a sense of euphoria while disintegrating into a beat-heavy frenzy. "No Enemiesz" was described as a dance anthem that embraces Kiesza's trademark '90s house vibes. Musically, "No Enemiesz" has been likened to the most successful dance songs of the early-to-mid-1990s, in addition to Robyn and Kleerup's "With Every Heartbeat."
"No Enemiesz" is the song with the most potential to become Kiesza's best-performing single after "Hideaway," so no surprise here that Island Records picked the song as her next single. The fun, dance-heavy clip, directed by Syndrome,  is all about choreography, where the flame-haired songstress takes notes from Janet Jackson's 1986 hit "The Pleasure Principle" visual, transforming an empty loft into her personal dance studio as she dances alone in a mirror and with other members of her crew in her super hipster New York City attic.

The first 30 seconds or so of "No Enemiesz" video looks as if the 25-year-old Canadian singer will be pulling a Robyn and dancing on her own. That is, until she starts to strips off her clothes piece by piece as the song progresses. It sounds a little more scandalous then it lays out, as each clothing item falls to the floor, it transforms into a new live dancing partner for the pop star to bust a move with - it's a cool technique! It all makes for a good time. And, if nothing else, it gives the proper screen time to her wild shoes that they deserve.

Our new favorite dance-pop singer Kiesza follows her number one single "Hideaway" with a new single "Giant in My Heart." It felt like Canadian pop belter came out of nowhere with her irrepressible and inescapable sound, and judging by its super-catchy follow-up "Giant In My Heart," she's here to stay. The Canadian songstress has now unleashed her a new wild accompanied clip for "Giant in My Heart," featuring a man who dresses up like a shimmering drag queen to watch her perform.
Kiesza has written music for Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and Icona Pop, and last week she put out her own debut EP, "Hideaway," on Island Records. It sounds right off '90s dance pop radio, but in the wake of Disclosure's breakthrough, that thumping bass also sounds pretty in-the-now. "Giant in My Heart," follows the same style of her soaring debut club throwback "Hideaway," mixing pop and deep house. It builds on the diva vocals and lose yourself-beat that made "Hideaway" a success, while the lyrics tackle the aftermath of a breakup. The perfect summer sound.
Kiesza has defied all expectations and dropped a massive tune as the follow-up to her international smash hit "Hideaway," proving that there is more to this new star than being a one-hit wonder. Picking up where "Hideaway" left off, "Giant In My Heart" once again sees the dance star plunder the 90s house scene for her beats, with subtle electronica pounding beneath her powerful, diva-esque vocals, before building to a seriously retro hook. All the while, Kiesza gives us another great dance sequence in theme with the song's '90s vibes.
Its video, on the other hand, is a definite departure from the visual clip for "Hideaway." Filmed on the streets of Williamsburg, the quirky new promo follows around a put-upon New Yorker who's living a double life: At first he seems like just another disgruntled 9-5er whose day is marred by the annoyances of working an unsatisfying and frustrated office job, but then we find out that he lead a very freeing, second life at nighttime, a fierce stiletto-wearing drag queen who goes to watch Kiesza perform in a club with his like-minded friends. By the end his two worlds collide, as if he's taken her lyric "just give me back the moments that we made" truly to heart.

Kiesa Rae Ellestad, ask 'Kiesza,' is the kind of artist that knows how to work through the pain. The 25-year-old Canadian spent her teens increasing her threshold as a trained ballerina and after that, she joined the Royal Canadian navy and competed in Miss Universe Canada. It's difficult to believe Kiesza isn't at least 40. Kiesza has packed so much into her life. It hardly seems credible that she is still in her mid-20s. "I guess I didn't stick with many things for too long," smiled the Calgary native.
Ironically, Kiesza has taken a roundabout route to achieving a goal she set for herself at just seven years of age. Youthful musical ambitions were hardly surprising. Kiesza says she was "force-fed" Michael Jackson songs by her mother. Kiesza has now relocated to London and the Michael Jackson influence is evident in her first single after signing to indie label Lokal Legend in 2013, classics-inspired "Hideaway," and the accompanying video. "I love the music scene in Britain. 'Hideaway' is a deep house song but it's regarded as mainstream. That kind of thing doesn't happen in America or back home in Canada."
Inspired by 1990s dance music which her mother would regularly listen to, "Hideaway" is an uptempo deep house song incorporates elements of pop, electropop, dance and old school music over a sparse, 1990s trance-indebted backing track. Production-wise, the song is a combination of a thick vintage Chicago house bassline, a cracking drum machine and an EDM synthesizer. "The song basically pays tribute to '90s dance music so Michael was obviously a megastar during those years. I can also see how Michael could have influenced the video though it wasn't deliberate on my part. I was just intrigued by the idea of filming an entire video in one take."
"Shooting the video seemed impossible," Kiesza tells Rolling Stone. "I had less than three days to learn five completely new dance styles. Almost everyone told me that we couldn't do it. Then to top things off, on the day of the shoot, I broke a rib. I did the video in two takes and couldn't move for an entire month afterward, but I pulled it off." The energetic video is an impressive one-take shot that follows Kiesza as she dances her way through the streets of Brooklyn, switching off dancing partners and styles, while the song's thick bass and cracking drum machine drives the beat forward. But most impressively, she masks her pain like a pro. Fall in love with Kiesza and rekindle the omance with New York and '90s glory days by clicking play below.