Kiesa Rae Ellestad, born 16 January 1989, is better known as Kiesza. She’s a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary.

Kiesza took part in the Young Canadians, performing tap and jazz dancing, as well as theatre. She’s also trained as a ballerina, however, a knee injury at age 15 ended her ballet career. When Ellestad was 18, she says that her parents' divorce caused her to write her first song, as a way of expressing her feelings. The same year, she heard a song of hers played on the radio.