“It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.”
Anjeza is an impressive artist that exemplifies victory over defeat. She’s an artist who was born and raised in a godless communist country where a voice was a curse and dreams were destined to be doomed. Unable to express without getting herself and family in trouble, she chose to dive into reading, writing, and dancing. They were safe enough choices as long as no one saw them. But how long can you be a sleeping volcano? Bottled up with passion and pain daily, she became an advocate of support for her friends and family. She stood up for change and confronted injustices. Dancing was one of the creative talents she used to express herself.
“Dancing healed me … I could express myself with no consequences,” says Anjeza.
Although professional training was a luxury she couldn’t afford at the time, that didn’t stop her from “telling stories with her body,” as she called it. She danced when she was happy, and she danced when she was mad. She danced to question, and she danced to answer. She danced in doubt, and she danced in confidence. They became inseparable, and this was her form of escape.
As the political situation was changing in her country, so did Anjeza’s dreams. The chaos of political drama came with an explosion of hopes for many people. Leaving her country and heading to Greece was the beginning of her artistic journey celebrating freedom.
Trips to Italy, Germany, Greece, dancing and singing—while searching her identity underlined her new nomad journey. Anjeza experienced various trial and errors, experiences, choices—while diving in fully and exiting rapidly.
Her eventual major transition to the United States came with clarity and confusion, freedom to express, she says that she has always wanted that. Yet, she experienced a cultural shock of connection among a melting pot of cultures. After an average of 15 changed jobs in four years and two college degrees, she then fully focused on music and acting. Each year discovering something new, each year searching for her identity.
Shifting from one genre to the next, one thing was consistent, the message in her music was powerful.
Songs like “Still Believe,” “Warrior,” “Standing O,” “Not Afraid,” and “Money,” were few of her published songs that moved audiences around the world. “Let music tell the truth” was a motto that she was passionate about.
After an artistic identity search journey of a few years, it was the pandemic time that finalized her search and the entrance into a new music era. In 2020 she completely emerged into latin urban music. Together with Nolo Frech, a cuban composer/producer they wrote 13 songs during 2020-2021 and released 6 of them. Songs vary in styles such as reggaeton/flamenco with nuances of bachata, regional, and rap. This rainbow of music genres—Anjeza has called it Urban Fusion Flamenco, a.k.a. UFF.
Ultimately, the message of hope and prevailing is evident in Anjeza’s music and all of her releases. She’s an artist that has a lot to say, with good vibes and positive messages to share with the world. Being born in a country where she ultimately had no voice, to now speaking beautiful messages in her melodies, is the definition of someone who’s here to change the game and provide what the music industry is missing.
To learn more about Anjeza and her excellent discography, visit her YouTube channel. You can also check her social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, IMDB, and TikTok.
Music streaming on Spotify and Apple Music: ANJEZA
