In 2010, she appeared on the album Almost Alice with the song Tea Party and Strange, the latter being a duet with Tokio Hotel.
In March 2013 her second EP and third major release overall, Utopia, was released in digital form. The album peaked at #196 on the Billboard Top 200, #7 on U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums, and #23 on the Itunes US chart. Two of the songs written by Kerli for this album - Skyscraper and I Feel Immortal have been instead recorded by artists Demi Lovato and Tarja, respectively. Kerli's version of the song Immortal was featured on another Tim Burton soundtrack, Frankenweenie Unleashed! in 2012.
Kerli's sister, Eliisa Kõiv, is also a musician, tho no longer active as a singer as is now her ex-best friend Vespertine.
In December 2015, Kerli announced the release of her new independent album planned for September 2016. Hew new single & CD pre-orders will be available through the crowdfunding website Pledgemusic.com. There is no information about the new album name yet.
Meanwhile, her Spotify profile's Introduction before the release of her Shadow Works describes Kerli as follows:
" Biography
Avant-Garde, mystical, and magical are just some of the ways her fans describe KERLI’s music. As Estonia’s most successful music export, this unique artist has defied genre and created a musical world all her own; an eclectic style, drawing on a wide range of influences such as electronic, pop, goth, and experimental.
Her debut album, "Love Is Dead", in 2008 which charted on the Billboard 200. The lead single, "Walking on Air," was featured as the iTunes single of the week where it was downloaded over 500,000 times, a record at that time.
Her 2nd album Utopia also charted on Billboard 200. Singles "Army of Love", Zero Gravity", and "The Lucky Ones" entered the top 10 Billboard Hot Dance, two of them peaking at number 1. A song co-written by KERLI for Utopia, "Skyscraper" was recorded by Demi Lovato and become one of Demi’s biggest hits.
In 2016, she released 3 independent singles, while teaming up with the government of Estonia to art direct a tourism campaign designed to promote the otherworldly nature of her country.
Spending most of her creative time in the deep forests of Estonia, KERLI’s evolution as an artist has paralleled her curiosity as a human, exploring the relationship between nature, mysticism, and technology. All of which will be part of her most diverse and eclectic body of work on an upcoming album, titled ‘Shadow Works’, set to release in Feb 2019 on MrSuicideSheep's imprint Seeking Blue"
Many new worlds and characters will be revealed in 2023, starting with a dangerously cute realm of a pink robot named Joy, here to make a big colorful splash on the apocalypse-stricken planet Earth.
source: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4IFgewC2urR62Fwt7uAU03
According to Raadio 2 journalist and bass guitarist of Nevesis band Bert Järvet, who dubbed this genre as a classical pop, she performed in cooperation with pianist and composer Maestro Kristjan Järvi, an acoustic version of the new single 21st Century Kids during Eesti Laul 2nd SF at 14.01. 2023
The Single 21st Century Kids was released on many streaming platforms worldwide on the 27th of January and was followed by a Video upload on her YT channel 7.02.2023
An acoustic version of the song 21st Century Kids or video? has been discussed between Kerli and Moonchildren that could be following the release sometime after the video, but it's yet to be missing an announced date.
Army of Love
Kerli Lyrics
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(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
I put my name on the line for love
'Cause this is what I've been waiting for
I saw it all like a sign above
So follow me, follow me
Tell me baby that you love me
(Love me)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
If love and freedom's all that we need
Then follow me, follow me
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
I put my name on the line for love
Together we'll break down the walls
This is a different kind of war
So follow me, follow me
Tell me, baby, that you love me
(Love me)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
If love and freedom's all that we need
Then follow me, follow me
Come one, come all
We're building an army, building an army
Come one, come all
We're building an army, an army of love
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
(For love)
Tell me, baby, that you love me
(For love)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
(For love)
If love and freedom's all that we need
(For love)
Then follow me
(For love)
Follow me
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
The lyrics to Kerli's song Army of Love are a call to action for love and freedom. The singer puts her name on the line for love, leading her listeners to follow her in building an army of love. The repetition of "say loud, we'd love to love to love ya" calls for a group effort to spread love and create positive change.
The first verse suggests that love is something the singer has been waiting for and that it is a sign above. She asks her lover to say that they love her and implies that nothing is higher than that love.
In the second verse, the singer declares that together, they will break down walls and wage a different kind of war. This war is centered around love and is motivated by the belief that love and freedom are all we need.
The chorus repeats the call to action of building an army of love with the lyrics "come one, come all, we're building an army, an army of love." The final verse repeats the call to action, encouraging the listener to continue the fight for love.
Line by Line Meaning
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We want to express our love loudly and clearly, and we would love to shower you with all the love we have.
I put my name on the line for love
'Cause this is what I've been waiting for
I saw it all like a sign above
So follow me, follow me
I am willing to risk everything for love because this is my ultimate desire and I see it as a divine message. Please trust me and follow me on this journey towards love.
Tell me baby that you love me
(Love me)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
If love and freedom's all that we need
Then follow me, follow me
If you truly love me, please tell me and I will be the highest version of myself for you. Let us strive for love and freedom together and I will lead the way.
Together we'll break down the walls
This is a different kind of war
So follow me, follow me
Let us work together to overcome any barriers that stand in the way of our love. This is a battle that we will win by fighting with love and unity.
Come one, come all
We're building an army, building an army
Come one, come all
We're building an army, an army of love
Let us gather together as a collective force to spread love everywhere we go. We are forming an army, not of hate or violence, but of love and positivity.
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
(For love)
We must keep moving forward on this journey towards love, not giving up or giving in. Let us persist and keep going for the sake of love.
If love and freedom's all that we need
(For love)
Then follow me
(For love)
Follow me
Together, let us prioritize love and freedom in our lives above all else. Trust me to lead the way towards a life full of love and happiness.
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We simply cannot express it enough: We adore you and want nothing more than to love you with all that we have.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KERLI KOIV, RYAN BUENDIA, JEAN BAPTISTE KOUAME, MICHAEL MCHENRY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Daniel Barrantes
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
I put my name on the line for love
'Cause this is what I've been waiting for
I saw it all like a sign above
So follow me, follow me
Tell me baby that you love me
(Love me)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
If love and freedom's all that we need
Then follow me, follow me
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
I put my name on the line for love
Together we'll break down the walls
This is a different kind of war
So follow me, follow me
Tell me, baby, that you love me
(Love me)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
If love and freedom's all that we need
Then follow me, follow me
Come one, come all
We're building an army, building an army
Come one, come all
We're building an army, an army of love
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
So let's go on, let's go on
On and on for love
Tell me, baby, that you love me
(For love)
There's nothing higher, higher than me
(For love)
If love and freedom's all that we need
(For love)
Then follow me
(For love)
Follow me
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Say loud
(Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh)
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
We'd love to love to love ya
Love to love to love ya
Lori Aviles
12 YEARS LATER and I still can't get over the "bubble goth" phase this brought into my life >_< This video/song will forever live in my core memories as a time in my life when I felt like it was actually ok for me to be me, my way. Thanks @officialkerli for being an icon wayyyyy ahead of your time.
Jorge Ceballos
After one decade I'm still watching this iconic video
Brody Schultz
Me too ✋
blackmore4
Most performers performing feet above a crowd of adoring clones are going to look "iconic".
Ryan H
Same
Tyler
same
Diamond 🍒
@Brody Schultz sabes que este básica acusa a Stefani De copiar de ella, no?! Jajaja
rocknroller1986
Kerli was way ahead of her time, she made masks popular before the pandemic.
Henrique Gualberto
But she's against masks
RP DQ
Truth sis