Alice Merton is a young but very talented German performer, musician and songwriter. World success came to the girl at the turn of 2016-2017, when she recorded the sensational song "No Roots".
Alice Merton was born in Germany. Her hometown is Frankfurt am Main. The future famous singer and songwriter was born in September - on the 13th - in 1993. The girl's mother was German by nationality. But my father once moved to Germany from Ireland.
Biography of the German singer
Alice Merton's father worked all his life in a field where he often had to move from place to place. The family, of course, was forced to follow him. Therefore, during her life, Alice managed to live in completely different places, was educated in different schools.
When Alice Merton was only three years old, the whole family left Germany and moved to Canada. There they settled in the small town of Oakville, which is located in the province of Ontario. For quite a long time, the whole family lived in this place. Later, all for the same reason - her father's work - Alice Merton lived with her parents for some time in New York, then stayed in London, lived in Connecticut.
At the age of 13, Alice returned to her native Germany with her parents. This time the family settled in the city of Munich. For Alice, this place of residence made it possible to properly study German, which was her native language, but due to frequent travels she was extremely poor at it. The girl really wanted to keep in touch with her German-speaking relatives, therefore, while receiving school education in Munich, she made a great emphasis on learning the language.
It is worth noting that Alice grew up such a child who was interested in music from an early age. She liked to sing, compose some non-professional melodies, and also liked to write poetry. After graduating from high school, Alice Merton was already sure that she would definitely connect her life with art and creativity. In the end, it happened.
In 2013, the future popular performer entered the university, which was located in the city of Mannheim. This institution of higher education specialized in the music industry and business. Alice Merton chose a non-vocal direction for herself. She was attracted by the profession of a composer and songwriter.
Since the girl was very fond of studying since her school years, she made significant progress while studying at the university. The teachers set her apart from other students, talked about natural talent and predicted a stellar future. When the higher education process was completed, Alice Merton graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree. It should be noted that it was at the university that Alice met the people who later helped her develop as a singer and songwriter.
When the diploma was in hand, Alice Merton and her family moved back to London. It was there that she initially began to actively build her musical career.
The creative path of Alice Merton
A full-fledged debut of the German singer was the work with the Fahrenhaidt collective. For this group, she performed not only as a vocalist, but also as a songwriter, music for individual compositions. Together with the guys, Alice Merton recorded the album "The Book of Nature". This disc, and especially the girl's vocals, immediately attracted public attention. Music critics have praised this work. This gave Alice a taste of fame and success. As a result, Alice Merton was nominated for one of the music awards in the "Akustik pop" category, in which she was able to bypass the competition and win.
Despite this success, Alice Merton missed her native Germany very much. Therefore, at a certain moment she decided to return to the country. Berlin became her new place of residence.
Having decided to give up working with musical groups, Alice Merton, while living in Germany, embarked on the development of her solo career. In Berlin, the rising music star has created her own record label, which is called Paper Plane Records International. Over the next few years, Alice Merton worked on creating new songs exclusively for herself. She experimented with poetry, worked on the sound and promoted her record company.
The result of all the labors of Alice Merton was the song "No Roots". This track was released in 2016. The creation of the composition was preceded by a rather long story, about which the singer repeatedly spoke in various interviews. The lyrics of the song are based on the idea that a real home for a person is not a specific city. This is a special place filled with pleasant emotions, where close and dear people are present. Therefore, the house can be anywhere, the main thing is that you feel comfortable in this particular place. Another deep thought, embedded in this song, is that a person's home is all over the earth.
As soon as the track got into rotation on the radio station, it immediately became a hit. Alice Merton literally in one moment became famous throughout the world. The song was actively downloaded from iTunes, took the leading lines in the charts not only in Europe, but also in America. The track attracted such public attention that other music artists and bands began to cover it very quickly.
Following this song, Alice Merton shot a video for the same sensational track, which was watched so many times in record time that it hit the Top Ten di iTunes. The next step was the release of a mini-album, where the same song became the central composition. The album was very quickly sold out in a fairly large circulation in European countries. As a result, this disc took second place in the charts in Germany and settled in first place in the French charts. In the same 2016, Alice Merton was awarded one of the music awards, and in 2017 her hit song became a kind of pop anthem. In the same year, Alice Merton signed a contract with the recording and production company Mom + Pop Music in order to firmly establish itself in the American music industry.
A great achievement for the already famous singer was the victory at the European Borden Breaking Awards in 2018. It should be noted that she was one of the youngest winners for the entire existence of this award.
Alice Merton's next rather successful composition was the track "Hit the ground running". It sounded somewhat different from her debut song. This track did not manage to surpass the success of the previous composition, however it earned some recognition in musical circles.
The first full-length studio album by the German singer was titled "Mint". It was published in early 2019.
Personal life of Alice Merton
The singer tries not to spread much about her private life. She clearly adheres to the opinion that fans and the public should be interested in her musical activity, her work, and not in her personal life.
According to rumors, which appear quite often in the press, Alice Merton's heart is currently occupied. There is an assumption that she has a loved one, originally from Germany. However, no comments on this matter from the performer herself have been reported. Surely we can say that the girl does not have an official husband at the moment, as well as no children.
