Chela (singer)
{{short description|Filipino-Australian singer and songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chela
| image = Chela 09 10 2016 -3 (29826721031).jpg
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| birth_name = Chelsea Wheatley
| alias = Chela
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| birth_place = Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
| genre = Electropop, alternative
| occupation = Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer
| instrument = Vocals, bass guitar, keyboard
| years_active = 2014–present
| label = Kitsuné 2014-2017
Independent 2017-present
| associated_acts = The Gingers
| website = https://www.chelaetc.com/
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Chela (born Chelsea Wheatley) is a Filipino-Australian singer and songwriter who has released a number of singles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/chela|title=Chela {{!}} Beat Magazine|website=www.beat.com.au|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603130912/http://www.beat.com.au/music/chela|archive-date=3 June 2017|url-status=dead}}
Biography
Originally from Fremantle, Western Australia, she relocated to Melbourne, Victoria with her family at the age of 15, and currently resides in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/learn-to-dance-like-chela-right-now/|title=Learn to Dance Like Chela Right Now – Noisey|website=Noisey|language=en-us|access-date=2017-02-20}}
Chela began producing music at age 12 on Logic software, and played bass guitar in punk bands throughout her teenage years.{{Cite web|url=http://waste-magazine.com/post/85635034440/punk-to-pop-an-interview-with-chela|title=Punk to Pop: An Interview with Chela|website=wAsTe|access-date=2016-04-09}} She directs her own music videos, and writes and produces most of her own songs, as well as writes for other artists. In 2014 she teamed up with Styalz Fuego to write "Closure" for Owl Eyes, the first single off her debut album "Nightswim", which reached No. 28 in the Australian Albums Chart.
In 2015 Chela was formally recognised by Spotify via their Spotlight Artists.Spotlight on 2015 – AU and NZ https://open.spotify.com/user/spotlight_au_nz/playlist/0LgaUJf6oQAphGFME7eX5D Pulse Radio listed her as one of ten electronic crossover acts "to watch out for" in 2015,{{Cite web|url=http://pulseradio.net/articles/2015/05/10-electronic-crossover-acts-we-are-rating-in-2015|title=10 electronic crossover acts we are rating in 2015|website=pulseradio.net|language=en|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508195833/http://pulseradio.net/articles/2015/05/10-electronic-crossover-acts-we-are-rating-in-2015|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}} and Bit Candy described her as recording "seriously catchy, stand-out music that sets her apart from the sea of electro-pop acts that have been popping up this year".Crider, E. http://www.bitcandy.com/music/new-artists-chela Bit Candy, 10 July 2014
Chela first gained international attention releasing singles "Romanticise" (featured in the trailer to Sleeping With Other People) and "Zero" on French taste-maker label Kitsuné. It was followed by the single "Plastic Gun".{{Cite web|url=https://lacanvas.com/21-questions-melbourne-bred-singer-chela/|title=LACANVAS: LA's Cultural Authority: 21 QUESTIONS: MELBOURNE-BRED SINGER CHELA|website=lacanvas.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010759/https://lacanvas.com/21-questions-melbourne-bred-singer-chela/|url-status=dead}} She has also collaborated with several music groups, including Goldroom on his summer-anthem "Fifteen", Clubfeet on their highly-rotated single "Heartbreak",Hanna, J. [http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/electro-pop-singer-chela-in-spotlight/story-fnhocr83-1226738941378 Electro Pop Singer Chela Takes Spotlight], The Sunday Times, 12 October 2013 and queer pop-punk cult hero Seth Bogart{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/t-magazine/entertainment/hunx-seth-bogart-debut-album.html|title=A Queer Pop-Punk Cult Hero Strikes Out on His Own|last=Mcgarry|first=Kevin|date=7 March 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-09}} on his debut self-titled solo album alongside Kathleen Hanna and Tavi Gevinson.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21557-seth-bogart/|title=Seth Bogart: Seth Bogart {{!}} Album Reviews {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2016-04-09}}
On September 14, 2017, Chela returned with a new single "Bad Habit" by premiering the self-directed video on NPR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ2xXhuzKuc|title=Chela - Bad Habit (Official Music Video)|website=youtube.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-21}}
Chela collaborated with Gus Dapperton on the track "My Say So" from his 2020 album Orca. The only song on Dapperton's Orca which features another artist, Chela performs solos during the bridge and "guides the background vocals."{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Ethan Waters {{!}} Senior|date=2020-09-28|title=Gus Dapperton opens up on ‘Orca’|url=https://www.dailycal.org/2020/09/28/gus-dapperton-opens-up-on-orca/|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Daily Californian|language=en-US}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151009215315/http://www.mtv.com/artists/chela/biography/ MTV – About Chela]
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Category:Australian women singer-songwriters
Category:Australian singer-songwriters