Paenda
{{Other uses|Panda (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Paenda
| image = PÆNDA Waves Vienna 2017 j.jpg
| caption = Paenda in 2017
| birth_name = Gabriela Horn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|01|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria
| origin =
| genre = Electropop
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
- songwriter
- producer
}}
| years_active = 2016–present
| website = https://paendaofficial.com/
}}
File:PAENDA profil copyright PatrickMuennich.jpg
Gabriela Horn (born 25 January 1988), known professionally as Paenda (pronounced "panda"; stylised as PÆNDA), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and music producer. She represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Limits", which was released on 8 March.{{Cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/stories/2961243/|title=Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest|website=oe3.ORF.at|language=de|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330181815/https://oe3.orf.at/stories/2961243/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://escxtra.com/2019/01/29/paenda-revealed-as-austrias-hope-for-the-eurovision-song-contest-2019/|title=Paenda revealed as Austria's hope for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019|date=2019-01-29|website=ESCXTRA.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181532/https://escxtra.com/2019/01/29/paenda-revealed-as-austrias-hope-for-the-eurovision-song-contest-2019/|url-status=dead}}
Life and career
Horn was born in January 1988, in Deutschlandsberg, Styria. She started singing in a choir in her home town at the age of six.{{cite web|title=Pænda fährt für Österreich zum Song Contest. Wer ist sie?|periodical=derStandard.at|url=https://derstandard.at/2000097196784/Paenda-faehrt-fuer-Oesterreich-zum-Song-Contest-Wer-ist-sie|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422054205/https://derstandard.at/2000097196784/Paenda-faehrt-fuer-Oesterreich-zum-Song-Contest-Wer-ist-sie|url-status=live}} At fourteen, she began songwriting and singing in various pop rock bands.{{cite web|title=PÆNDA ist Pop aus Ottakring|periodical=MeinBezirk.at|date=19 February 2018|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/ottakring/c-lokales/paenda-ist-pop-aus-ottakring_a2401343|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717122947/https://www.meinbezirk.at/ottakring/c-lokales/paenda-ist-pop-aus-ottakring_a2401343|url-status=live}} She took guitar and piano lessons and moved to Vienna at age 20 to study pop and jazz music at the {{ill|Vienna Music Institute|de}}, where she graduated with honors in 2013.{{cite web|title=Gabriela|periodical=Soulmates|url=https://soulmatesmusik.net/soulmates/gabriela/|access-date=2019-01-30|date=2012-08-23|language=de-DE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130220936/https://soulmatesmusik.net/soulmates/gabriela/|archive-date=2019-01-30|url-status=dead}} She currently lives in Vienna, writing, composing and producing her music at her home studio. Horn records and writes all of her own songs.{{cite web|title=64. Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich|periodical=Kurier|date=29 January 2019|url=https://kurier.at/kultur/64-song-contest-paenda-singt-fuer-oesterreich/400391267|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717122945/https://kurier.at/kultur/64-song-contest-paenda-singt-fuer-oesterreich/400391267|url-status=live}}
=Eurovision=
In 2019, Horn was chosen by a team of music experts and broadcaster ORF to represent Austria at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. She performed her song "Limits",{{cite web|title=Pænda startet für Österreich beim Song Contest|periodical=oe3.ORF.at|url=https://oe3.orf.at/stories/2961243/|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330181815/https://oe3.orf.at/stories/2961243/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Song Contest: Paenda singt für Österreich|periodical=DiePresse.com|url=https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/popco/5570366/Song-Contest_Paenda-singt-fuer-Oesterreich|access-date=2019-01-29|date=2019-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129142721/https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/popco/5570366/Song-Contest_Paenda-singt-fuer-Oesterreich|url-status=live}} which finished second last with 21 points, and as a result did not qualify for the final.{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/second-semi-final-last-10-acts-qualify-for-eurovision-2019-grand-final|title=Second Semi-Final: Last 10 acts qualify for Eurovision 2019 Grand Final|website=Eurovision.tv|date=16 May 2019|access-date=18 May 2019|archive-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516231655/https://eurovision.tv/story/second-semi-final-last-10-acts-qualify-for-eurovision-2019-grand-final|url-status=live}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| My Heart
|
|
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" style="width:13em;" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album or EP |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Waves"
| 2016 | rowspan="3"| Evolution I |
| scope="row"| "Good Girl"
| rowspan="2"| 2018 |
| scope="row"| "Paper-thin" |
| scope="row"| "Limits"
| rowspan="2"| 2019 | rowspan="2"|Evolution II |
| scope="row"| "Like a Domino" |
| scope="row"| "Best of It"
| rowspan="4"| 2020 | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Want Me Not to Want You" |
| scope="row"| "Perfect Fit"
| rowspan="2"| My Heart |
| scope="row"| "Friend Zone" |
| scope="row"| "Lovers We Knew"
| rowspan="4"| 2021 | My Issues |
| scope="row"| "Come Around" {{small|(with Adam Bü & Moodygee)}} | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "High and Dry"
| My Issues |
| scope="row"| "All 2 You" {{small|(with Adam Bü & Moodygee featuring Riley Kun)}} | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Break My Stride"
| rowspan="3"| 2023 |
| scope="row"| "Narcissistic Brain"
| rowspan="2"| Call Me Cat |
| scope="row"| "Get Tough" |
| scope="row"| "Burning Bridges"
| rowspan="4"| 2024 | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "You Go" |
| scope="row"| "Accelerate" |
| scope="row"| "60k Savage" |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commonscat inline|Pænda}}
- {{Official website|https://paendaofficial.com/}}
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{{succession box
| before=Cesár Sampson
with "Nobody but You"
| title=Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
| years=2019
| after=Vincent Bueno
with "Alive"
}}
{{s-end}}
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Category:21st-century Austrian women singers
Category:Austrian women pop singers