Efi Gjika from the music video of ‘Someone You Loved’
Efi Gjika has covered the international hit Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. The song showcases another side to Efi with her performance of the emotional ballad.
Efi originally sang Someone You Loved on her Instagram account and received a lot of very positive feedback. She decided to record the song and make a video filmed in the studio and also in a park in Tirana.
Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the catchy Barbie and has since released successful songs and video clips such as Happy Birthday, Summer Days and Cool Kids.
Efi Gjika had an idea of a competition, where some Polish fans could join her in the music video shoot of her single Cool Kids. Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Barbie and was in Poland, also to read the Albanian jury results.
The lucky winners of the competition included Madzia Słowik, Julia and Tosia Skóra. Madzia has been speaking to ESC Covers and she tells us about her exciting experience.
Madzia loved Barbie by Efi ever since seeing the video on YouTube and enjoyed it even more at the 2018 Junior Eurovision. She became a big fan of Efi and dreamed of meeting her someday! However, Albania is a long way from her home country, Poland, so she never thought it would be possible. But she saw that Efi was running a competition on Instagram for fans in Poland and the lucky prize for the winners would be to meet her in the Polish city of Kraków. The winners would also participate in the video clip of Efi’s song, Cool Kids. Madzia thought this was an amazing opportunity, as she is from Kraków too. She entered the competition…and she was one of the winners! Fabulous!
Madzia said it was a really great experience and an amazing adventure. She got to see how the music video was made and it was a dream come true! She got to spend time with her idol, Efi and also meet the other winners of the competition, Tosia and Julia. They made friends with each other and keep in touch! The music video for Cool Kids took about two hours to film. Although you only see the girls for a few seconds, the shoot took much longer and the girls got to walk around some great places in Kraków. They all went to the Kraków market square and after filming they all went to the café together with Efi’s parents. It was such a wonderful experience! Madzia, Julia and Tosia asked Efi lots of questions and they had a lot of fun. Efi also asked the girls questions too.
It was an exciting few days for Madzia as she got to meet Efi, she attended the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Gliwice and got to the album launch concert of Darina Krasnovetska (2018 JESC Ukraine) in Krakow.
The video was a lot of hard work but it was well worth it and it was one of the best days of her life, Madzia told us. She got to fulfil a dream and would love to experience it all again!
You can see the music video for Cool Kids by Efi Gjika below.
A charming collaboration by Efi Gjika, Isea Çili, Ana Kodra and Klaudio Zoto has been released entitled Gjyshes (Grandmother). It is dedicated to grandmothers everywhere and is the wonderful idea by composer and producer Sokol Marsi. The song has a delightful and heart warming melody and gives everyone hope during these difficult times.
Efi (2018), Isea (2019) and Ana (2017) represented Albania at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Klaudio was the first Albanian representative at the 2018 Eurovision Young Musicians festival.
You can hear the beautiful Gjyshes and see the music video filmed and recorded at the individual homes of the singers and composer below.
Efi Gjika has released Arkitekte, which was actually her first studio recording from a couple of years ago. It is an upbeat and fun song and the animated music video is created by a fan of Efi, @injemercyart.
Arkitekte is composed by Sokol Marsi.
Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Barbie and since gone to release several successul songs and music videos including Happy Birthday, Summer Days and Cool Kids.
Check out the animated video clip for Arkitekte below.
Efi Gjika has released a brand new song and video clip. Her song is entitled Cool Kids. The song is for sure, cool, and has a positive message and a contemporary vibe.
Cool Kids is about the day to day life of kids at school and also having fun by doing cool activities like dancing and singing and making new friends and visiting new and exciting places. Efi would like to send the message to all the kids around the world and to have fun and enjoy life! The song is composed by Ada Satka and music production is by Sokol Marsi.
The music video for Cool Kids include special fans from Poland who won an Instagram online competition to appear in Efi’s video clip. The video is by Vis Dako and styling and Efi’s dress by Hristina Gjika. Make up is courtesy of Tess.al. The choreography is by Tan Brama and the director is Klaudia Bastari. The production is by Kliton Gjika.
Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the catchy Barbie.
Efi Gjika was back at the 2019 Junior Eurovision but this time to announce the scoring for Albania. Efi had many adventures during her eventful trip to Poland!
Efi made a backstage video showing the inside story and along the way she met many of the acts from this year and also caught up with last year’s winner, Roxie.
Whilst she was in Poland, Efi was shooting some scenes for her forthcoming music video, Cool Kids. She also got to meet some lucky winners of a competition to meet her and appear in the video.
Efi was a popular guest at Junior Eurovision 2019 and she was in big demand to be interviewed by journalists too.
Ian Fowell of ESC Covers ran into EFI (who represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision song contest) and ISEA (who will represent Albania at the 2019 Junior Eurovision song contest).
Efi Gjika was a special guest at the 2019 Junior Fest Albania national selection. During the interval Efi performed a great and fun remix of her 2018 Junior Eurovision song, Barbie.
Efi has released several important video clips this year. First she released the original song, Happy Birthday (where she held a unique competition centred around the music video). Then Efi recorded a version of Fight Song by Rachel Platten. Most recently Efi released her video for her latest song, Summer Days.
Efi Gjika is back with a brand new song and video clip for the song Summer Days. The video was filmed during her happy summer holiday fun days!! The filming was at a combination of a cruise on board the MSC Cruise liner in the Mediterranean, also on the Greek Ionian islands and at home in the Aquapark in Tirana. The tour included places like Cagliari Beach (Italy), Palma, Majorca (Spain), Valencia (Spain), Marseilles (France) and Lefkas (Greece).
Efi was happy in Marseille when a group of tourists sang along with her and they enjoyed Efi’s live performance very much.
Efi is grateful for the super team that made the making of the Summer Days video possible. The song Summer Days was composed by Ada Satka and produced by Sevada Davoodian (Humble Sohl). The director and producer of the video was Kliton Gjika. Thanks to Sokol Marsi recording studio and Arbi Malile CC Creative consulting for the graphics. The editing is by Lesli Kita. The styling, make up and hair are by Hristina Gjika.
It has been a busy year for Efi where she organised an Instagram competition where to film her music video for the song Happy Birthday. She did this in Prague, Czech Republic. The winner was @ellie.lollipop. Efi also recorded a much respected cover of Fight Song by Rachel Platten. The music video was also inspired and recorded on a holiday in the Greek Ionian islands.
Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with the upbeat and catchy Barbie.
You can see the music video for Summer Days below.
Source: ESC Covers – photos from the ‘Summer Days’ video clip
Efi Gjika recently released a charming cover version of the popular Rachel Platten hit, Fight Song. Efi also released a delightful and colourful video clip for the song which was beautifully filmed by her father on a family vacation in the Greek Ionian islands.
Fight Song suits Efi’s powerful vocals and she said the song “inspires me to chase my dreams and believe in myself”.
Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Barbie and charmed many with her bubbly and fun personality, as well as her strong stage presence.
Earlier this year Efi released her single Happy Birthday and went to Prague, Czech Republic to shoot the music video after creating a fun competition on her Instagram account. The lucky winner, from thousands of entries by kids, was @ellie.lollipopz. Efi made the surprise visit and had lots of fun making the video at the special birthday party!
Efi will very soon be releasing a brand new original single. ESC Covers will bring you more about this when it is released.
In the meantime check out Efi and her cover of Fight Song below.
