Daile

Daile
Daile in one of her signature outfits at the Krasno Music Festival in Hytekia in 2016
Born	Matilde Anaita Dzene (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 Lielosta, Hytekia
Citizenship	Hytekia Midrasia
Occupation	Singer songwriter record producer
Years active	2010–present
Net worth	$382 million
Musical career
Genres	Art pop Bubblegum pop Dream pop Electropop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Blue Sky
Associated acts	Gatzke Stienstra
Website	dailemusic.co.hy

Matilde Anaita Dzene (born 14 March 1997; aged 22), known professionally by her stage name Daile (/'daɪl/) is a Hytek singer-songwriter and record producer known for her vocal versatility, irregular rhythms and beats and unconvential musical performances, styles and outfits. Born in the coastal metropolis of Lielosta in 1997, Daile was quickly recognised for her musical talent and attended vocal classes as early as age 5. Her mother and father enrolled her at a musical college at 12, where she began recording her first material. She met Blue Sky Group director Gunards Upitis in 2010 who signed her to the label in the same year. Daile's newfound access to the label gave her extensive capacity to record her music, and met with producers from the label whom she collaborated with to release her debut project, Pillow Thoughts on October 24, 2013, aged just 16.

Diaries, the fourth song on the album, charted internationally and projected Daile onto the international scene, hitting number one in Hytekia, Juznia, Kustlan, Crethia and Alriika as well as number two in Midrasia and number four in Mascylla. She made her first live appearance in 2014 at the Krasno Music Festival, where she is now a regular headlining act. Her debut album went platinum two months before the release of her second album, 97, in 2015, which debuted at number one in Hytekia and Juznia. 97 gained widespread critical acclaim and was the first album which saw Daile deviate from contemporary vocalist and pop performances and into the realm of experimental art and electropop. She followed the success of 97 with her third album, alive, which continued her trend into experimental pop. The album debuted at number one in Hytekia like its predecessor and went platinum within the first two months of its release.

The genre of Daile's music is often widely defined by critics and various different genres but is usually defined as "art pop", "electropop" and "experimental". Popular Hytek music review magazine HQL described Daile as "one of the most popular teenagers in musical history" and "a pioneer in both the electropop scene and mainstream music in general". Daile's three albums have sold over ten million copies worldwide since the release of Pillow Thoughts, and was shortlisted to represent Hytekia at Aeiavision in 2017, but ultimately rejected the offer.

Life and career

1997–2013: Early life

Matilde Anaita Dzene was born into a family of five in the coastal city of Lielosta in Hytekia on March 14, 1997. Her father worked as a builder and her mother was unemployed and mainly stayed home to look after the children. Daile's music often reflects a heavily lopsided mother-father presence in her music, detailing her strained relationship with her father from a young age due to his alleged alcoholism. Both her parents are of Hytek descent, but her grandmother on her mother's side was a quarter Midrasian. Daile holds both Hytek and Midrasian citizenship and current resides in Midrasia, although she has stated that her Midrasian home and nothing to do with her family's heritage. Daile has three siblings.

At a young age, Daile listened to many popular pop singers that influenced her decision to begin singing and music, however her biggest influences can be found from Kustlandic singer Gatzke Stienstra, whom Daile is now close friends with. In a 2014 interview, Daile claimed she had listened to Gatzke's debut album, Gatzke "at least a hundred times" and could recite the album "word-for-word". Daile had been singing for almost seven years before her parents enrolled her in a music school in 2009, aged just twelve. She met Blue Sky Records director Gunards Upitis who signed her to his expansive label after witnessing her talent first hand in 2010, however Daile remained adament in her reluctance to release a project at such a young age, and instead saw her tenure at her college through until she was 16.

Daile performing in 2014

2013–2015: Pillow Thoughts and worldwide success

On October 24, 2013, Daile released her debut project Pillow Thoughts on all platforms through the Blue Sky Label, with the album gaining immediate popularity throughout Asura. Her harmonious vocals earned her debut album a spot on the charts in many countries, with one of the album's songs, Diaries, hitting number one in multiple countries. The success brought about by the album propelled Daile into the international pop scene at the young age of 16, while simultaneously becoming the youngest ever number one charter in Hytek history, at just 16 years and 286 days. She announced her first tour, the Dairies Tour, on the January of 2014, where she visited much of northern Asura and Lhedwin. She played her first live performance in Krasno on her birthday on 2014 before travelling north into Juznia and Kustlan, touring with Midrasian producer Isaac Carré, who had assisted Daile in the making of many of her songs, including Diaries.

Her tour was a large commercial success that brought Daile widespread popularity in fame, cementing her as a musical icon in Lhedwin and Asura, despite her young age. She resigned with Blue Sky in 2014 following the conclusion of her tour, for a five year contract worth approximately $29 million - and continued to work with Carré at the label to produce music. It was also in 2014 that Daile became close friends with Kustlandic singer Gatzke Stienstra, with the two developing a close relationship as Daile accompanied Stienstra as a backing act during her 1989 Tour. While performing at a concert in Lekkum, Daile was revealed as a surprise act and the two performed a song that would later appear on their collaborative 2009 album a year after.