What happened to “Hideaway” Singer Kiesza?

2014’s biggest one hit wonder
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[@LatoyaOKAY]

Never heard of her. Going to check her out. But her saying the car accident was the best thing to ever happen to her so she could get out of a record deal is very scary. How evil is America's music industry?

[@anyaaa2801]

Right? Jesus.

[@gladitsnotme]

It's not just America, lmao

[@rangeramarilla7301]

she was everywhere in 2014...

[@amethystdream8251]

A better question: what gets in the way of us not having to depend on them?

[@laylascott6096]

More evil than you could imagine. Research monarch mind control. The information is available, but most would rather pretend all is fine

[@gamer1X12]

OMG Hideaway was blasted everywhere in 2014 and early 2015 😭😭

[@MashArtOfficial]

I feel like Hideaway could have been released today and still sound fresh.. especially with all the house inspired tracks by Ariana, Beyonce, Dua and many more.

[@Allgloss312]

100%. She was definitely ahead of the time with her sound. Despite hideaway being such a big track, i dont think the general public was really ready yet to appreciate that 90s house and b throwback sound she had on a deep lasting level.

[@petermurdoch7540]

Is it true that’s she’s called Dua Lipa because she was born with two sets of labias ?

[@Allgloss312]

@@petermurdoch7540 💀💀💀💀lmao wow

[@hansmemling2311]

This was during the EDM boom in the EU. Over here it gained huge traction. It also helped that In this time there was a lot house/techno influence in the mainstream EDM here. Her hit was quirky and different but not so different that I couldn’t be mainstream over here.

[@blovatt]

She's actually just started releasing a new dance album! The first song coincidentally came out around the same day this video came out! www.youtube.com/@Kiesza/videos

[@famemosterrrrr]

In my country that song was everywhere I considered it so iconic

[@sund4ymond4y]

what country?

[@preposteroussvideos]

Which country

[@Rebecca-eg1bm]

It was definitely a banger in the UK

[@AJ-uj5nz]

⁠@@sund4ymond4yCanada has a rule where songs by Canadian artists get more radio play.

[@hannahzeplin2794]

@@AJ-uj5nzas they should. And only Canadian people can host. Canada just seems like an all around better country

[@Allgloss312]

I love kiesza omg. Her music is so underrated. I saw her live in 2015 at this teeny little venue and let me tell you girly can put on a SHOW with no budget. Just with her vocals, sheer energy, and damn the girl can DANCE. I knew it was never going to happen, but kiesza really deserved to be a star. Her stage presence is unmatched. She made this tiny little theater feel like an arena.

[@erikm8372]

Lol, you knew it would never happen? While I agree we have to face reality with certain artists, I still don’t tell myself it’ll never happen for them…

[@Allgloss312]

@@erikm8372 lol im being a bit hyperbolic when i say that. Cuz never say never ive been surprised by some artists that have blown up out of the blue. But also im just not really that invested in any of my faves going on to have mainstream success. I just want them to get their coins make their music have their little fanbase. But i do feel like sometimes you just know someone aint gonna have lasting mainstream pop success barring some strange fluke or glitch in the matrix. Kiesza was always one of those artists for me. Like she is most definitely that girl, but i just couldnt see a reality where the general public was going hard for her after hideaway

[@andrelamotte9002]

I met KIESZA at a Lindsey Sterling concert in Vail. I saw her walking amongst the crowd after the show, I called her name and we talked. I thanked her for Hideaway because it was a song that got me through finals in high school. She was super chill and sweet. We have each other hugs. She’s an AMAZING performer. Seriously incredible, such a natural. Her song Dying For You is so good too. Y’all gotta check her out.

[@tomrichter5460]

Lindsey Sterling? Ew. I'm no longer curious about her music.

[@andrelamotte9002]

@@tomrichter5460 tasteless

[@ryanappleton3653]

This song was ENORMOUS in the UK. Every radio station in 2014/15 had it on constant rotation and it was one of the rate hits that did not get on my nerves

[@nerd26373]

I remember this song. It was probably one of my all-time favorites. Kiesza is a brilliant artist.

[@erikm8372]

‘Hideaway’ was like the “sound of summer” for me and many others, not only the year it was released but in 2015, 2016 & 2017 too. And this is in SoCal! Good memories!

[@Dervis128]

Her music since getting released from her record deal is fantastic. Crave, Money in the Bag, and All of the Feelings are pop masterpieces.

[@sarahgonzales1715]

I love her songs❤

[@matteu49]

god, I love "All of the Feelings"! it's her best song definetely

[@Dervis128]

@@matteu49 I remember her releasing it around the time the Covid restrictions started to let up, and it was the perfect song to listen to while getting my life back to normal!

[@huelldb3284]

Feels kinda weird her song with Jack U wasn't mentioned, wasn't as big as Hideaway but was a pretty huge dance hit

[@leaf111]

take u there!! i did a performance to that song with my dance group around the time it was popular, it's so nostalgic to me now

[@shantiaum5774]

Yes, it was!

[@TheR3alBoazB]

She actually still brings out singles. Even now in 2023. 😅

[@patsysolatzzo2962]

“Taking me higher than I ever did before” was such an iconic opening. The song reminds me of the summer I became homeless. I was living in my year 99 car and trying to save money to move back to Italy. While the times weren’t good they also weren’t bad.

[@LaurenOliviArt]

Literally reading it gave me chills 😂

[@crimson5ds705]

Oh Nostalgia hits, Hideaway was unescapeable in 2014, it was such a fun dance track and the music video is pretty iconic , I remember when we were singing the song during music class in 8th grade 😂

[@Shyknit]

I remember this and Rather be by Clean Bandit

[@britb4544]

I seen her live once in London, on. Not only is she a fantastic singer but she’s also a DANCER. I love her and continue to root for her, Canada has alot of hidden gems

[@asadch7597]

I miss this canadian icon, she deserved to be massive

[@christmemea]

some parts of this story sound eerily similar to Raye’s story, where her old record label refused to let her release her debut album for the 7 years she was with them

[@fabriziodambrosio86]

She's the Canadian Robyn.. Super talented but only a few people are aware of it

[@joeymills5827]

i’ve always wondered what happened to kiesza…. i heard ‘hideaway’ a lot but i always thought as to where she was now with her career.

[@evastood4539]

My mom was OBSESSED with this single she was so good !!

[@egoriysemenov]

omg! she's just a fuckin bop! Giant In My Heart, No Enemies, So Deep, Sound Of a Woman and much more are perfect pop bangers

[@kyla3635]

Some ppl just have that one hit and that's ok.

[@sophie_drachen]

It's mad how she did all of that choreography with a broken rib! I forgot all about "Giant in my heart", I really need to listen to that song again!

[@LaurenOliviArt]

I lived in NYC when it came out and it was played everywhere. I still love it!

[@peachesl8706]

I remember her and immediately clicked this video. I have a friend who I went to HS with, he always has the best taste in music imo, he gave me her album. It’s crazy to hear about her now and know that was a decade ago. Life comes at you fast.

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

i feel like people don't get the brilliance of this song. Mind you, it was completely off-brand for singers in 2013/2014 to release 90s deep house inspired tracks. At that time dance music was more about progressive house, edm with folktronica elements and tropical house, not this "retro" sound of the 90s, which is everywhere nowadays.

[@meanddrizzylaughedatthat7207]

Her song was so iconic during the swag era. Man, You HAD TO BE THERE! I remember living in Taipei when that song dropped, we played that outtttt! Such a pivotal song to my grad school era ✨🫶🏽💕

[@thecinemawithjames]

Hideaway is such a bop. Her new single Heaven Ain't Calling is really good to. And love you with your lie also deserved to be a hit or run renegade. Maybe that dance music is making a comeback she will get another hit. So far she's a one hit wonder. Idk if you have heard brushed by a light wave that's really good to one of her EDM collabs

[@stxrstrxckmxteo515]

She had a really great song that came out right before Covid called “All of the Feelings” and I legit thought she was a newcomer at that time, I had no idea she had a hit in 2014

[@prestonwade7065]

I still listen to Kiesza! Her Halloween songs are sooo dope

[@ericashleigh920]

Omg. Hideaway is still my shit. That ohh ahh ohh ahh she does at the end is so infectious. Love her

[@jawonthegemini]

She low key is underrated af. Her music is pretty solid

[@hopeadler507]

I’m friends with Kiesza and was in her newest music video and can say she’s such a lovely and sweet person and deserves way more recognition

[@javiruiz8365]

I still have her singles! I forgot about her

[@TheChanelcupcake]

I LOVE her voice❤ i always wondered why only this song got big because all of her music is amazing

[@Leon_Tyler]

She was on Slushii's new album, song called Carousel. I was surprised she went on to be on a dubstep/EDM track but knowing this about her career since Hideaway, it makes more sense

[@OldFantasy]

Woah i totally forgot about this song

[@POV18]

Such a great song!!! I still listen to it today!

[@OoooshetriesSs]

Bro that song was SUCH a BOP! As a dancer, I can’t even begin to explain the effect that song had on me.

[@brokendoll4886]

How do you always see into our collective nostalgia mind and pull out artists like this. Bc as soon as the thumbnail popped up so many memories came flooding back

[@JJ.Knight.]

She's the best! She's actually real and will have dialog with people ❤❤ love her! 😊

[@kingtryton]

I remember walking into an H&M many years ago hearing this song then immediately downloaded the album always wondered what happened to her

[@isabellasursi8175]

dude I have been trying to remember who made that amazing music video for MONTHS thank you. She’s amazing

[@jjennii]

I really like her song Dearly Beloved, the story behind the song is very touching : )

[@lizzybethnj617]

This was my jam. The music video was fire too love the choreography

[@roxannemapache826]

This song was fire 10 years ago! The whole video went crazy ❤❤

[@97nelsn]

I found so many of my favorite artists and tracks just by listening to Annie Mac’s Friday show (which Danny Howard does a good job since he took over). Hideaway is what I remember from the first show I listened to back in 2014 along with “Liberate” by Eric Prydz. Good times.

[@yoshiplz]

I actively search out Kiesza singing as a featured artist on other people's music just to hear her voice. Her House music moment was my favorite of her styles.

[@deadzo4686]

WAIT THATS THE SONG FROM THE HEMORRHOID VINE!

[@pablolinares2801]

Oooh ahh🎶

[@Rocketcraft]

Bridged by a light wave which she featured on with fellow Canadian Deadmau5 is one of my favourite songs. Released in 2021 I still listen to it regularly

[@waritolfactive]

She is soooo talented and her music is so unique, so is her voice and style, her debut album is a classic!

[@JMTM]

Never stopped listening to Kiesza's music ever since Hideaway! The amount of great music she's made is huge and still putting out! Half of her music are worth being on the top 5, but she's practically indie now! Not to mention all of her amazing collab songs, there's so many, with other artists, and very very good ones too or her amazing exclusive shows, like the christmass train, that was travelling in different locations, stopping for a concert and then following for the next destination and many more stuff, or the awards she won at the Juno show, and the amazing performance she had there! So many stuff! I feel ashamed people know her only for Hideaway, because there's so much more that has happened since then!

[@phillinsogood]

And this song was a banger. Loved hearing it that summer and the video.

[@TheEllaKelly]

I first heard of Kieza after watching the movie "Home" with Rihanna and JLo. She did a beautiful song called "Cannonball" for the movie and I had to check out her other music. Hideaway showcase her voice in a different way than Cannonball did and I was super excited to follow her career. A part of me wished she had greater success but as an amateur songwriter, creating music you're passionate about is an amazing feeling, whether or not everyone likes it.

[@Shimeih]

I still love this hideaway and play it regularly. I’ve always asked myself what happened to her but never followed up

[@Mitch-Alex]

Aww I loved these two songs 😊

[@lavaniadelrey2807]

Love her!! Her album sound of a woman is one of my very favorites! I wish she was given more credit.

[@archimmes]

Her song "All of my feelings" that she released at the height of the lockdown in 2020 was an absolute bop that i kept playing for months! Still hoping that eventually that track gets a resurgence and its just due.

[@tiredbylife.5589]

Well, I don't know. I still listen her till these day. Like I am one of her monthly listeners. I love her music. Her album was one of my favorites for quite some time. And, I love Phantom of the Dancefloor (more recent than Hideaway).

[@milenabianca9787]

I was thinking about this girl the other day. I loved this song when it came out it reminds me of meeting my daughter’s dad.

[@stereohype1]

A singer can ride off one big hit for a very long time and sustain a career out of it if they stay dedicated to the profession. Most one hit wonders usually take an extended hiatus period once the spotlight fades but can continue to book smaller local gigs until enough time has passed before nostalgia kicks in then they start getting offered more lucrative gigs on the retro festival circuit and back up the ladder they can go. A current trend for faded pop stars is to turn to djing to keep themselves in the public eye if the singing gigs are drying up.

[@sadclam1881]

I remember Hideaway when it came out ❤ Forgot all about it 😔

[@sourcandydoll]

I loved that song and video. Used to love it on vh1 in the mornings

[@danielg.5070]

Funny.. TODAY during lunch I was thinking about her single with where she plays the guitar and then, tonight, your video was recommended.. ans I never seen your channel! 😮

[@CreativeReptiles]

I love her and still listen to her stuff now. Wish she was alot bigger

[@angelicvega7040]

I remember my parent showing me the hideaway video for the first time back in the day 😭

[@lllllllllllllllll905]

it was my favourite song omggg

[@helio7906]

hideaway was dominating german charts back then!!

[@deej9]

I remember watching this video on MTV, it was my favorite song as a kid.

[@bossladyghana6303]

Definitely the song of summer 2016

[@Ariescertified]

I love her song Cannonball it reminds me of my daughter and it makes me cry my heart out ❤❤❤❤

[@lordtette]

This was my Jam. Taking me back to being a kid and this being popular in England. Hideaway and No Enemiez. I don't like Dilplo or Skrillex but her song with Jackü was good.

[@crimson5ds705]

Reminds me when Daya had that one huge hit Don’t let me down in 2016 and then just disappeared

[@caitlingill]

What? Daya had other big singles like “Sit Still Look Pretty” (which was covered in pitch perfect 3!) and (ironically) her song called “Hide Away”

[@crimson5ds705]

Oh yes I remember those , but they also came out in 2016 and after that year she just disappeared , wish she would’ve been around longer

[@Chel.C.B]

She released a new single 3 days before this video went live.

[@CheeTooTheeBee]

I saw her live years ago and she is an amazing performer!

[@CustardCream22]

I can’t believe Hideaway is 10 years old already! 😳

[@dubmoyet]

Kiesza has a voice that reaches very high notes. She’s incredible. Just listen to her song Cannonball

[@lopinionista9788]

Kiesza in 2020 collaborated with the music producer Deadmau5 and she release 'Bridged by a Lightwave' which is an amazing single, especially if you like the sound signature of Joel. She released also an interesting experimental chill track called 'Tree', which I liked a lot in its simplicity. However her listening on Spotify plummeted a lot. She never reached the same success of 'Hideaway'.

[@Betterthingswecanachieve]

I never liked this song but she seemed cool. I hope she’s doing better and is happy in life.

[@Kraziken0]

I loved that song and video.

[@FHAD368]

I remember her song went viraalll in 2014

[@hackskrap]

This was my jam!

[@cesarmoreno8920]

The album Sound of a Woman is actually a really good body of work. It's a shame it didn't perform better. Stand out tracks are hideaway, no enemiesz, sound of a woman, cut me loose

[@preposteroussvideos]

Ooh Ah Ah Ooh 🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶

[@kammore6209]

Misty from Pokemon

[@toetuff6732]

Thought I was the only one who said that lol

[@gina-hp2jo]

i used to listen to her cover of take me to church more than i ever listened to the original lol great voice

[@burni988]

Great video topic

[@charlotteforbes2090]

Thanks for another video honest. I personally have always loved Kiesza, esp because we have a few things in common. I too am a professional singer, a Calgarian, and someone who's been hit by a car and has suffered a TBI as a result. (I got hit as a pedestrian, so I suffered some terrible injuries). That said, as much as I love Kiesza, I must say that her new music doesn't connect with me too well. On a musical level, it absolutely does, but her videos are over-the-top sexualized. I just feel that she hasn't really honed a personal identity as an artist. Her dance and vocal talents are phenomenal. She has all the talent in the world, but I feel that she hops a little bit all over the place in terms of what type of a singer she is. So, it's not just the accident, I feel. That said, I absolutely empathize with the poor soul who got involved in an auto accident.

[@ernskii77]

It's such a shame cause I really liked her music. Her 90s house style gave me such nostalgia and is what mainly drew me to her music. I got to see her perform here in Australia at a music festival a few years back and she didn't disappoint

[@Mac5t]

She's still releasing great music! She's also collaborated with artists like DEADMAU5!! Her new release "Dancing and Crying," is AMAZING!! AND STILL 90s!!

[@sarahdidi]

I feel like i was the only one who liked this song when it came out.

[@crimson5ds705]

I liked it to, I think a lot of people hated it because of the Ohh Ahhh Lyric

[@Landiiana]

@@crimson5ds705because overplayed

[@abrahamhorowitz8374]

Saw her last weekend with Deadmou5. She was amazing and fun, busting out several b boy moves during the base instrumental of Bridged by a Lightwave and even doing a handstand before Deadmou5 hilariously failed to recreat the move from Hideaway where she's lifted in the air leving the whole venue laughing along with the pair. It was clear they were two friends having fun performing together, and it's nice to see the seems fully recovered physically. I think the real issue for her is that Lady Gaga sucked up the audience for her artistic, adventurous style with a far more pop based sound. She's great, and I hope we see more from her.

[@LaurenFaulkner]

Whenever anyone brings up music videos, I ALWAYS mention Hideaway. The one shot is everything. Not to mention the choreography and song itself. Clicked on this video so fast to get an update on her!

[@vanillaninja2]

She will be releasing a new ep in May. Her new Song Dancing and Crying is sooooooo good❤

[@ionaskualexander1255]

I forgot this thing existed but yeah this song blasted in every mall ever

[@willowreid-ns6pr]

Such a good workout song!

[@shaggybro9330]

I loved hideaway back then but her follow up single did nothing for me she then i never heard of her again

[@ErinBrookes]

This song is still heard on the radio in Canada.

[@yhol89]

"sensuum defectui" is such a bop. Also her collab with Deadmau5 and the acoustic version of it are just masterpieces.