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Katja talks about music, performing live, overcoming bullying, and the special place she has in her heart for the LGBT community.

Katja Glieson is an award winning Australian artist who writes her own songs and music video concepts. Most recently, Katja starred in the Princess Rap Battle viral video where she rapped as Elsa from Frozen. The video has received over 100 million combined views on YouTube & Facebook with press coverage by Perez Hilton, Cosmopolitan,Huffington Post, Smosh, Elite Daily, MTV, Pop Crunch, Daily Motion, The Disney Blog, and Breakaway Daily! The viral smash has also inspired countless cover versions, been voluntarily translated into adozen languages, been watched in 232 countries and become a culturalphenomenon leading to additional Princess Rap Battles. Katja has overcome obesity, abuse, and bullying to make it where she is today. She continues to bring an awareness to these issues and is a proud supporter of the LGBT community.

BREAKAWAY DAILY: How did your music career start? 

KATJA: I think, much to my mothers dismay, that my passion for music  started before I could talk! I remember her always saying I was singing before I could talk. Unfortunately, it took me a long time to gather the courage to follow the passion and begin my career. I didn’t start singing in front of people until high school when I joined a Girl Band and began doing musicals. But once I let that little singer out, there was no stopping me!

BREAKAWAY DAILY: What is your favorite part about performing live? Do you do anything special before you hit the stage?

KATJA: The absolute best thing about performing live is creating an experience and sharing it with the audience. I know from being in the audience of an awesome live show, how wonderful the experience can be, and I love being the facilitator of that. Before I go on stage, the dancers and I kind of do a team huddle. It’s really important to make sure we are all in the right space, working together and supporting each other to give the best show possible.

Katja talks about music, performing live, overcoming bullying, and the special place she has in her heart for the LGBT community.

Katja Glieson is an award winning Australian artist who writes her own songs and music video concepts. Most recently, Katja starred in the Princess Rap Battle viral video where she rapped as Elsa from Frozen. The video has received over 100 million combined views on YouTube & Facebook with press coverage by Perez Hilton, Cosmopolitan,Huffington Post, Smosh, Elite Daily, MTV, Pop Crunch, Daily Motion, The Disney Blog, and Breakaway Daily! The viral smash has also inspired countless cover versions, been voluntarily translated into adozen languages, been watched in 232 countries and become a culturalphenomenon leading to additional Princess Rap Battles. Katja has overcome obesity, abuse, and bullying to make it where she is today. She continues to bring an awareness to these issues and is a proud supporter of the LGBT community.

BREAKAWAY DAILY: How did your music career start? 

KATJA: I think, much to my mothers dismay, that my passion for music  started before I could talk! I remember her always saying I was singing before I could talk. Unfortunately, it took me a long time to gather the courage to follow the passion and begin my career. I didn’t start singing in front of people until high school when I joined a Girl Band and began doing musicals. But once I let that little singer out, there was no stopping me!

BREAKAWAY DAILY: What is your favorite part about performing live? Do you do anything special before you hit the stage?

KATJA: The absolute best thing about performing live is creating an experience and sharing it with the audience. I know from being in the audience of an awesome live show, how wonderful the experience can be, and I love being the facilitator of that. Before I go on stage, the dancers and I kind of do a team huddle. It’s really important to make sure we are all in the right space, working together and supporting each other to give the best show possible.

December 29, 2014 Hugs not Shoves, off the 101 in Los Angeles, CA

The brand new holiday edition parody video takes place on a rooftop and is filled with magic and surprises! It includes such stars as Alyssa Preston (Horrible Bosses 2) and Jim O’Heir (regular on Parks & Recreation), two of the world’s funniest performers.

Whitney Avalon, who plays Mary Poppins, created the Princess Rap Battle series, writes, produces, and stars in each one (previously as Snow White and Leia) with co-writer/co-producer Steve Gossett behind the camera directing.

The first Princess Rap Battle (as seen on Breakaway Daily) surpassed 10 million YouTube views in its first three months, with nearly 100 million (and 1 million shares) on Facebook. It garnered over 150 news stories in a dozen languages (including feature articles right here on Breakaway Daily, MTV News, E! Online, Ain’t It Cool News, Cosmopolitan, Cinema Blend, Irish Register, Perez Hilton, and Nerdist).