Gülçin Ergül
Gülçin Ergül (born 30 October 1985) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, dancer, choreographer, actress, TV personality and yin yoga teacher.
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| Born | 30 October 1985 Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Instruments | Piano, Vocals |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Associated acts | Hepsi |
| Website | www |
Life and career
Ergül started her music career by studying piano at Pera Fine Arts Academy. She was then selected to join the Atatürk Cultural Centre State Opera and Children's Ballet Ensemble as well as the Children's Choir. She began to pick up roles and perform as a child actress in theatre. She played in adaptations of Bird Man and the Prince, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and The King and I. She completed her high school education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory Ballet Department. She graduated with an undergraduate degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory Modern Dance Education. She then continued to work on different dance routines with important choreographers from all over the world.
Ergül then started taking private singing lessons during her high school years. In 2005, she established a girl-band by the name of Hepsi with three of her friends Cemre Kemer, Yasemin Yürük, Eren Bakıcı, in which Gülçin Ergül was the lead vocalist. They released three albums and two singles: Hepsi 1 , Hepsi 2 , Şaka (10+1) , Tempo (Hepsi for Pepsi) and Winx Club Turkish SoundTrack. In 2006 together with the band, she became the face of commercial brands Pepsi and Penti. She won more than 10 important awards with Hepsi in Turkey. The band toured Turkey and abroad with Sezen Aksu and Kenan Doğulu in 2006 and 2007, respectively. They toured Turkey 7 times and abroad 2 times. She also guest starred with Hepsi in different TV series and movies. Hepsi then had a TV show in 2007 called Hepsi 1 which was aired by Turkish TV channels Show TV and ATV. She played the character “Gülçin" for two seasons. Ergül then left the band in 2009.
Two years later in 2011, Ergül released her first solo album titled Bravo!. She recorded her first music video for the song "Ara Ara" which was number one in Billboard Türkiye. She then worked with the dancer and choreographer “David Hernandes” for "Ara Ara", who also has worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue and Mariah Carey. She then started to perform jingles for Star TV, Medipol University, Show TV, Tamek, Radio Fenomen and Radio Bilyoner.
In 2015, she released her second solo album titled Bir Tanecik Aşkım. The music video for "Bir Tanecik Aşkım" garnered 41 million views on YouTube.[1][2] She recorded an English version of the song called "My One and Only Love".
In 2016, she released another single called "Harabeyim", which the lyrics and music belong to her.[3] In the same year Ergül also featured in a duet called "Ağlat Beni" with the Turkish singer Harun Kolçak. The song quickly became a hit in Turkey where the audio version reached 48 million streams and the music video reached 36 million views on YouTube. She toured Turkey with Harun Kolçak.
Ergül became the face of the Avon in 2018 and released a song for the brand. In August 2018, she released her conceptual project album, Arabesk. In the album, she reinterpreted old Turkish songs using modern vocals. She has filmed music videos for the songs "İtirazım Var" and "İkimize Birden", which were featured in the album.
In 2019, she made a soundtrack for the movie Kim Daha Mutlu, which also has the same name. In the same year she released another single called "Hoş Geldin" which was also featured in the movie. Ergül became one of the main judges for Benimle Söyle, the Turkish version of All Together Now, for two seasons.
In 2020, she created a soul-trap single called "Ferman", whose lyrics and music belong to her. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production process was completed indoors, in her own home. She also filmed the music video for the song at home.
Gülçin released her fourth studio album, “Davet”, on her birthday of 30 October 2020, from Arpej Yapım.[4] In the innovative album, which Emre Bayar was the music director, many different styles such as Pop, Trap, Disco, R&B, and Soul were skillfully combined. In addition to the new song titled “Sana Aşığım” by Yıldız Tilbe and the collaboration with Anıl Piyancı in the song “Kalbime Sorsam”, there are also 9 songs by Gülçin Ergül. The intro of the album and the song named "Davet", which is named after the album, express the mission of the album. The first video clip for the album, “Beni Bu Rüyadan Uyandırma”, was completed in 15 hours and was directed by Murat Joker. The singer, who danced in Vogue and High Heels style, was accompanied by four dancers. In first 24 hours that the album came out, it was number one in the most purchased list in iTunes Turkey.
She became the cover girl of the November 2020 issue of She & Girls magazine.
During the launch period of the album, she was a guest as "Gülçin Ergül" in the 86th episode of Yasak Elma, a series on Fox, and sang the song "Sana Aşığım" from her latest album Davet. After the episode aired, “Sana Aşığım” was number 1 on the list of Shazam Turkey Top 50 and the Spotify list of TV Soundtracks.
At the end of 2020, which was heavily affected with the coronavirus epidemic, Gülçin surprised her listeners to instill hope and released a single titled "Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun” (it means Happy New Year), whose lyrics and music belong to her and Ezgi Ayçe. More than 60,000 videos were made with the song in a short time on the international platform TikTok.
Discography
Albums with Hepsi
- Hepsi 1 – 2005
- Hepsi 2 – 2006
- Tempo (Hepsi for Pepsi) – 2006
- Şaka (10+1) – 2008
- Winx Club Turkish Soundtrack – 2008
Solo albums
- Bravo – 2011
- Bir Tanecik Aşkım – 2015
- Arabesk – 2018
- Davet – 2020
Singles
- Ağlat Beni (with Harun Kolçak) – 2016
- Harabeyim – 2016
- Hayatının Hatası (with Tuna Kiremitçi) – 2017
- İyisin (with What Da Funk?) – 2017
- Mecbursun (with What Da Funk?) – 2017
- Ağlama Değmez Hayat (with Sinan Ceceli) – 2017
- Kim Daha Mutlu? (Movie Soundtrack) – 2019
- Hoş Geldin – 2019
- Ferman – 2020
- Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun - 2020
Videography
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Series and movies
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References
- "Şarkısı Gülçin'i anlatıyor". Milliyet. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Gülçin Ergül Bir Tanecik Aşkı ile geri döndü". Habertürk. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Gülçin Ergül'ün yeni single şarkısı 'Harabeyim'in teaser'ı yayında!". Twitter. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- "Gülçin'den yeni albüm: Davet". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- "Gülçin, Bu Sefer Tek Başına". Gerçek Pop. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Gülçin Ergül 'Bir Tanecik Aşkı' ile geri döndü". Akşam. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Dev kişilik dev orkestra". Güneş. 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Gülçin Ergül Harabeyim şarkısı ile şaşırtacak!". Hürriyet. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- Grup Hepsi - Mum Retrieved 12 June 2013
External links
- Official website
- Gülçin Ergül discography at Discogs
- Gülçin Ergül on Spotify
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