Elsa Søllesvik (born 22 April 1996), known professionally as Elsie Bay, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.
Early life Søllesvik grew up in Sunde before moving to Haugesund at the age of 13. She found her interest in music as a child. She now lives in Berlin, Germany.
Career 2010–2018: Elsa & Emilie In 2010, Søllesvik met Emilie Haaland Austrheim and formed a duo Elsa & Emilie. In 2014, the duo signed a contract with record label Sony Music and released their debut album Endless Optimism the same year. The duo was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Spellemannprisen, annual Norwegian music award. "Run", a track from the album, gained popularity after being featured in the first season of the television series Skam in 2017.
In 2017, they released their sophomore album, Kill Your Darlings with singles "Au volant" and "Chains and Promises". In 2018, the duo announced their split to focus on Søllesvik's solo career.
2018–present: Solo career and After the split of Elsa & Emilie, Søllesvik moved to Oslo to establish herself as a songwriter for other artists. She co-wrote the track "Witch Woods", performed by Emmy, which competed at the , where it made the final. She performed the opening theme of the third part of Korean television series Show Window: The Queen's House, titled "Heaven Made".
On 10 January 2022, she was announced as one of the competing acts of with the song "Death of Us", co-written with Jonas Holteberg Jensen and Andreas Stone Johansson. She finished as one of the top four finalists. Apart from her own entry, she also co-wrote "Hammer of Thor", performed by Oda Gondrosen, which qualified to the final.
She returned to the competition a year later with the song "Love You in a Dream" with Andreas Stone Johansson and Tom Oehler, qualifying for the final and placing fourth. She also co-wrote Eline Thorp's entry titled "Not Meant to Be", which also qualified for the final, placing sixth.
Discography Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP NORAir.Peak chart positions for singles in Norway: "Death of Us": "Love You in a Dream": "Death of Us" 2022 28 rowspan="4" "Tall People" — "Love You in a Dream" 2023 17 "Bikini Song" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other appearances Title Year Album or EP "Heaven Made" 2021 Show Window: The Queen's House Part.3 "The Gleaming" 2023 Global Launch Commemorative Song for Reverse: 1999
Songwriting discography Title Year Artist Album Co-written with"Into You" 2023 Cyan Kicks I Never Said 4ever Niila Perkkiö, Susanna Alexandra"Not Okay" Remo Forrer Argyle Singh, Benjamin Alasu Eurovision Song Contest entries Country Year Artist Title Co-written with Result 2025 Theo Evan "Shh" Dimitris Kontopoulos, Lasse Nymann, Linda DaleDid not qualify (11th in semi-final 1)
Pre-selection entries Melodi Grand Prix entries (Norway) Year Artist Title Co-written with Result2021 Emmy "Witch Woods" Olli Äkräs, Morten Franck Final2022 Elsie Bay "Death of Us" Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Andreas Stone Johansson Top 4 Oda Gondrosen "Hammer of Thor" Morten Franck, Torgeir Ryssevik, Oda Kristine Gondrosen Final2023 Elsie Bay "Love You in a Dream" Andreas Stone Johansson, Tom Oehler 4th Eline Thorp "Not Meant to Be" Andreas Stone Johansson, Eline Thorp, Jonas Holteberg Jensen 6th
German national final entries Year Artist Title Co-written with Result2023 Trong "Dare to Be Different" Sasha Rangas, Stefan van Leijsen, Trong Hieu Nguyen 4th2024 Leona "Undream You" Leona Preuss, Maria Christensen, Simon Davis9th
Luxembourg Song Contest entries (Luxembourg) Year Artist Title Co-written with Result2024 Krick "Drowning in the Rain" Andreas Stone Johansson, Tom Oehler 2nd
Moldovan national final entries Year Artist Title Co-written with Result2026 Dayana "" Diana Sturza, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale 4th
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