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This week's video is Off Guard by Albanian singer Elvana Gjata and featuring American singer Ty Dolla $ign. Elvana is from Tirana in Albania and started her career by taking part in music festivals. Her debut single was Te kam khan which she performed at the Kenga Majke festival. She has released many singles including Te Dy, Mames (her best selling single to date),  Ku jeton dashuria ime, Vetes, Disco Disco, Puthe, Lejla and Ku vajti.

Elvana released her debut album Mames in 2007 and has brought out two more since, Vetes (2009)_ and Afer dhe Larg (2011). While she mainly sings in Albanian, she has released a couple of English language singles- Forever is Over and Off Guard. Last year she brought out an EP called 3. Her latest single is Fustani featuring Kosovo-Albanian musician Capital T, which was released in June and A ,'don which came out in August.

Elvana has also appeared in TV and film, including winning S2 of Dancing with the Stars in 2012  and acting in the  2019 Albanian comedy film 2 Gisht Mjaltë (translated as "2 Fingers Honey" on IMDB!).

Off Guard came out in April 2018 and is sung in English.



Watch the video for Elvana's latest single A m'don here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaxTRkaoVtk

For more on Elvana visit these links:

Balkanika TV profile: https://balkanika.tv/members/elvana-gjata/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/elvanagjatazyrtare

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elvanagjataaaa/ 

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9rb6cS-u5BLOhtgHlOs6Q


Albanian music fan? Check out these posts:

Albanian Music feature: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/albanian-music.html

 Era and Nora Istrefi- Nuk E Di video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/weekly-music-video.html

Dhurata Dora- https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/08/weekly-music-video_21.html
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