Evangelia

Multilingual vocalist Evangelia draws creative fuel from a bicultural upbringing split between Greece and the United States, fusing the musical textures of her heritage with contemporary pop production. Following the 2020 breakthrough releases “Páme Páme” and “Fotiá,” she has maintained a consistent output of new material while regularly offering songs for consideration in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Born Evangelia Psarakis in New Jersey, she returned each summer to her paternal grandmother’s farm on Crete. That blend of American and European environments nurtured a broad curiosity about international music, although performing remained a leisure pursuit while she worked days as an elementary-school teacher and took occasional evening gigs. When funding reductions eliminated her teaching position, she committed to music as a full-time career.

In close partnership with Jay Stolar—whose prior credits include work with Selena Gomez and Carly Rae Jepsen—she began exploring an approach that paired electronic beats with the distinctive timbre of the bouzouki. The resulting early singles “Páme Páme” and “Fotiá,” whose titles mean “Let’s Go, Let’s Go” and “Fire,” laid out this foundation through English verses and Greek choruses, with fully Greek-language alternate mixes also issued. By posting clips of herself performing traditional dances to her tracks on social platforms, she expanded her audience, ultimately securing a contract with Columbia.

She has sustained a regular schedule of standalone releases and remixes, including submissions for Greece’s Eurovision entry such as the 2022 track “Onira” and the 2023 duet “Páli” with Greek rapper Mente Fuerte. Additional notable recordings encompass the 2022 single “Miss You,” which features her chorus vocals on a Disarstar track, and the 2023 club-oriented “Let’s Go MIA.” On the 2024 EP Alpha/Beta she revisited key successes by presenting both the English and Greek versions of “Fotiá,” “Onira,” and “Páli” together.