Elis Lovrić


Elis Lovrić is a Croatian contemporary folk singer-songwriter and actress. In early 2017 she released her debut studio album, Merika.
Most of her songs have lyrics in Labinjonska cakavica, a subdialect of the Chakavian dialect, i.e. Northern Chakavian dialect spoken in eastern Istria around the town of Labin.

Early life

Lovrić was born in Pula, and grew up in Rabac, in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia.

Career

2017–2019: ''Merika'' and Dora 2019

Titled Merika, Lovrić's third album is a contemporary folk record containing Istrian scale songs and ballads. The album was released on 13 May 2017, by Akcent Studio. The Portuguese-language version of the album, titled O canto da Istria, was released in September 2018.
In late 2017, Lovrić started working on her fourth studio album. Her song "Sretno ti bilo" was released in June 2018 and was later performed at the 58th Split Festival. On 17 January 2019, Lovrić was announced as one of the 16 participants in Dora 2019, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry, with the song "All I Really Want". She finished the competition as seventh with a total of eight points. On 25 January 2019, HIA reported that Lovrić's fourth studio album would be released during the second quarter of 2020.

2020–present: Zagreb Festival and Dora 2020

On 21 November 2019 it was announced that Lovrić will compete at the 67th edition of the Zagreb Festival with the song "Vidim da si tu". On 23 December 2019, Lovrić was announced as one of the 16 participants in Dora 2020, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry, with the song "Jušto". She finished the competition as 13th with a total of twelve points.

Discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Films starred