The second single by Mikaela Bajada – stage name Mikayla,  has just been released – blue-eyed angel. This follow’s Mikayla’s debut single in September last year.

And now, her next single release has been released on the 22nd of November. Mikayla said that this time she experimented with a different type of genre, a contemporary ballad. She wrote her original song ‘blue-eyed angel’ in memory of her childhood best friend. A lyric video was released as well on Mikayla’s YouTube channel.

Mikayla is a 25-year old natural born singer from Gozo. From dancing to Kylie Minogue’s album back in 2001 to being a big fan of Eurovision, she ultimately performed in school concerts and mini musicals from a young age.

Artists like Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, and beFour became a huge inspiration to Mikayla in her musical career. She explained that “being a confident little girl on stage, my father supported me in taking vocal lessons and performing in competitions.”

This led to her very first solo performance in 2008. Getting into auditions for various choirs like Stagecoach choir 2004 and Joseph Calleja’s Children Choir in 2009, provided her with opportunities to perform on various television shows.

One of them being the Malta Junior Eurosong Contest 2009. This, she said, was a highlight in her career since she, together with her friend Francesca as a duet, won the Malta Junior Eurosong 2009 with their song ‘Double Trouble,’ taking them all the way to Ukraine to represent Malta at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and was placed 8th.

Mikayla said “it was an experience of a lifetime from learning performance skills and building new friendships with the same interest.”

Over the years, Mikaela’s voice started to mature which took her interest in performing with Theatre Choirs in various operas and musicals. Also, her passion in dancing didn’t fade away. At the age of 13, Mikaela joined the contemporary dance school “Naupaca Dance Factory.”

Mikaela explained that she continued to prove her singing abilities by doing versatile song covers on social media platforms and performed as a guest singer in live gigs at pubs with various local bands.

Throughout the years, she said she took new inspirations from Ariana Grande, Tori Kelly, Meghan Trainor, Billie Eilish, and also Kpop artists.

Eventually, Mikaela took a hiatus from official performances to focus on her educational studies. She started a nursing career at the age of 22. But this didn’t stop her from achieving her musical dreams.

As soon as Mikaela graduated and settled into her nursing career, she took the next big step – song writing.

She fulfilled her “life-long dream” and released her debut original song One Day (For Real) under her new stage name MIKAYLA.

This song is about two souls who love each other deeply but ended up drifting away from each other to find their own paths in life. With this complicated relationship comes a lot of tears but determination for freedom will be shown one day.

A music video was released as well on Mikayla’s YouTube channel.

You can also follow Mikayla on her facebook page for more information and updates.

Photo cover: Mikaela Bajada – Mikayla

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