Tess Elena

Ashburn

Tess Elena is a singer songwriter born and raised in New York City.
Her pop, soulful folk sound boldly blends with her playful and raw
lyricism. Inspired and driven by her feminist roots, the United
Nations commissioned Tess Elena to write and perform an original song
(Consent is Sexy) for their Youth Assembly in 2017. Debuting her first single in 2019, she has gone on to perform at venues around NYC.  From her bedroom, she recorded &amp; released her latest single, Warning Label, which can be found on all streaming platforms.

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Songs you listen to when you wanna stay in bed alllllll morning. 

Big & Little Spoon

Songs that remind me of our beautiful human existence, of our souls.  

Soulfully Indie

Native New Yorker
Singer songwriter/Feminist

Love everything about Tess Elena!  And I can&#39;t get this fun and upbeat song out of my head (or my toes which just won&#39;t stop tapping).

Love everything about Tess Elena!  And I can't get this fun and upbeat song out of my head (or my toes which just won't stop tapping).

I can&#39;t believe someone made a song about Helga! Incredible💖👏

I can't believe someone made a song about Helga! Incredible💖👏

I LOVE IT ! what fun and love the tune ..catchy !

Tess, beautiful rendition!  Blessings to you!

Hi - this is Kate- you know me. You are lucky you can go on the fire escape.

Official Tess Elena Music Videos

Covers

Workout Videos

Travel

Originals

Fire Escape Covers

Frank Sinatra--Gma Slideshow

Gahhh,  here is my first music video! 

Filmed and edited by the talented Alice Plati. Check out her work: https://vimeo.com/aliceplati

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Tess Elena - 4am (original song)

About a year ago I participated in a virtual songwriting contest with @nytoplinercamp_ where the premise was write a song from the perspective of an animated character from a movie or TV series in 48 hours.⠀
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I immediately thought of the character, Helga, from the show “Hey Arnold”. It was my favorite TV show growing up. Being a city kid, it was the only show I ever saw that felt like it looked a bit like my childhood. The characters, the adventures, the incredible jazz music woven throughout, I was hooked. ⠀
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My song, "Helga", is a direct influence from that show. It’s boisterous, obsessive, goofy & playful. This halloween I'm dressing up as Helga Pataki in song form. 👻🤓

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Tess Elena - Helga (Official Music Video)

The weather is changing so I thought I would squeeze in a #fireescapecover before it gets too cold! This is a lovely and timeless tune by the talented Brandi Carlile. 

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Brandi Carlile - The Story (Cover by Tess Elena)

This is my first video on youtube! 

I love Cat Power's version of this song, so I thought I'd do a lil cover on my trusty fire escape. If you enjoy please make sure you subscribe to my channel or give it a thumbs up! :) 

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Shot & edited by the incredibly talented, Sam Wolgemuth. 
You can find his stuff here: Samwdesigns.com

Cat Power - Sea of Love (Cover by Tess Elena)

Quarantining in New York City is hard. 

I wrote this song to capture my feelings as an artist during this time. I had so much fun acting a fool in my park. Let me know what you think and don’t forget to subscribe! 💙💜


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Tess Elena - Tie Dye (Official Music Video)

So proud to show you all my pandemic baby, this music video! My vision for my latest single, Warning Label. 

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Warning Label - Tess Elena (Official Music Video)

Got to perform this original song with my talented bass player, Matt Lipman & drummer Luke Gefell at the famous Triad Theatre in NYC where many talented artists and musicians have performed. I feel blessed!!

Tess Elena - Warning Label (original song) Live @ Triad Theatre - NYC

Sometimes when I’m feeling low, it can feel like I’m drowning. 

I was in an unexplainably miserable mood a couple weeks ago and this song poured out of me. 

I’m currently based in Thailand so this balcony will have to suffice as my fire escape in Washington Heights. 

Maybe I’m just homesick. 

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Tess Elena - Above Water (original song)

Check out my new original song, "Eye Candy", I performed at my first gig ever! 

I wanted to write this song because street harassment is a real issue, and I wanted to use my voice to bring light to a topic that is often not talked enough about. This song is dedicated to women all over the world!

Let me know what you think in the comments below :)

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Tess Elena - Eye Candy (Live at The Parkside Lounge, NYC)

This is a song I wrote about my life long love affair with the Uptown A train in NYC. 

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think!

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Tess Elena - Going Uptown (Original Song)

Backyard Live Stream's are a dream! 

I absolutely adore this song by the incredible Lianne La Havas. 

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Lianne La Havas - Unstoppable (Cover by Tess Elena)

Here is a cover I deeeeed of Gnarles Barkley's "Crazy" on my snazzy fire escape. 

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think!

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Gnarles Barkley - Crazy - (Cover by Tess Elena)

It's 60 degrees in February.... cough cough global warming is in FULL swing.

Here is a #fireescapecovers I did of brilliant song "Valerie" by Mark Ronson and Amy Whinehouse, two musical genius'. 

Let me know what you think!! 

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Valerie - Mark Ronson & Amy Whinehouse (Cover by Tess Elena)

Here is a compilation of all the videos I took with my GoPro on my recent trip to the Philippines with the Jerry to my Elaine aka Jasmine Thamra. 

Music by: Music by https://www.soundcloud.com/ikson

I own no rights to this music and everyone should go check out Ikson's awesome tunes! 

Hope y'all enjoy. :)

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Jerry and Elaine go to The Philippines

Visited the Rawhiti Cave in the South Island of New Zealand and couldnt help myself with the awesome acoustics. 

Here is a cover of Sara Bareilles' beautiful song, "She Used to Be Mine"

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She Used to Be Mine - Sara Bareilles - Cover by Tess Elena: Cave Edition

Live performance of the classic song "Sunday Morning" by the legendary band Maroon 5 at the infamous Triad Theater in New York City

Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning (Cover by Tess Elena)

My band and I wanted to cover the exceptional Alicia Keys at our latest show on July 22nd at the famous Arlenes Grocery in NYC. 

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If I Aint Got You  - Alicia Keys (Covered by Tess Elena)

Here is my take on the timeless classic, Dream a Little Dream. 

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Dream a little Dream - Doris Day (Cover by Tess Elena)

⁣Quarantine Day 38 — Earth Day 🌍 🌎 🌏 ⠀⠀
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In honor of earth day, I wanted to show you my love for Cliff, my plant. We have been going strong since quarantine began and I cant wait to see what our future holds! ⠀
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If you dig it, like, comment, share! 🤓✨⠀
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Music & production by @maxbarrettmusic ⠀⠀
lyrics and melody by yours truly ⠀⠀

I'm Gunna Plant You Like A Seed

Its been over a month of quarantine, I thought I would go in my hallway to record my favorite Billie Eilish song. It's simple yet the melodies leave you captivated. 

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Billie Eilish - When the Party's Over (Cover by Tess Elena)

⁣Quarantine day 6 🙃🙃🙃
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song, geetar & vocals by moi⠀
bass & production by @maxbarrettmusic ⠀
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As you might have noticed from my song, i lost my waitressing jobs & upcoming gigs to this virus. Today marks the day I'm launching my brand new side hustle during our corona quarantine! ⠀
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Have you ever wanted a song written about you? Do you have friends that you want to make feel special? Bday coming up? Maybe you wanna support local artists. SCROLL NO FURTHER! Venmo me 7 bucks and i'll write you a 1 min song about you or a friend and post it on my instagram. If you wanna give more -- no ones stopping ya 😉)⠀
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I'll also be donating 2 dollars of each venmo payment to the Food Bank NYC org. They provide meals for those that are most vulnerable around NYC. There are a lot of great resources to help in our fine city, check em out here: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18WYGoVlJuXYc3QFN1RABnARZlwDG3aLQsnNokl1KhZQ/mobilebasic
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venmo: @TessElenaMusic⠀
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If you dig it, please share this video to help get the word out! Keep calm and carry on 🙏🏽

Tess Elena

Fire Escape

Emotion Mommy

Helga

Warning Label

Tie Dye

4 A.M.