Felix Jaehn

Felix Kurt Jähn (born 28 August 1994), known professionally as Felix Jaehn ([jen]^[1]), is a German DJ and music producer specializing in tropical house.^[2] He achieved international success with his remix of Omi's song "Cheerleader", which topped the charts in multiple countries and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015.^[3]

Felix Jaehn
Jaehn at Airbeat One Festival 2015
Background information
Birth name	Felix Kurt Jähn
Born	(1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 (age 28) Hamburg, Germany
Genres	EDM tropical house deep house future house
Occupation(s)	Disc jockey music producer remixer
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Universal Spinnin' Deep
Website	felix-jaehn.com

Early life

Jaehn was born in Hamburg and raised in Schönberg, near Wismar in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He took violin lessons at age of 5 and began his DJ career at 16. Jaehn lived in London for a year, where he attended Point Blank Music College at the age of 17.^[4][5] Afterwards he briefly studied Business Administration at Humboldt-University in Berlin.^[6]

Career

2013–present

He began his career in the early 2010s. In August 2013, he released his debut single "Sommer am Meer".^[7] In November 2014, he released the single "Shine".^[8] In March 2015, he released the single "Dance with Me".^[9] In April 2015, he released a remix of Rufus and Chaka Khan classic "Ain't Nobody" retitled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" featuring the vocals of Jasmine Thompson (based on an earlier charting version of the song by Thompson). The remix was an international pan-European hit topping the German Singles Chart. He is now signed to Universal Music.^[5] In July 2015, he released the single "Eagle Eyes".^[10] In 2017, he collaborated with Mike Williams for the single "Feel Good", released through Spinnin' Records.^[11]

He is arguably best known for remixing Jamaican singer Omi's song "Cheerleader". The single was an international hit, topping the charts in Australia, Germany, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Mexico, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was also known as a popular wedding dance song in the United States.^[12]

 

Jaehn in 2015

In 2018, NOTD and Jaehn released the single "So Close", with a music video that starred Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl Camille Kostek.^[13][14] In February of the same year, he released his debut studio album, I.^[15] The album features guest vocals by Marc E. Bassy, Gucci Mane, Jasmine Thompson, Polina, Alma, and Herbert Grönemeyer.^[15]

Eff

In 2015, Jaehn launched Eff, a music duo project made up of German singer Mark Forster (real name Mark Cwiertnia, born 11 January 1984) as vocalist and Jaehn as DJ and producer. The two met in an event in Vienna in 2015. Eff is a reference to Felix and Forster. Their first and only single as Eff was "Stimme" that has topped the German Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks, also charting in Austria and Switzerland.

Personal life

Jaehn came out as bisexual in an interview for Die Zeit in February 2018, stating "sometimes I was more interested in girls, sometimes more interested in boys."^[16][17] In February 2021, Jaehn confirmed in an interview with radio station Energy that he has been in a relationship with a man since summer 2020 and that the two met via Tinder.^[18]

Discography

Main article: Felix Jaehn discography

• I (2018)
• Breathe (2021)

References

1. Jaehn, Felix (19 January 2018). Felix Jaehn | 17 Favorite Things. Cntl+Alt+Delete (Video). YouTube. Event occurs at 0:00. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
2. "Like it or Not, Kygo's Tropical House is the Sound of the Summer". 4 March 2015.
3. Molanphy, Chris (20 July 2015). "Why Is OMI's "Cheerleader" No. 1?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
4. Popsprite.com: Hamburgs neuer Stern Felix Jähn^{[permanent dead link]} (in German)
5. "Student Success: March 2015 – Felix Jähn, Anna Kay and R3WIRE". Point Blank London. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
6. Keller, Maren; Leppin, Jonas (27 June 2014). "Der Glücksbringer". Kulturspiegel. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
7. ""Sommer am Meer – EP" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes. 6 August 2013.
8. ""Shine (feat. Freddy Verano & Linying) – Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes. 28 November 2014.
9. ""Dance With Me (feat. Thallie Ann Seenyen) – Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes. January 2014.
10. ""Eagle Eyes (feat. Lost Frequencies & Linying) – Single" von Felix Jaehn auf Apple Music". iTunes. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
11. "Sich einfach mal gut fühlen: Felix Jaehn und Mike Williams helfen Dir dabei!". bigFM (in German). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
12. "DJ Kamayo Entertainment – The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County". DJ Kamayo Entertainment – The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
13. "NOTD & Felix Jaehn Enlist 'Sports Illustrated' Cover Girl Camille Kostek For 'So Close' Video: Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
14. Camille Kostek (26 June 2019), Camille Kostek x So Close Music Video, retrieved 27 June 2019
15. "I: Felix Jaehn". iTunes (DE). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
16. Dallach, Christoph (22 February 2018). "Felix Jaehn: "Ich träume davon, den Menschen zu finden, mit dem ich mein Leben teilen möchte"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
17. "Innerer Konflikt: Felix Jaehn bestätigt Bisexualität". bigFM (in German). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
18. "Felix Jaehn bestätigt im ENERGY Interview seine feste Beziehung". Energy (in German). NRJ Group. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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