{"id":4381,"date":"2018-05-03T05:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T05:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:54:57","slug":"alice-merton-the-story-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/alice-merton-the-story-of-success","title":{"rendered":"Alice Merton: The story of success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No Roots&#8221;\u00a0is one of those songs which conquer the world on the first listening, and it brought glory and celebrity status to its author Alice Merton. This girl, living in Berlin and London, is one of the names you should remember!<\/p>\n<p>Alice courted stardom with her first single which she published for her own label. Five million copies of &#8220;No Roots&#8221;\u00a0were sold very quickly, and the YouTube video was seen by more than 87\u00a0million people. Alice has now signed for two big labels in Germany and the U.S. and this July the audience at EXIT Festival in Serbia will be able to hear what she sounds like live. EXIT was recently named the Best Major European festival, and the so far announced lineup includes David Guetta, Grace Jones, Martin Garrix, Migos, Fever Ray, LP,\u00a0Ziggy Marley, Ofenbach, Jax Jones, Richie Hawtin, Idles and many others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alice Merton - No Roots\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUdyuKaGQd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Part of Alice\u2019s success is definitely due to an honest approach she chose for this song. It is partly autobiographical because it tells the story about how she moved 12 times in 24 years, living in the U.S, Canada, England, and eventually Germany.\u00a0After the song was published in late 2016, it was quickly spotted by bloggers and radio DJs who helped make it even more popular. In a bit less than a month it was on all major charts\u00a0and\u00a0reached No. 1 on one of American Billboard\u2019s charts.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I\u2019d be good enough,&#8221;<\/em> Merton said in her interview with Billboard. <em>&#8220;There\u2019s so much good music out there that still hasn&#8217;t been heard. But I thought if I don\u2019t try it, I\u2019ll always regret it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another interesting thing is that, together with her manager, she decided to publish the song under her own terms. 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