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Music is, merely put, in Ella Travolta’s blood. “It’s at all times been an enormous a part of my life,” she tells POPSUGAR. “I’ve grown up round music.”
Of course, the 22-year-old did not simply develop up round music — she was raised by the star of one of many greatest film musicals of all time. Her dad, John Travolta, famously starred in “Grease” alongside the late Olivia Newton-John, whom he not too long ago paid tribute to on the 2023 Oscars. During her childhood, Ella remembers spending a variety of time bonding over music with each her father and late mom Kelly Preston. “He was at all times singing rather a lot or simply improvising tune and dance,” Ella says of her dad. “Same with my mother. That was at all times an enormous a part of my life — taking part in music, and him singing alongside, and me singing with him. It’s undoubtedly been an enormous inspiration.”
Now, Ella is following in her father’s footsteps and gearing as much as launch her first EP, titled “The Colors of Love.” “It’s undoubtedly been a studying expertise and a very long time coming,” she says. “I’ve discovered a lot. I’ve been doing it with no label, simply to see the way it works and actually get my fingers into it. It’s been a variety of enjoyable.” Each observe on the six-song EP is predicated on a coloration, she says, and every paints a portrait of a distinct kind of affection. “Each tune can be a totally different take and totally different viewpoint on the topic, whether or not it is a relationship with a associate or a member of the family or a buddy or unrequited love,” she explains.
In addition to inheriting her love of music from her dad, she’s additionally taking after her mother, who died of breast most cancers in July 2020. Ella is collaborating in Silk Nextmilk’s Next Gen marketing campaign, which places a contemporary spin on the enduring ’90s “Got Milk” marketing campaign — which Preston herself was part of. “It’s completely superb. To see that she did that again then — it is simply so stunning,” Ella says. “They’ve put such a cool twist on it. For my era, so many extra persons are going plant-based and utilizing plant-based merchandise, and it has been nice to be part of it and rep the plant-based ‘stache.”
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Between her music and modeling ventures, Ella is busy, however she nonetheless at all times manages to remain near her household. In February, Ella accompanied her dad to Las Vegas for his 69th birthday. “The journey was superb. It was a dream of his to recreate that outdated TWA poster of Vegas,” she laughs, referencing a Las Vegas-themed Trans World Airlines poster her dad had cherished as a toddler. “He undoubtedly introduced it to fruition. It was beautiful.”
From her early days performing impromptu musical theater reveals for her household to weathering tragedies and launching her skilled music profession, her dad has remained a continuing in Ella’s life. “It’s superb,” she says of their relationship. “He’s my greatest buddy and my greatest fan, and I’m undoubtedly his. Having that help is simply essential, and I’m so fortunate to have that from him.”
Below, watch Ella play a snippet of her first single “Dizzy” — full with a quick cameo by her dad.