Anike Ekina writes on her website “Dreams are there to live them, I live my dream and adapt to my goals. I am not perfect, who is that? And by my handicap, also a little limitation in many things, but I find 93 – 63 – 93 is also ok. Faith in yourself is what takes you to your goal.”
From the erotic industry she entered the music industry. Today she stands in front of the camera for different film formats, work on her first album, play at the side of a world star in the guru josh project, and develop her own fashion collection.
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar did a candid interview with Anike Ekina world-leading media personality, singer, model, Instagram star, fashion icon, actress, and a brand ambassador where she talks about her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
Your first song was released in 2016 “Stuck up in My Head”. Later in the year 2019 you sang the song “All I Want Is You” along with Yvonne Woelke. This propelled your singing career to the height where you have been leading singer and in 2020 you released “Love to Infinity” with Darren Bailie and Guru Josh and later “Pray” and “SAX”. Tell us more about your journey as a singer of hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Anike Ekina:
In 2015 I discovered music for myself. It was already a lot of fun for me as a child but the musical aspect remained hidden for a long time. In many things I am not as fast as others and have a few small handicaps, this is due to a complication at my birth. I couldn’t breathe for a long period of time and this caused minor damage to my brain. In 2015 I heard that stroke patients are treated with music and I read various studies about what music does. It became clear to me, I have to make music. I was a little bit musical, but it was just enough for a shower when nobody was listening. But from then on I wanted to train my brain, beat my little handicap and conquer the stages of the world and I looked for people who could help me. It wasn’t easy but after a while a small team of producers from Switzerland got together and produced the track Stuck Up in my Head which became my first track and I was supposed to perform it as a DJ.
But the beginning is difficult as usual and I couldn’t get any further and tried and practiced on many of them. 2017 I discovered the saxophone and since then I’m in training and playing in a marching band. After a short time my teacher Janina praised me for my timing and my feeling, I noticed the first improvements, e.g. in speaking. Speaking and free speech in context and finding the right words is something that was very confusing due to the brain damage. Hardly 2 years later I started to produce my first own tracks and it went in the direction of electronic dance music “EDM”. In April 2019 I met Darren Bailie from the Guru Josh Project “Infinity 2008 ” at a gig together, we got along very well and a few weeks later we produced Love to Infinity.
My husband Hardy and Toby Webster, who produces for Kontor and BMG among others, started to write more tracks together with me. Since the Christmas time was just around the corner I wanted to make a Christmas song together with my girlfriend, the actress Yvonne Woelke. From the idea to the release and the finished video took only 3 weeks, so it was a real quick fix. PRAY was then my first own single, which should express that if you believe in something then you will make it. It does not always go everything from now on the same and also not always alone, but if you fight then it becomes also which.
In 2015 I haven’t hit a note while singing yet, now there are a few more and I don’t hide, I just keep going and my fans experience this way together with me. With SAX I wanted to express summer lust and passion – which unfortunately didn’t happen this year due to Corona, my first planned tour has also been nipped in the bud and I hope that it will be something in 2021. I am totally excited and surprised that I suddenly got such a big worldwide reach and therefore I hope for many international gigs when it is possible again.
Namita Nayyar:
You were born in Hamburg, West Germany, and move to different countries of Europe for your professional career. For an artist adjusting to new countries with their own cultures, it must be difficult, and then to adjust with a professional career in the new foreign land, what advice you can give to fellow artists in a similar situation?
Anike Ekina:
I just let it come to me, I don’t know any foreign language, I can’t even speak my own language properly, but I practice LOL diligently.
I wasn’t prepared for it, suddenly I was international, if I had guessed this development earlier, I would probably have prepared myself differently for it, also concerning foreign languages.
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Namita Nayyar:
You are a world-leading media personality, singer, model, Instagram star, fashion icon, actress, and a brand ambassador. How do you manage such a remarkable multi-dimensional lifestyle?
Anike Ekina:
I love diversity and I like to do more than just one thing. There are so many beautiful things you can connect with each other. It’s a little exhausting, but it also brings a lot of fun. I love it.
Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you may wish to share?
Anike Ekina:
I don’t have a constant schedule, but I try to do sports every day, I like running, mountain biking with my family and doing a lot of strength training.
Namita Nayyar:
Do you take some special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?
Anike Ekina:
I eat mostly healthy food, in the morning I start with an oatmeal smoothie with chia seeds, apple, honey, soy milk. I like to eat vegetables, rice and lean meat, but I also enjoy fast food.
Namita Nayyar:
You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Share with us your hair care and skincare routine.
Anike Ekina:
Good make-up… Lol, I think it’s a lot about nutrition, but you can’t do without professional make-up and I have one with my hair stylist Antonia Kühn, one of the best in Germany.
Namita Nayyar:
Introduce us to a day in your life.
Anike Ekina:
My day starts at 5:00 in the morning, then we get up, the kids get ready for school, breakfast is served and then everyone leaves the house. On some days I go straight to the GYM and then to the office or production on others there is no time for the morning fitness program.
The days always depend a little on what’s on the agenda. Sometimes I’m in production designing new textiles for my label, testing new teas for our tea brand EMAYTEE, I’m in the studio making music, what I find every day are small shootings for my social media channels and the daily practice on my vocals, saxophone and DJ decks.
In the afternoon our daughter comes to the company more often, does her homework and is already working on her own “career”. Our big son is now part of the company and takes care of many technical productions. In the evening we go home for dinner together. We try to cook together if possible – it doesn’t always work out, depending on our schedule, but we try. Afterwards we go into the hot tub or into the sauna again and then into bed.
Namita Nayyar:
Five travel destinations that you love.
Anike Ekina:
I love the North and Baltic Sea just this year because of the Corona restrictions you could discover your own country. I also find Norway super beautiful, especially the fjords are awesome. In general I find everything interesting and every country has its own beauty. I love mountains, nature but also the sea, the sea especially because I love yachts. To strike on a boat is the greatest relaxation there is for me.
Namita Nayyar:
Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding fashion model and upcoming music artist girls, who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to the ladder of success in these professional fields?
Anike Ekina:
Sometimes you have to go three steps back to get 5 steps forward. Always keep your goal in front of your eyes and don’t lose sight of it, no matter what other people say. Your goal is your path, believe in yourself.
Namita Nayyar:
You have been associated with the “Guru Josh Project”. It is dear to your heart, tell us how you have been able to achieve and quench your thirst for professional excellence in music through this endeavor of yours?
Anike Ekina:
I met Darren in April 2019, Darren and Paul Walden was the Guru Josh Project. Paul unfortunately passed away a few years ago and after that Darren Bailie had continued alone. After we got along well at the gig in April 19, the idea came up to do something together. After that Love to Infinity was born. It’s a great honour for me to be part of this project, because the whole world knows Infinity 2008 – and now in 2020 I was part of it.
Namita Nayyar:
Who has been your greatest influence and motivator in your success in your career?
Anike Ekina:
Oh, there are many, but who was the biggest? I think GAGA, Gaga is versatile, absolutely crazy and often provocative, has a big heart and she is a great musician.
Namita Nayyar:
You have done bold photo shoots on your Instagram handle @anike.official. How you are so body confident and advice to your compatriots?
Anike Ekina:
I stand by myself and I want to show this with my photos and pass this feeling on to my fans. Nobody should be ashamed of their body or look.
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