Fee Jähn (born 28 August 1994 as Felix Kurt Jähn, ), known professionally as Felix Jaehn, is a German DJ and record producer.
Early life
Felix Kurt Jähn was born in
Hamburg and raised in Schönberg, near
Wismar in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Jaehn took violin lessons at the age of 5 and began their DJ career at 16. Jaehn lived in
London for a year, where they attended Point Blank Music College at the age of 17.
[ Popsprite.com: Hamburgs neuer Stern Felix Jähn ] Afterwards, they briefly studied Business Administration at Humboldt-University in
Berlin.
Career
2013–present
They began their career in the early 2010s. In August 2013, they released their debut single "Sommer am Meer".
In November 2014, they released the single "Shine".
In March 2015, they released the single "Dance with Me".
In April 2015, they 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. They are now signed to Universal Music.
In July 2015, they released the single "Eagle Eyes".
In 2017, they collaborated with Mike Williams for the single "Feel Good", released through Spinnin' Records.
They are 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.
Eff
In 2015, Jaehn launched
Eff, a music duo project made up of German singer Mark Forster 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."
In February 2021, Jaehn confirmed in an interview with radio station
NRJ Group that they had been in a relationship with a man since the summer of 2020 and that the two met via Tinder.
In 2024, Jaehn publicly spoke about being pansexual and non-binary.
Discography
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