"You have to take the music that makes you feel good because, of course, you're going to be inspired by that," the emerging young artist Meleni says about her musical influences before adding, "but you have to flip it, because there's only one you and no one else could ever replicate what's in your head." 

Meleni's singular ability to translate her own experiences into songs that reach into the hearts and minds and nerves of her listeners is a remarkable talent that's already been recognized by: a) ASCAP, who granted her a songwriting award in 2003; b) the music producers behind the #1 box office smash "Hitch," which features Meleni's "Happy" on its soundtrack; and c) a loyal and steadily-growing fanbase, who travel to hip New York hotspots like Joe's Pub, S.O.B.'s, and the Knitting Factory to share in the magic of this electrifying young star on the rise.  The release of Some Kind Of Urban, her debut album, signals the arrival of a versatile new voice in pop music.

Her songs combine the elegance and maturity of seasoned craft with a pure and direct confidence and fresh perspectives.  Risqué and provocative and downright danceable on tunes like "Pop The Cherry" or "Meet Me In The Bathroom," she'll seamlessly shift gears into the profoundly philosophical ("God") or the heart-wrenchingly honest (the autobiographic "Mr. Smith") without pretense or guile.

"I'm very simple actually," she confesses, a reference to the song, "Simple Girl," which closes her debut album.  "I'm just able to articulate the craziness in my head.  At the end of the day, what I write about is what everybody has gone through.  I just explain it in different ways."