Kanita Suma was born on 26 July 2001 into an Albanian family in the city of Skopje, North Macedonia. Suma rose to prominence as she auditioned for the second season of "X Factor Albania" in 2012 finishing in the fourth place. She continued her musical career and participated in Kënga Magjike on two occasions, in 2014 and 2018. In October 2019, the Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), announced that Suma would compete in the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës, the country's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song "Ankth". In the semi-finals, she failed to qualify for the grand final of Festivali i Këngës. In January 2020, "Fllad" was released and went on to reach number seventy eight in Albania.