Elita

**Emma Harvey**, known as **Elita**, **Elita Harkov**, or **Yungelita**, is a Canadian Instagram model, singer, songwriter and actress.

## Life and Career

### **2011 - 2016: Acting**

**Elita** started her acting career in the short film "I'm 14 and I Hate the World", directed by her father, Kenneth J. Harvey, playing the starring role. For the following years, she had acted in several of her father's short films, her last role being Lucy on the TV show pilot "Bucky". On her Tumblr, she stated that she stopped because she "didn't like her own acting."

### **2016 - 2017: *Tag, You're It* and *Mad Hatter***

In 2016, Elita met Melanie Martinez and worked as an Instagram model. Emma did two acting roles for Melanie in her music videos for "Tag, You're It" released on August 23rd, 2016 and "Mad Hatter" released on September 23rd, 2017.

### **2018 - 2019: *Sick Girl* and *K-12***

Elita began her career with her debut single "I Hate Everyone But You". The official audio was originally uploaded on YouTube on July 18th, 2018. On August 19th, 2018, she posted the song's official music video.

On June 21st, 2019, Elita released her debut extended play (EP), *Sick Girl*. The EP is centered around the perspective of people in different mental states, each one presented by their song title. It had one music video for the song "Introverted", that was released on July 19th, 2019.

Melanie Martinez released her theatrical film "K-12" on September 6th, 2019, in which Elita plays the role of Angelita. It was her first time acting in a full length movie and her first since acting role since her appearance in Melanie's 2017 music video for *Mad Hatter*. The film was an online success, earning more than 30 million views on YouTube in less than a month. It also earned $303,230 in domestic box office being in theaters for only one night. She attended the premiere along with Melanie.

On October 11th, 2019, she has declared to be working in new music. Later in November 29th, 2019, she announced a new music video coming out soon.

On December 6th, 2019, Elita performed her first show live at The Rockhouse.

### **2020: *Void* & *Blood Sucker***

Elita posted on her story announcing a new EP on December 15th, 2019. She said the EP is already fully written, but just needs to be recorded. She also announced that the EP will released somewhere in 2020 and earlier in the year. On January 17th, 2020, Elita released a single titled "Void", along with its respective music video..

On May 1st, Elita released her second extended play (EP), *Blood Sucker* on Youtube and was later released on all streaming platforms a few days later. The song, "RIP", received a music video, premiered on May 5th.

### **2021-2022: *So Wet* & *Anxiety Angel***

On August 10th, 2021, Elita released a single titled "So Wet", its respective music video was released on August 25th, 2021. Elita announced a new EP on August 22nd, 2021, through an Instagram post saying "Anxiety Angel coming this fall". The first single, "Sour Switchblade" was announced through an Instagram post  , and released on all streaming platforms on September 2nd, 2021. The second single to release, "Satanic Slumber Party" was announced on October 1st through an Instagram post, and was partnered with a visualizer on Elita's YouTube page.

On October 21st, 2022, Elita released her third extended play (EP), *Anxiety Angel* on all streaming platforms.

### **2022-Present: *Dysania***

On October 19th, 2022, Elita announced the lead single of Dysania, *Sleep Paralysis*,

 along with it's music video, to release on October 26th On November 30th, she released a second single, Mentally Not Here. On February 1st, 2023, Elita released the third single, She Bangs like a Fairy on Acid. On March 1st, she released the last single, It's a Joke. Then, the album came out on March 22nd,2023.

## Fanbase

Elita's fanbase doesn't have an official name, however Elita has adressed them as **Angels** on some Instagram posts.

## Personal Life

Emma grew up in St John's, Canada and had a supportive family (her father, mother and sister) when it came to the arts. For several years, she helped produce her father's films and stared as the main character in many of them.

She later left her early career to become an online personality on Tumblr, where she often uploaded sexual videos and gifs. She never engaged in any of the sexual things she mentioned because she was a teenager at the time. She received backlash online after people found out about her page years later, forcing her to close her old Tumblr account. She made a new one later on and soon became an Instagram model.

Because of her many past experiences from interacting with people online, she became a sensitive and introverted person to strangers. She would occasionally still talk about many of her sexual interests with her followers, and prefers to be isolated to "regenerate." Elita likes to be communicative to her fans, asking them questions in her posts, giving them personal care tips and helping them feel better about themselves.

Elita mostly posts pictures on her Instagram of herself with many captions to try to interact with her fans and talk to them.

### **Relationships**

Elita is currently in a relationship with Timothy Rypien. He had helped produce all of Elita's currently released and unreleased songs, although she and the band helped as well.

### **Hair Colors**

*Main Article: Elita/Hair Colors*

Elita has shown blonde hair in '*Tag, You're It'* and *'Mad Hatter'.* Elita has shown off her naturally brunette hair in more recent projects. She is also shown as a ginger.

## Controversies

* Between the years of 2014 and 2017, Emma started working on the internet as a cam-girl, using the pseudonym Elita Harkov. She advertised herself on Tumblr and made paid videos on Snapchat (yungelita). The account that she used to have (yungangelita) is currently deactivated but it is still available through Web Archive. She claimed to also have "daddies" who paid to see her, but never had sex or sent nudes for money.
* On mid-2017 Elita deleted her Tumblr account due to backlash and started working only as an Instagram model. Because of her old Tumblr she used as a cam-girl, there are rumors on the internet about Elita being a pedophile. However, evidence of these allegations are yet to be released besides prints of ambiguous Tumblr likes and responses, but some of then are proved to be fake.
	+ Following this, rumors were also created on gossip blogs that Elita is a necrophile and zoophile, due on some occasions she posted photos on Instagram in a cemetery waiting for someone send to her "nudes" and on others with a cat near her crotch, however, there is no evidence to support these claims either.
* On February 8th, 2022, Elita was acussed of plagiarism by Canadian fashion designer Alexandria Masse, stating that Elita has copy her crochet designs without her consent. However, Elita has never publicly addressed the accusation.

## Trivia

* Elita's Myers-Briggs personality type is INFP.
* According to her Tumblr, she started having sexual fantasies at 13.
* She used to cut herself "to feel something" when she was a teenager.
* She was formerly addicted to Xanax and weed, but has been sober for years now.
* She had a fashion blog with her friend, called ***Wolf & Harkov***, it can still be seen here.
* Elita's height is 5' 6", which is around 1.68 meters.
* Her zodiac sign is Leo.
* Her favorite color is black and pink.
* Her dream holiday destination is Paris.
* Most of the outfits she uses on Instagram have been sold on Depop.
* She likes manga and anime.
* She collects knives, and uses her skills in K-12.
* She has shown to be very skilled in switchblade tricks.
* She found her first cane at 12 years old.
* Most of the films Elita has acted in have never been made for a big public release.
	+ The only film she has ever acted in that has been a feature film is *K-12*.
* Even though some fans partner Elita and her best friend Melanie together, she has stated on her Tumblr that she's straight.

## References

1. ↑ Elita's instagram post revealing her birthday
2. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/69307763@N05/9555455785/in/photolist-fyod6F
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150315024527/http://yungangelita.tumblr.com/
4. ↑ Instagram photo
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B42Ke-bj3kq/
6. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
7. ↑ Elita's Instagram story
8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTK7nd\_LjEl/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
9. ↑ https://indie88.com/elita-release-hypnotizing-new-track-sour-switchblade-announce-forthcoming-ep-anxiety-angel/
10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUf7OXLrD-l/
11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6VAhfu9-P/
12. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CWYp1WSF2xD/
13. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150331032007/http://yungangelita.tumblr.com:80/
15. ↑ Elita's old Tumblr post
16. ↑ Screenshot of an old Instagram post with the photo
17. ↑ Screenshot of Alexandria's accusations
18. ↑ Screenshot of the Alexandria's further accusations
19. ↑ https://www.personality-database.com/profile/86492/elita-harkov-musicians-canada-mbti-personality-type
20. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
21. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzvdBkAuZG/
22. ↑ https://www.depop.com/yungelita/
23. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
24. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
25. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BjvE\_zqH8qg/
26. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BikTlw4nITd/
27. ↑ Elita's Instagram photo
28. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150331032007/http://yungangelita.tumblr.com:80/