Lea is the daughter of a
music therapist. When she was 15, she began releasing videos on YouTube, under her first name Lea-Marie. Her song
Wo ist die Liebe hin was viewed more than 2.7 million times. She studied music and special education in
Hannover. Her version of
Hildegard Knef's
So hat alles seinen Sinn was included in the
compilation album Für Hilde in 2015, leading to the record label
Four Music publishing her debut album
Vakuum in 2016. In it she handled her first relationship and the feeling of not knowing where home is. Her songs describe themes of love, friendship, and loneliness. Many of her songs are
internal monologues, in which she asks herself questions that often remain unanswered. In 2017, she went on her first tour, along with Frederic Michel (percussion) and Hannes Porombka (guitar and synthesizer). She also performed at the
Early Spring Singer Songwriter Festival in
Saalfelden. Also in 2017, a remix of
Wohin willst du?, in collaboration with
Gestört aber GeiL, reached 11th place in the
German single charts, along with 43rd place in the Austrian charts. She also wrote
Be My Now with Gestört aber GeiL, which was used as the title song of the eighth season of the German version of
The Bachelor. It is in English while all of her other songs are written in German. In August 2018, she released the song
Immer wenn wir uns sehn, written in collaboration with actor
Aaron Hilmer for the film
Das schönste Mädchen der Welt. In September 2019, she released
110, a collaboration with
Capital Bra and
Samra, which reached the top place in the German charts. Lea was a participant in the 7th season of
Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert. She lived in
Hannover until 2018. Since 2018, she has lived in
Berlin. == Discography ==