Kaan Akalın (born 3 June 1997), is a Turkish singer-songwriter/DJ. He first appeared in the 2014 season of The X Factor Turkey at the age of 16. Akalın released more than 6 singles including a debut single with a music video in NYC “Arar mi?” (2016) and “Tanidik Hikayeler” (2017); both mastered by multiple GRAMMY winning albums’ engineer Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound. His lyrical compositions have evolved to be based on consciousness, aiming to disseminate the reality of living and loving in the moment.