Raiven  Sara Briški Cirman (born 26 April 1996), better known by her stage name Raiven, is a Slovenian singer, songwriter, and harpist. She first garnered wide recognition while competing in "EMA 2016" with the song "Črno bel", where she placed second. Raiven went on to return to "EMA" in 2017, placing third with "Zažarim", and has competed again in 2019 with the song "KAOS", placing second. Her debut studio album "Magenta" was released in 2017. In 2019 she released an EP album "REM". Raiven grew up in a family that raises falcons, and she often poses with the birds in her album artwork. Raiven began her musical work at the age of four, when she enrolled in Ljubljana's . With the harp as her chosen instrument, she finished both the lower and upper music schools. She attended Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet and specialised in harp, jazz singing and solo singing. In 2015 she continued her musical education at Ljubljana's , from which she graduated in 2018 (opera - solo singing). She has been awarded many times for her achievements in classical music. In 2014 she began making and releasing music under her artistic name Raiven and released a song called "Jadra", which she made in cooperation with Tadej Košir () and Jernej Kržič (Neomi, Zebra Dots). The song was also accompanied by a music video. A second single called "Bežim" followed in September 2015. She released her debut album "Magenta" on April 21, 2017 and in November of the same year she previewed her second music video for the song "Povej". On July 19, 2018, she was awarded the – an award which is given out by the Slovenian cultural and artistic society of the same name – for achievements in Slovenian popular music. On October 30, 2018 she released the video for the new single called "Nisem kriva", which was made in collaboration with a songwriter July Jones and producer Peter Khoo. On February 27, 2016 she competed to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest for Slovenia during the national final "Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA)" and took second place with the song "Črno bel". A year later she finished third, this time with the song "Zažarim".