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Alyona Olehivna Savranenko (Ukrainian: Альона Олегівна Савраненко; born 14 June 1991), better known by her stage name Alyona Alyona, is a Ukrainian rapper and songwriter. She released her debut album, Pushka («Пушка»), in 2019, followed by an extended play the same year, V khati MA («В хаті МА»).

Alyona Alyona Альо́на Оле́гівна Савране́нко
Alyona Alyona at M1 Music Awards 2019
Background information
Birth name	Alyona Olehivna Savranenko
Born	(1991-06-14) June 14, 1991 (age 31) Kapitanivka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Genres	rap
Occupation(s)	singer
Instrument(s)	vocals
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Def Jam Polska[1]
Website	alyona-alyona.com/en

Alyona is considered "the new rap star of Ukraine", and "the sensation of Ukrainian rap" by Ukrainian media.[2][3] In an article titled "15 European Pop Acts Who Matter Right Now", The New York Times likened her to Azealia Banks.[4][5]

Background

Alyona Savranenko was born in the urban-type settlement of Kapitanivka, Novomyrhorod Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast.[6] She holds two bachelor's degrees,[7] one of which comes from the Gregory Skovoroda Pedagogical State University of Pereiaslav. Before doing rap, she worked as a teacher at "Teremok" kindergarten of Baryshivka, Kyiv Oblast.[8][9] Alyona then headed the kindergarten of the neighboring village of Dernivka.[10] In total, Alyona worked for four years in kindergartens, and left the job once she gained popularity.

Singing career

Alyona started writing rap music in the middle of the 2000s, with multiple attempts to reach a wider audience. Her initial stage name was Alyona Al.kaida.[11][12][13]

Under her current alias, alyona alyona released her first videoclip in October 2018, for the song called "Rybky" («Рибки»).[2][3] On October 24, she released the second videoclip of the same track, this time with professional directing. On November 12, alyona alyona released the videoclip of "Holovy" («Голови»), which garnered one million views on YouTube in the first month.[14] This was followed by two more videoclips: "Vidchynyai" («Відчиняй») on November 30, and "Zalyshayu sviy dim" («Залишаю свій дім») in December. The latter symbolically depicts the artist leaving Baryshivka, her home town.

In January 2019, in the middle of a political scandal involving President Poroshenko,[15] alyona alyona released a new song, titled "Obitsyanki” («Обіцянки» – "Promises").[16] Later that year, on April 8, alyona alyona released her first album, Pushka («Пушка»), as well as the videoclip of the homonymous main track.[17] The album features four previously released songs, as well as nine new ones, including "Padlo" («Падло»), in a duo with Alina Pash.[18][19] Alyona was praised in the Vogue issue of that month as "Ukraine's most unlikely rap star".[20][21]

alyona alyona performed at the Sziget Festival, Budapest, in August 2019.[22] In December 2019, she wrote the lyrics of "Vilna" («Вільна»), a song performed by Tina Karol and Julia Sanina and included in the soundtrack of the Ukrainian feature film Viddana.[23]

On February 7, 2020, alyona alyona signed with the Polish label Def Jam Polska.[1]

On January 15, 2021 Alyona Alyona won the Public Choice Award at Music Moves Europe Talent Awards contest.[24]

In 2021 Alyona Alyona was part of the Ukrainian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Discography

Albums

• 2021: Galas [25]
• 2019: Pushka («Пушка»)[26]
• 2019: V khati MA («В хаті МА»)

Singles

• 2018: "Holovy" («Голови»)[27]
• 2018: "Vidchynyai” («Відчиняй»)[28]
• 2018: "Zalyshayu sviy dim” («Залишаю свій дім»)[29]

Collaborations

• 2019: "Hory" («Гори») with Kalush[30]
• 2020: "Zhali" («Жалі») with Jamala
• 2020: "Dancer" with Vladimir Cauchemar
• 2021: "Ultrabeat" with Space of Variations[31]

Videoclips

Year	Title	Album	Director	Ref
2018	"Rybky" / «Рибки»	—	Delta Arthur
	"Rybky 2" / «Рибки 2»		Yan Bolotov
	„Holovy” / «Голови»	Pushka / «Пушка»	Sasha Prylutskyi
	"Vidchynyai" / «Відчиняй»		Yan Bolotov
	"Zalyshayu sviy dim" / «Залишаю свій дім»		Delta Arthur
2019	"Pushka" / «Пушка»		Delta Arthur, Igor Basket	[17]
	"Padlo" / «Падло» (with Alina Pash)		Nathan Daisy
	"Velyka i smishna" / «Велика й смішна»		Delta Arthur, Basket Films
	"Bullying" / «Булiнг»	—	Delta Arthur
	"Zavtra" / «Завтра»	V khati MA / «В хаті МА»	Basket Films
	"Mamyn sup" / «Мамин суп»		Yan Bolotov
	"Zabyrai" / «Забирай» (with Jamala)	—	Win-Win Productions
2020	"Dyki tantsi" / «Дикі танці»	V khati MA / «В хаті МА»	Anya Velosipedova

Collaborations

Year	Title	With	Album	Director	Ref
2019	"Hory" / «Гори»	Kalush	—	Delta Arthur	[30]
2020	"Zhali" / «Жалі»	Jamala	Svoi / «Свої»	Dmytro Chernyavskyi

Accolades

Year	Subject	Category	Awards	Result	Ref
2018	"Rybky" / «Рибки»	Best hip-hop hit	YUNA	Nominated	[32]
2019	alyona alyona	Best new artist	Anchor Award of Reeperbahn Festival	Won	[33]
	"Velyka i smishna" / «Велика й смішна»	Debut of the year	M1 Music Awards	Nominated
	"Padlo" / «Падло» (with Alina Pash)	Dance Parade		Nominated
2020	alyona alyona	Best beginning of the year	YUNA	TBA	[34]
		Best female singer		TBA
	Pushka / «Пушка»	Best album		TBA
	"Padlo" / «Падло» (with Alina Pash)	Best duo		TBA
		Best hip-hop hit		Won	[35]
	"Pushka" / «Пушка»			Nominated
	alyona alyona	Women in music	Women in Arts	Won	[36]

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[ru] Alyona Alyona

Alyona Alyona, настоящее имя Алёна Олеговна Савраненко (укр. Альона Олегівна Савраненко; род. 14 июня 1991, Капитановка, Кировоградская область, Украина) — украинская хип-хоп- и рэп-исполнительница.

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