Alloise

Alloise
Алла Євгенівна Московка
Alloise at 2016 Atlas Festival
Born
Alla Jevhenivna Moskovka

19 October 1984 (1984-10-19) (age 40)
Poltava, Ukraine
Occupations
  • singer
  • actor

Alloise, stage name of Alla Jevhenivna Moskovka (Ukrainian: Алла Євгенівна Московка; born 19 October 1984) is a Ukrainian singer.

Life and career

Born in Poltava, Alloise started her career as a member of the musical groups Tomato Jaws and Gorchitza,[1][2] before launching her solo career in 2012, winning the same year the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Ukrainian Act.[3] The following year she released her first studio album Bygone, earned her first nominations at YUNA [uk], the country's top music award, for revelation of the year and for best duet ("Who's the Fool").[4]

In 2016 she took part in Vidbir, reaching the semi-finals with the song "Crown".[5] Episodes, the singer's second LP, was released a few weeks later.[6]

About four years later, she returned to the music scene with the release of the EP Bare Nerve,[1] which was nominated at YUNA in the "Best Release in Other Formats" category.[7] The same year she launched the side project VCHASNO, a musical collaboration with Portuguese poet Mogni Rarchi.[7]

Discography

with Gorchitza
  • Highlights (2008)
  • It's You (2011)
Solo
  • Bygone (2013)
  • Episodes (2016)
  • Bare Nerve (EP, 2020)

References

  1. ^ a b "ALLOISE випустив EP під назвою [Bare Nerve]". Vogue (in Ukrainian). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Группа Tomato Jaws заявила о прекращении своего существования – 1 Августа 2013". shapo.at.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Alloise представит Украину на MTV Europe Music Awards-2012". Hochu (in Ukrainian). 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ ""YUNA-2014": тріумф "Океану Ельзи", відсутність Лободи і жарти від Потапа". Pravda (in Ukrainian). 26 March 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Ukraine: Results of the second semi-final". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. ^ "В Киеве состоялась долгожданная презентация альбома ALLOISE «Episodes»". Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Больше музыки от Alloise: номинантка на YUNA 2021 представила новый неожиданный проект". Zirki.info (in Russian). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2023.