Monatik

Dmytro Serhiiovych Monatyk (; born 1 April 1986), professionally known as Monatik (stylised in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, dancer, and composer.

He opened the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 9 May.

Biography

Early years From 2000 to 2006, Monatyk was a member of the Lutsk Breakdance Group 'DBS Crew', which became the best 'B-boy' group in West Ukraine. In 2003, he went to the Law Faculty of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, where in his free time he danced and learned music. After finishing his university, he received the specialization of a lawyer.

Popularity In 2008, he became a finalist during the audition for the second season of Fabryka Zirok, but he did not become a part of this project. This year singer Natalia Mohylevska asked Dmytro to work on her ballet, during her concert program 'Real O'. This became a true turning point for him because he agreed and moved to Kyiv.

In 2008, he got together his first music group 'Monatique', which survived through 2 live concerts in Lutsk. They played in the funk and soul genre. In 2009, he passed the audition to join 'D'arts', where during the 2 years he went through a lot of events: in 2010 the ballet 'Girl with the Matches' was set by the director of the ballet and part of the cast for the ballet 'The Republic of '.

Beginning of his solo career In the summer of 2011, Monatyk's first solo song "ТайУлетаю" came out, whose music video was filmed on a mobile device. During this year, many popular stars invited Dmytro to join them in their music videos: Potap & Nastya for "Выкрутасы", for "Ну и пусть", and INKA for "Pump it". He was also the choreographer for Yolka's music video "На большом воздушном шаре".

Career growth In August 2012, Monatyk first stepped in the role of a composer. He presented Svetlana Loboda's song "40 градусов" during Crimea Music Fest.

In the summer of 2012, Monatyk tried himself again in the role of a composer in a few episodes of the project «Альо, Директор!» (English: Hello, director!) with Loboda on the channel TET.

In November 2012, Monatik performed on the Ukrainian X-Factor as a guest performer.

After he released the tracks "Воздух", "ТерроризирУ.Е.т", and "Важно" in 2012, he initiated an audition for his ballet and chose four best dancers. Together they toured around Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

In April 2013, it was reported that "Monatik gave a start to the solo career of Eva Bushmina" by writing her the song "Собой". The spring and summer of this year were successful for him, and he presented another three tracks: "Прости…", "Саундтрек сегодняшнЕГО дня", and "ДыМ". In May of the same year, he announced the premiere of his music video for "Прости…" (English: Forgive). June 2013 bought around the premiere of his song "Клавіши" (English: Keys), which he wrote with his fellow countryman, a Lutsk rapper called KOVALERO. Best Dance Hit of the Year Song «Кружит» 2017 Yearly Ukrainian National Awards Best album Album«Звучит» 2017 Yearly Ukrainian National Awards Best music video Music Video«Кружит» (Director Tetyana Myino) 2017 Yearly Ukrainian National Awards Best song Song «Кружит» 2017 VIVA! Most Beautiful Breakthrough of the Year 2017 M1 Music Awards Best singer 2017 M1 Music Awards DANCE PARADE (with Kiss FM) Song «Vitamin D» 2017 Elle Style Awards 2017 Best Singer 2017 Elle Digital Awards One Day Elle MAN with Star 2017 Men's Magazine "XXL" Musician of the Year 2018 Teletriumph Best Concert Show For the Concert Show «Vitamin D» 2019 Russian National Music Awards Best Male Singer in Popular Music