Alyona Alyona
- Actress
- Writer
- Music Department
Aliona Olehivna Savranenko, better known by her stage name Alyona Alyona, is a Ukrainian rapper and songwriter. She released her debut album, "Pushka", in 2019, followed by an extended play the same year, V khati MA. Before doing rap, she worked as a teacher at "Teremok" kindergarten in Baryshivka, Kyiv Oblast. She then headed the kindergarten of the neighboring village of Dernivka. In total, Savranenko worked for four years in kindergartens and left the job once she gained popularity. Under her current alias, Alyona Alyona released her first video clip in October 2018, for the song called "Rybky". On 24 October, she released the second video clip of the same track, this time with professional directing. On 12 November, she released the video clip of "Holovy", which garnered one million views on YouTube in the first month. This was followed by two more video clips: "Vidchyniai" on November 30, and "Zalyshaiu svii dim" in December. The latter symbolically depicts the artist leaving Baryshivka, her hometown.
In January 2019, in the middle of a political scandal involving President Poroshenko, Alyona Alyona released a new song, titled "Obitsianky". Later that year, on 8 April, Alyona Alyona released her first album, Pushka, as well as the video clip of the homonymous main track. The album features four previously released songs, as well as nine new ones, including "Padlo", in a duo with Alina Pash. Alyona was praised in the Vogue issue of that month as "Ukraine's most unlikely rap star".
Alyona Alyona performed at the Sziget Festival in Budapest in August 2019. In December 2019, she wrote the lyrics of "Vilna", a song performed by Tina Karol and Julia Sanina and included in the soundtrack of the Ukrainian feature film Viddana. On 7 February 2020, she signed with the Polish label Def Jam Polska. On 15 January 2021, Alyona Alyona won the Public Choice Award at the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards contest.
Alyona Alyona was part of the Ukrainian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. She and Jerry Heil were selected among the finalists of the Ukrainian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Teresa & Maria".
In January 2019, in the middle of a political scandal involving President Poroshenko, Alyona Alyona released a new song, titled "Obitsianky". Later that year, on 8 April, Alyona Alyona released her first album, Pushka, as well as the video clip of the homonymous main track. The album features four previously released songs, as well as nine new ones, including "Padlo", in a duo with Alina Pash. Alyona was praised in the Vogue issue of that month as "Ukraine's most unlikely rap star".
Alyona Alyona performed at the Sziget Festival in Budapest in August 2019. In December 2019, she wrote the lyrics of "Vilna", a song performed by Tina Karol and Julia Sanina and included in the soundtrack of the Ukrainian feature film Viddana. On 7 February 2020, she signed with the Polish label Def Jam Polska. On 15 January 2021, Alyona Alyona won the Public Choice Award at the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards contest.
Alyona Alyona was part of the Ukrainian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. She and Jerry Heil were selected among the finalists of the Ukrainian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Teresa & Maria".
