Alina Ivanivna Pash (, ; born 6 May 1993) is a Ukrainian singer, rapper and songwriter.
In 2016, Pash participated in the sixth season of the Ukrainian edition of The X Factor, placing 3rd. In 2018, she released the single "Bitanga", thanks to which she became popular in Ukraine. In 2019, Alina was included in the Ukrainian Forbes "30 to 30" list as a young opinion leader and won the Ukrainian Elle Style Award as one of the most stylish and successful Ukrainian women. Also in 2019, Pash performed at the grand show celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day, where she rapped a variation on the national anthem of Ukraine in front of President Volodymyr Zelensky and thousands of others. She also participated in Vidbir for Eurovision 2022 and won the selection beating eventual Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra.
Alina moved to Kyiv in 2011 and entered the Academy of Circus and Variety Arts. At the time, Pash had a number of jobs connected to the music industry: she worked with DJs, Ukrainian bands and was a backing vocalist for the singer Iryna Bilyk and the band Skai.
In August, Pash became the face of the clothing collection of designer Lilia Litkovska.
On September 18, Alina Pash released her second single called "Oinagori" with a music video. The music video was shot in Marseille (France) with a local team, directed by Lou Escobar and Nathan Daisy.
In January 2019, Alina Pash performed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
On May 24, 2019, a new album "Pintea: Gory" was released, recorded in an ethnic style. On June 14, the world saw the second part of the album called "Pintea: Misto", recorded in electronic and hip-hop style. As the singer herself noted, she dedicated the first part of the album to her native Carpathian village, and the second — to Kyiv.
In July, Alina performed at the Atlas Festival.
On Independence Day of Ukraine, August 24, 2019, at the "Walk of Dignity" on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, Alina Pash rapped a variation on the national anthem of Ukraine.
On September 11, 2020, an ironic and sharply social EP called "Amerikraine Dream" is released. The song "Accent" was recorded with French producer and musician Brodinski.
In 2020, Alina took part in the social project "Rizni.Rivni" (what is translated from Ukrainian as "Different. Equal"), in which a manifesto song was recorded in support of tolerance in Ukrainian society.
In March 2021, Alina Pash signed a contract with UTA. In the spring of 2021, an album "розМова" (translates as "Conversation") is released that was created during field expeditions to the Hutsuls in the Carpathian Mountains, which Alina Pash and her team went to in 2020. The album includes the song "Ballad" and "Water" recorded live from one take, which was recorded in the church where Sergei Parajanov once shot "Shadows of forgotten ancestors". Later in 2022, Electronic Arts chose the song "Voin" from this album as one of the soundtracks for the game Need For Speed Unbounded.
In October 2021, Alina Pash presented a joint song "Witch" with Canadian musician Apashe. The video for the song was shot in Ukraine and Canada.
In December 2021, EP "Norov" was released, where ethnicity is woven into the beats and atmosphere of R&B. EP was recorded with DJ and sound producer Pahatam (Evgeny Yaremenko). "Norov" included 4 songs, among them the previously presented "Motanka", which was included in the advertising of PUMA sneakers.
In January 2022, Alina Pash won MME Awards 2022. Later in 2023, Alina hosted the MME Awards 2023.
On August 15, Alina Pash gave a political audio-visual performance at one of the largest European festivals Sziget Festival. The entire performance was focused around the war in Ukraine.
In the summer of 2022, Alina Pash performed at Burning Man, which takes place in Nevada, USA.
In the spring of 2023 Alina Pash released a maxi single "Gorgany", which is dedicated to the secrets and riddles of the Carpathians. The collection consists of three songs: "Karpatska", "Chukutykha" and "Goira". After this, Alina Pash went on the European charity tour "Listen". Concerts were held in Germany, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In the summer of 2023, Alina Pash performed at a series of European festivals, including Lollapalooza in Berlin, Pohoda Festival in Slovakia, Orange festival in Poland and others.
On February 16, 2024, a witch's EP called "Esbat" was released. The songs "Sabbath" (the song was created and produced by Alina and French music producer Nardey and Polish music producer Leon Krześniak) and "Wonder" (created with French artists Past Life Romeo and FELOWER) were recorded during the musical camp CNM in Paris.
On May 10, common EP by Alina Pash and musician Zbaraski was released under the title "Nikoly. S4e raz" (in English "Never. Again"), which was mostly recorded in 2020.
EPs:
Collaborative album:
Singles:
| + !Year !Title !Director !feat (if any) !Album / EP (if any) | ||||
| 2018 | Bitanga | Gena Trunov | "Pintea: Gory" | |
| 2018 | Oinagori | Nathan Daisy | "Pintea: Misto" | |
| 2019 | Padlo | Nathan Daisy | Alyona Alyona | "Pushka" |
| 2019 | Good Evening x Egogra | Nathan Daisy | "Pintea: Misto" | |
| 2019 | "Persha ledi" / "Перша леді" | Tonia Noiabrova | Pianoboy | "Khistori" |
| 2019 | "Ne pyly" / "Не пили» | Oleksii Sai | Freel | |
| 2019 | "Bosorkanya" | Nathan Daisy | "Pintea: Gory" | |
| 2019 | "Pintea" | James Fisher | "Pintea: Gory" | |
| 2020 | "N.U.M." | PicoiProduction | "Amerikraine Dream" | |
| 2020 | "Vysokomirni" | Arthur Talabira | XXV kadr | "Amerikraine Dream" |
| 2020 | "Corruption" | Alina Pash, Maria Korostelova | Otoy, Den Da Funk, DJ Pone | |
| 2020 | "Dengi" | Stas Gurenko | "Amerikraine Dream" | |
| 2021 | "Molytva x Kolyskova" / "Молитва х Колискова" | Michael Zvegintsev | "розМова" | |
| 2021 | "Ocean" | Nathan Daisy | "Pintea: Misto" | |
| 2021 | "Witch" | Adrian Villagomez | Apashe | "I Killed The Orchestra" |
| 2022 | "Heaven" | Sasha Prilutsky | ||
| 2022 | "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" | Matt Evans | ||
| 2022 | "Viryty" / " Вірити" | Yura Katynsky | ||
| 2024 | "Ne_novenka" | Asya Nikolaeva | "Esbat" |
| + !Year !Title !With !Album | |||
| 2018 | "Robot" / "Робот" | TNMK | 7 |
| 2019 | "Padlo" / "Падло" | Alyona Alyona | Pushka |
| 2019 | "Persha ledi" / "Перша леді" | Pianoboy | Khistori |
| 2020 | "Ok" | Rashid Ajami | Ok |
| 2020 | "Yellow Sands" | Tvorchi | 13 Waves |
| 2021 | "Dotyky" / "Дотики" | Tina Karol | Moloda Krov |
| 2021 | "Witch" | Apashe | I Killed The Orchestra |
| 2021 | "Liberation" | Pymin | Ultrashell |
| 2022 | "Za odnym stolom" / "За одним столом" | Monatik | |
| 2024 | "High Key" | Unklevon | UN1C |
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