Mika Newton
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Mika Newton (Міка Ньютон), born on 5 March 1986,[1] is a blonde Ukrainian singer from the city of Burshtyn. She leads a rock band whose other members are known as Uncle Fe, Snow, Andrew and "Loco" Vitalii. Their début album Anomaliya (Anomaly) was released in 2005.
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[edit] Style
Newton has been singing since the age of nine.[2] Her music and her choice of clothes and accessories are strongly influenced by punk and gothic styles. She has been likened to the Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne.[3].
International events have inspired some of Newton's songs: these have included the tsunami of 2004 (Zunami) and the aftermath of the war in Iraq (Letter to Baghdad). Another, Yahoo.com, reflected her inability to contact a young man she had met during a visit to London, England, whose e-mail address she had mislaid:[4]
- I run around, the feeling inside of me,
- The memories breaking free, I will never forget,
- I try to think about all I remember is part of address
- ...saying...yahoo.com.[5]
[edit] Emergence
Mika Newton and her band emerged during a period in which international awareness of Ukrainian rock (and of the country itself) was assisted by the Orange Revolution of 2004 and the staging in Kyiv (Kiev) in 2005 of the Eurovision Song Contest, a competition won the previous year by the Ukrainian entry, Ruslana Lyzhichko's Wild Dances.[6] Newton’s profile on the Internet was further enhanced by the coincidence in 2007 of the Lebanese-born singer Mika achieving a significant "hit" with his song, Grace Kelly. This meant that those searching for further information about Mika or his music were liable to stumble unwittingly on Newton’s own website or on other sites with material about her, such as that of the Kyiv radio station, Europa FM.
During the second half of 2006 Newton was recording a second album in London.
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