Fiki (singer)

Fiki
Background information
Native name	Fiki Storaro
Birth name	Fikret Tuncher Fikret
Born	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995
Origin	Shumen, Bulgaria
Genres	Pop-folk, pop music, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, folk
Occupation(s)	singer
Instruments	voice
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Payner
Associated acts	Galena, Preslava

Fikret Tuncher Fikret (in Bulgarian: Фикрет Тунчер Фикрет), born in March 3, 1995 in Shumen) is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer of Turkish descent. He is the son of singer Toni Storaro.

Biography

Fiki was born in the city Shumen, Bulgaria. His father Toni Storaro is a popular Bulgarian singer. He is among the five Bulgarians selected for more than 110-member international choir Voices of Youth Music who participate in the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the casting he appeared with two songs of Stevie Wonder - "Lately" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You".

His first own song was duet with his father Toni Storaro. The song is titled "Kazhi mi kato mazh" ("Tell me like a man") (in Bulgarian "Кажи ми като мъж").^[1] It was composed by Pantelis Pantelidis. In early October 2013 he released another new song "Koy" (in Bulgarian "Кой") with Galena. After that duet, Fiki signed a contract with the company Payner and became part of the music company.^[2] The song won the ranking of "Hit of 2013" by portal signal.bg. and "Duet Song of 2013" at the annual awards of the "Planeta TV"

The first solo Fiki album was released on April 30, 2014 titled Beshe Obich (in Bulgarian Беше обич)^[3]. The title song topped Bulgarian "Planet Top 20" chart in May. At the beginning of summer comes the song "Stiga" (in Bulgarian "Стига") with popular music video director Ludmil Illarionov - Lucy. Singer embarked on a "Planeta Summer 2014" tour for the first time promoting his album. In October 2014 he was featured in a song by Tsvetelina Yaneva titled "Strah Me e" (in Bulgarian "Страх ме е"). In same month he released the video for a second duet with Galena called "Boje, Prosti" (in Bulgarian "Боже, прости"). On November 24, 2014 Fiki release a new single "Gore-Dolu" (in Bulgarian "Горе-долу") featuring singer Preslava. The follow up songs for the Christmas and New Year season were "Zaydi, Zaydi" ("Зайди, зайди") and "Yano, mori" ("Яно, мори").

In 2015, he was featured in the Kristiana Blakan Spirit release "Moy Dokray" (Мой докрай). On April 20, 2015 he released the ballad song "Dusha" ("Душа") and early summer that year "Bum" ("Бум") and was featured in a song by Bulgarian singer Andrea in "Sex Za Den" ("Секс за ден"). On July 3, 2015 he collaborated in a duet with Azis in the joint release on the song "Blokiran" ("Блокиран") followed by his own single "Zhelezen" ("Железен") in September 2015.

Fiki was awarded the special prize Fashion Idol during the annual 2015 Ball of the top models, organized by Evgeni Minchev. On November 17, 2015 he released the video for new song "Dzhale, Dzhale" ("Джале, джале").^[4] His last release of 2015 was "S Teb Ili s Nikoy" (С теб или с никой") a Preslava release.

Fiki won Singer of the Year 2015 and Video sensation of the Year awards during the Annual Planeta TV Awards.

Discography

• 2016 – Is This Love

Videos / Songs

Solo

• "Beshe Obich" ("Беше обич")
• "Stiga" ("Стига")
• "Dusha" ("Душа")
• "Bum" ("Бум")
• "Zhelezen" ("Железен")
• "Dzhale, Dzhale" ("Джале, джале")
• "Vertoleta" ("Вертолета")
• "Is This Love"
• "Ako iskash" ("Ако искаш")

Collaborations

• "Kazhi mi kato mazh" ("Кажи ми като мъж" (Fiki and Toni Storaro)
• "Koy" ("Кой") (Galena featuring Fiki)
• "Boje, Prosti" ("Боже, прости") (Galena and Fiki)
• "Gore-Dolu" ("Горе–долу") (Fiki featuring Preslava)
• "Blokiran" ("Блокиран") (Fiki and Azis)
• "S Teb Ili s Nikoy" ("С теб или с никой") (Preslava and Fiki)
• "S drug me barkash" ("С друг ме бъркаш") (Fiki featuring Galena)

References