Swoiia

Ukrainian singer (born 1994)

Swoiia
Birth name	Kateryna Ihorivna Humenyuk
Also known as	Assol, Assol'ka
Born	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 29) Donetsk, Ukraine
Origin	Ukraine
Genres	pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	singer
Instrument(s)	vocals, piano
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Moon, Best Music

Musical artist

Kateryna Ihorivna Taranenko (Ukrainian: Катерина Ігорівна Тараненко; née Humenyuk [Гуменюк]; born 4 July 1994), known professionally as Swoiia (from своя, 'one's own') and until 2023 as Assol (Ассоль), is a Ukrainian singer. In 2016, she participated in the Ukrainian edition of The Voice.

Career

Humenyuk first performed on stage at the age of three. She has since appeared in several television music shows and in a television series by Svetlana Druzhinina. In 2000, she won the children's competition in Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk and released her debut album.

In 2016, she took part in Holos Krainy, the Ukrainian edition of The Voice.^[1]

As Assol, she took part in the Ukrainian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Save It". She was included in the longlist of participants of the Ukrainian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024^[2] with the song "Little Angels";^[3] a public vote determined her non-qualification to the final.

Humenyuk currently^[when?] resides in Kyiv.

Discography

Albums

2000 — Alye parusa
2002 — Vkraino moya
2008 — O tebe
2010 — Tayut guby
2017 — Letopis

Single

2010 — Ya ne predam
2010 — Save It

References

^ "Катерина Гуменюк 'Без бою' – вибір наосліп – Голос країни 6 сезон" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ Farren, Neil (9 November 2023). "Ukraine: Vidbir 2024 Longlist Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ Farren, Neil (17 November 2023). "Ukraine: Vidbir 2024 Finalists Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 November 2023.