Ivan Petrovych Klymenko (; born 20 January 1987) is a Ukrainian music producer and songwriter. He is known for writing several tracks that have competed to be 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, including the song "Stefania" which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
Biography
Klymenko was born in Kyiv. Early on in his career, he was a street musician in China. Klymenko founded the band "Salto Nazad" and the label "Enko". He has worked with Kalush Orchestra, Jamala, Alyona Alyona, Jerry Heil, Kola, Skofka, Kozak Siromaha and is the author of more than 300 tracks, including Ukrainian-language singles by Dorofeeva, "Chuty Himn" (Skofka), "Zori" (Kalush). As of June 2023, 20 of his songs were on the Apple Music Ukraine Top 100 chart. Klymenko invented the character of KylymMen, who has contributed to the Kalush Orchestra band.
In 2023, he became a coach on the 13th season of Holos Krainy alongside Dorofeeva, Artem Pyvovarov, and Julia Sanina, where he was the first non-singer coach on the show.
Songwriting discography
Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections
2017
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
- "Say It All" by Oks (Ukraine 2026), 5th place (online wildcard)
Other notable songs
- "ÃÂþûþÃÂÃÂüø ÃÂÃÂñúðüø" - by MakSim (2015)
- "ÃÂõÿþÃÂ
þöøõ" - by Quest Pistols Show (2016)
- "ÃÂÃÂûõÃÂø üþàûÃÂñþòÃÂ" - by Yaav (2018)
- "ÃÂþûþòø" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
- "ÃÂÃÂôÃÂøýÃÂù" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
- "ÃÂðôûþ" - by Alyona Alyona & Alina Pash (2019)
- "ÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂø" - by Anna Sedokova (2021)
- "ÃÂøÃÂõ ÃÂõñõ" - by Anna Trincher (2021)
- "ÃÂýàïý" - by Monatik & Roxolana (2022)
- "Nasze Domy" - by Kalush Orchestra & Szpaku (2022)
- "ÃÂÃÂûàÃÂõÃÂÃÂÃÂ" - by Kola (2022)
- "Cry For You" - by Ochman & Kalush Orchestra (2023)
- "Bronia" - by Jerry Heil & Ochman (2023)
- "òþÃÂÃÂðÿ" - by Dorofeeva (2023)
- "Ã¥ðù ÿøÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ" - by Dorofeeva (2023)
Awards
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