Dmytro Serhiiovych Monatyk (; born 1 April 1986), professionally known as Monatik (stylised in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, dancer, and composer.
He opened the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 9 May.
From 2000 to 2006, Monatyk was a member of the Lutsk Breakdance Group 'DBS Crew', which became the best 'B-boy' group in West Ukraine. In 2003, he went to the Law Faculty of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, where in his free time he danced and learned music. After finishing his university, he received the specialization of a lawyer.
In 2008, he became a finalist during the audition for the second season of Fabryka Zirok, but he did not become a part of this project. This year singer Natalia Mohylevska asked Dmytro to work on her ballet, during her concert program 'Real O'. This became a true turning point for him because he agreed and moved to Kyiv.
In 2008, he got together his first music group 'Monatique', which survived through 2 live concerts in Lutsk. They played in the funk and soul genre. In 2009, he passed the audition to join 'D'arts', where during the 2 years he went through a lot of events: in 2010 the ballet 'Girl with the Matches' was set by the director of the ballet and part of the cast for the ballet 'The Republic of '<nowiki/>'.
In the summer of 2011, Monatyk's first solo song "âðùãûõÃÂðÃÂ" came out, whose music video was filmed on a mobile device. During this year, many popular stars invited Dmytro to join them in their music videos: Potap & Nastya for "ÃÂÃÂúÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂÃÂ", for "ÃÂàø ÿÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ", and INKA for "Pump it". He was also the choreographer for Yolka's music video "ÃÂð ñþûÃÂÃÂþü òþ÷ôÃÂÃÂýþü ÃÂðÃÂõ".
In August 2012, Monatyk first stepped in the role of a composer. He presented Svetlana Loboda's song "40 óÃÂðôÃÂÃÂþò" during Crimea Music Fest.
In the summer of 2012, Monatyk tried himself again in the role of a composer in a few episodes of the project ëÃÂûÃÂþ, ÃÂøÃÂõúÃÂþÃÂ!û (English: Hello, director!) with Loboda on the channel TET.
In November 2012, Monatik performed on the Ukrainian X-Factor as a guest performer.
After he released the tracks "ÃÂþ÷ôÃÂà", "âõÃÂÃÂþÃÂø÷øÃÂã.ÃÂ.ÃÂ", and "ÃÂðöýþ" in 2012, he initiated an audition for his ballet and chose four best dancers. Together they toured around Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
In April 2013, it was reported that "Monatik gave a start to the solo career of Eva Bushmina" by writing her the song "áþñþù". The spring and summer of this year were successful for him, and he presented another three tracks: "ÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂøâ¦", "áðÃÂýôÃÂÃÂõú ÃÂõóþôýÃÂÃÂýÃÂÃÂàôýÃÂ", and "ÃÂÃÂÃÂ". In May of the same year, he announced the premiere of his music video for "ÃÂÃÂþÃÂÃÂøâ¦" (English: Forgive). June 2013 bought around the premiere of his song "ÃÂûðòÃÂÃÂø" (English: Keys), which he wrote with his fellow countryman, a Lutsk rapper called KOVALERO.
On 8 November 2013, he presented to the public his new single ëãûÃÂñðÃÂÃÂÃÂû (English: Smile) with the slogan ëÃÂøòø, ûÃÂñø, ñþÃÂøÃÂàâ "ãÃÂëÃÂÃÂïáì"û (English: Live, Love, Fight â Smile).
On 12 December 2014, during his large solo concert in Kyiv, he presented his debut solo album ëáðÃÂýôÃÂÃÂõú ÃÂõóþôýÃÂÃÂýÃÂÃÂàôýà(á. á. ÃÂ.)û (English: Soundtrack of Today).
5 June 2014 â On the internet and on major mainstream music channels he airs his new clip ëàûÃÂÃÂÃÂõü ÃÂòõÃÂõû (English: In a Better World), whose director was dancer ÃÂýðÃÂþûÃÂù áðÃÂÃÂòúþ. Later, his video receive positive feedback from Alan Badoev, one of the best Ukrainian clip-makers.
24 August 2014 â Dmytro released the Ukrainian song ëÃÂþöõ, òöõ ôþÃÂøÃÂÃÂû (English: Maybe that's enough), which main message was the termination of the war on Donbas between Ukraine and Russia. In November he visited Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro), Kharkiv with his tour ëáõùÃÂðÃÂû (English: Now). This happened when he released his single of the same name.
At the beginning of 2015, he participated in two successful duets with his own songs â with Anna Sedokova (song ëâøÃÂõû (English: Quieter)) and ëQuest Pistols Showû (song ëÃÂþúÃÂðÃÂû (English: Wet)). Both songs had music videos which accompanied them.
25 May 2016, marked his second album ëÃÂòÃÂÃÂøÃÂû (English: Sounds), which as made up of 16 tracks.
In February 2017, there was news that Monatik was meant to perform in Moscow, however this event was later cancelled because of political reasons.
9 May 2017 â Dmytro performed during the opening of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, where he sung his song ëÃÂÃÂÃÂöøÃÂû (English: Spinning) in English.
In Spring 2017, he became a Judge on the Ukrainian Dancing With The Stars, season 2 program.
In 2017, he took part as a coach in the Ukrainian The Voice Kids, season 4, which occurred during the second half of 2017. Daneliya Tuleshova, who was on Monatik's team, was crowned winner of the fourth season.
His show ëVitamin Dû, the presentation of which occurred during October 2017 in Palace of Sports, Kyiv, was acknowledged as the ëBest Concert Showû according to the musical award YUNA, and the TV award ëTeleTriumphû. The broadcasting of the show happened on 1+1 during New Year's Eve.
In January 2018, he made an appearance for an advertisement with the Russian operator MegaFon.
In April 2018, Monatik released a single track ëæõù ôõýÃÂû (English: This Day) with Nina Matviyenko, and in July he released a single with Nadya Dorofeeva called ëÃÂûÃÂñþúþû (English: Deep).