Miach (singer)

Mia Čičak (born in 1997), known professionally as Miach, is a Croatian singer and songwriter. She is most known for her collaboration with Hiljson Mandela on the song "NLO" and "Fantazija" with rapper Grše. "Fantazija" peaked at number one on Billboards Croatia Songs chart for fourteen weeks. In September 2022, Miach released her debut EP Između nas through Aquarius Records. A year later, in November 2023, she released her debut studio album, Insomnia which included the single "Led".

Early life
Mia Čičak was born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. During elementary school she started training taekwondo in which she earned a black belt over the years.

She completed her undergraduate university study in International Relations and is currently finishing her graduate studies in Business Economics and Globalization at the Libertas Business College in Zagreb.

2021–2023: Early career and breakthrough to music scene
In February 2021, she started her own YouTube channel, entitled Mia Čičak, posting acoustic covers. In 2021 Čičak teamed up with Croatian songwriters and producers Vlaho Arbulić and Mihovil Šoštaršić and started working on her first songs in their Republika recording studio. Their first project was her debut single "23 32" which was released independently in late 2021. In early 2022, she signed a record deal with Aquarius Records and shortly after released her second single "Budi tu". "Trnci", her third single, was released in July 2022. Continuing her collaboration with songwriter and producer Mihovil Šoštarić, Čičak began working on her debut EP in 2022. Čičak's debut EP titled Između nas was released on 19 September 2022. The EP's lead single "NLO" is a collaboration with Croatian rapper Hiljson Mandela. Debuting at number 28 "NLO" became Čičak's first single to chart on the HR Top 40 chart. On 30 September 2022, Čičak held her first concert as a part of the Lil Drito Festival schedule at the Tvornica kulture in Zagreb. On 5 December 2022, she released the Između nas (Live Session) EP which includes live and acounstic versions of songs from her debut EP.

At the 2023 edition of the Cesarica Awards, Čičak was nominated in the category the Song of The Year with her song "NLO" but lost the award to Eni Jurišić's "Trebaš li me". On 8 February 2023, Čičak received a nomination for the 30th Annual Porin Awards in the category Best New Artist. The song "SMS" was released in March 2023 as a single from her yet-untitled debut studio album. Following the song's release, Čičak was announced as a performer at the 2023 Sea Star Festival in Umag on 20 May 2023. On 24 March 2023, Croatian musician Baks released "Gram" with Čičak, a new track on his third studio album Dopamin. She was the opening performer of the Telekom Electronic Beats festival organized by Hrvatski Telekom in Zagreb on 26 June 2023. On 23 June 2023, she was announced as one of the performers of the Rock&Off Festival Tour which will be held in six different Croatian cities during July, August and September. Additionally, on 28 June, 2023, it was announced that Miach would be one of the performers at the Graffiti na Gradele festival in Bol, Croatia which was held on 30 July 2023. On 9 October 2023, she collaborated with Croatian rapper Goca R.I.P to release a track titled "Navike", which was featured on his extended play Besmrtni 2.

2024—present: First studio album Insomnia
Miach released her first studio album, Insomnia, on 21 November 2023, via yem. The album's lead single, "Led", featuring Croatian rapper Grše, was released on the same day. In Croatia, "Led" made its debut at the second position on the charts, marking the highest peak for both artists in their respective careers. They collaborated once more in February 2024 when the song "Fantazija" was released as the lead single for Grše's upcoming third studio album. On the chart issue of 17 February 2024 the song debuted at number one the Billboard Croatia Songs chart, becoming Čičak's first chart entry and first number one single. On 11 February 2024, "Tempo" was released as the second single from Insomnia, accompanied by a music video. To promote her first studio album, Miach held her first solo concert on 8 March 2024 at the Tvornica Kulture iz Zagreb.

In June 2024, Čičak was announced as the voice actress for Valentina Ortiz, originally voiced by Lilimar, in the Croatian dub of Inside Out 2.

Influences
Čičak cites Snoh Aalegra, Jhené Aiko, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Summer Walker as her musical influences.

Musical style and songwriting
Čičak describes her first self-written songs as a mixture of modern R&B and pop sounds. She uses her life experiences as an inspiration in her work but stated that some lyrics are totally a product of her imagination and not autobiographical. In an interview with Glazba.hr she noted how writing a song comes easy to her as she "wrote poems as a child and at one point even a book".