Irina Rimes

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Irina Rimes
Irina Rimes at a concert (Bucharest, 2018)
Background information
Also known as	Irina Rîmeș Irina Remesh Ira
Born	(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 30) Izvoare, Republic of Moldova
Occupation(s)	singer songwriter
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Global Records Universal Music Group Quantum Music [1]

Irina Rimes (born 22 August 1991),^[1] also known as Irina Remesh or Irra, is a Moldovan singer and songwriter, who is one of the four coaches of the Romanian talent show Vocea României.^[2] She works and lives in Bucharest, Romania.^[3]

In 2019 the artist was chosen by Warner Bros Animation to provide the Romanian voice of Whatevra Wanabi in the animated movie The Lego Movie 2 ^[4]

Life and career[]

1991–2015: Childhood and beginnings in music[]

Irina was born on 22 August 1991 in the Florești District and is the first child of Valentina and Fiodor Rîmeș;^[5] she has a younger brother, Vitali.^[6] Irina has stated in interviews that her family nourished her interest for music, especially her father and paternal grandmother, the latter of which had a very good voice, according to Irina — "grandma used to be a part of a church choir and I remember how she would sit on the stove and sing carols to us".^[7] Rimes manifested an interest towards writing and composing from an early age: "I started writing poetry when I was in grade 0. I remember that I learned to sing, write and read at home."^[8] The artist moved to Soroca when she started studying at the "Constantin Stere" Theoretical High School until 2010; she later graduated from the Academy of Music, Theater and Plastic Arts in Chișinău.^[9] In 2012, Irina Rimes participated in the talent show Fabrica de staruri, where she was a finalist.^[10]

2016–present: "Visele" and Despre el[]

Rimes moved to Romania in 2016, when she signed with Quantum Music. Her first single, "Visele" (The dreams), peaked at #1 in Romania Airplay 100 in 2016^[11] and got her an award for the best début of the year at the Radio România Music Awards in 2017.^[12] Rimes has also penned songs for various Romanian artists, such as Inna, , Andra, Alina Eremia, and Antonia.^[12][13] The Romanian branch of Cosmopolitan named her "the revelation of 2016".^[14] In 2017, Rimes signed a contract with Universal Music France and released her first album, Despre el (About him).^[12] In 2018, she became one of the four coaches of Vocea României.^[2]

Discography[]

Albums[]

• Despre el (2017)
• Cosmos (2018)
• Pastila (2020)

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Promotional singles[]

As a featured artist[]

As a songwriter for other artists[]

References[]

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