Anca Pop

Anca Pop (October 22, 1984 – December 16, 2018) was a Romanian Canadian singer-songwriter.[4] On July 12, 2017, she released her self-titled debut studio album exclusively in Japan which spawned four singles including: "Free Love", "Super Cool", "Ring Around", and "Loco Poco".[5][6][7][8][9]

Anca Pop
Anca Pop performing in Macao.
Anca Pop performing in Macao.
Background information
Birth nameAnca Pop
Born(1984-10-22)October 22, 1984
Moldova Nouă, România
DiedDecember 16, 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 34)
Svinița, Mehedinți County
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)
Years active2008–2018
Labels
Websiteancapop.com

In 2008, she met Yugoslav and Bosnian musician Goran Bregović, and she wrote two songs for his thirteenth studio album Champagne for Gypsies.[10] After her collaboration with Bregović, she signed a record deal with Roton Music.[1] She also appeared on the cover of Playboy for the July–August issue.[11]

Early life

Pop was born on October 22, 1984, in Moldova Nouă, Romania. When she was three years old, her parents fled the Socialist Republic of Romania to Yugoslavia. Once they arrived they were taken to a refugee camp near Belgrade; they stayed there 7 months before going to a political asylum in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.[4] She started being passionated by music, and she started taking mandolin and singing lessons when she was 7 years old. Eventually her parents came back in Romania as soon as the communism ended.[12]

Career

Her debut single, "Free Love", was released on April 28, 2015, with an accompanying music video on the same day.[5][13] A month later, another version of the video was released for Playboy magazine.[11] "Free Love" was also voted by 100,000 people as the best pop song of July during a poll for OurStage.[14] "Super Cool" was released on March 24, 2016, as the second single from her upcoming debut studio album.[6] In May of the same year she was invited along with Emil Rengle to the Cannes Film Festival by Warner Music Group for a possible collaboration with them.[15] The third single, "Ring Around", was released on January 25, 2017, with an accompanying music video on the same day.[7][16] The fourth single, "Loco Poco", was released in 38 countries on May 26, 2017, by Roton and Edel Italy.[2]

Personal life

She lived in an apartment in Bucharest. She was passionated by spirituality and she searched for inspiration in Peru, India and Thailand.[17] She came out as bisexual on a TV show named Totul pentru dragoste, and she had an open relationship with a girl named Fraga.[18]

Death

The singer died on December 16, 2018, after she lost control of her car for unknown reasons and the car plunged into the Danube river, near the commune Svinița, while she was heading to her parents' home. Three divers, helped by military of the emergency authorities, were involved in the recovery of the body.[19][20] The funeral took place on December 20, 2018, on the Danube's shore, in the commune of Sviniţa, being the artist's wish to be buried as close to the place of death.[21]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details
Anca Pop
  • Released: July 12, 2017[9]
  • Label: Roton, Aqua Production
  • Format: CD, Digital download

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Album
"Free Love"[5] 2015 Anca Pop
"Super Cool"[6] 2016
"Ring Around"[7] 2017
"Loco Poco"[8]
"Ederlezi"[22]
(featuring Goran Bregović)
Title Year Album
"Love Is"[23]
(FUMI★YEAH! featuring Anca Pop)		 2017 Anca Pop

References
  1. "Artist: Anca Pop" (in Romanian). Roton. Archived from the original on December 18, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. D'Arienzo, Salvatore (May 26, 2017). "Anca Pop – Loco Poco (Radio Date: 26-05-2017)" (in Italian). EarOne. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. "Anca Pop | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. "MTV Artists: Anca Pop Biography". MTV Artists Platform. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  5. "Free Love – Single by Anca Pop". iTunes Store. April 28, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  6. "Super Cool – Single by Anca Pop". iTunes Store. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  7. "Ring Around – Single by Anca Pop". iTunes Store. January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  8. "Loco Poco (Radio Edit) – Single by Anca Pop". iTunes Store. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  9. "Anca Pop by Anca Pop". iTunes Store (Japan). July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  10. "De la Goran Bregovic, în Playboy! Anca Pop este lipsită de limitări sexuale!" (in Romanian). WOWBiz. July 6, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  11. "Anca Pop coboară tempo-ul și crește pulsul" (in Romanian). Playboy. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. "ANCA POP 'Iubesc Romania si am hotarat sa am rabdare cu ea'" (in Romanian). Furmula AS. August 10, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  13. "Anca Pop – Free Love (Official Music Video)". March 8, 2017 – via YouTube.
  14. "Din Playboy, la radiourile din Londra! Anca Pop difuzată de cinci ori pe zi in Marea Britanie" (in Romanian). Evz Modern. August 10, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  15. Constanda, Alexandra (May 19, 2016). "Anca Pop şi Emil Rengle, românii invitaţi de Warner Music Group la Cannes 2016" (in Romanian). Adevărul. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  16. "Anca Pop – Ring Around (Official Video)". March 8, 2017 – via YouTube.
  17. "Povestea de film a unei românce care a ajuns să cânte pentru cei mai bogați oameni ai lumii" (in Romanian). Observator. March 10, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  18. "Totul pentru dragoste", una fără limite! Anca Pop promovează o viziune atipică asupra dragostei! Recunoaște că e bisexuală!" (in Romanian). Totul pentru dragoste. March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  19. "Anca Pop, Romanian-Canadian Singer Dies at 34". Billboard. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  20. "Canadian-Romanian Singer Anca Pop, 34, Dead After Car Plunges into River". People. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  21. "ANCA POP A FOST ÎNMORMÂNTATĂ AȘA CUM ȘI-A DORIT! CUTREMURĂTOR: CINE A VENIT LA FUNERALII" (in Romanian). Cancan. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  22. "Ederlezi – Single by Anca Pop". iTunes Store. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  23. "Love Is (feat. Anca Pop) – Single by FUMI★YEAH!". iTunes Store (Japan). July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
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