Dasha Medovaya

Darya Volodymyrivna Kobets (Ukrainian: Дар'я Володимирівна Кобець; 23 October 1990 – missing since 24 September 2018), known professionally as Dasha Medovaya and later Mira Kulum, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, TV presenter and model. She was a member of Dmitriy Kostyuk's version of Nu Virgos from 2013 to 2014. She disappeared without a trace in 2018.

Dasha Medovaya
Born(1990-10-23)23 October 1990
Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Disappeared24 September 2018 (aged 27)
Ukraine
StatusMissing for 5 years and 1 month
NationalityUkrainian
Other namesMira Kulum
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • TV presenter
  • model
SpouseOleksandr Shvets (divorced)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
Labels

Musical career

2013–2014: Nu Virgos
Main article: Nu Virgos

After Konstantin Meladze announced the closure of the band in January 2013, the former general producer of the group Dmitry Kostyuk, who owned the rights to the «VIA Gra» brand and related rights to the repertoire of the group recorded during collaboration with the Sony Music label, in January began casting a new line-up of the group independently of Konstantin Meladze.

On 15 October 2013, a presentation of the new line-up of the group took place in Moscow, where Medovaya was presented as one of the participants.[1][2] On 18 October, a presentation was held in Kyiv. In December 2013, their debut single was released as part of a group called «Магия».[3] The author of this composition was Alexey Malakhov. Also in December 2013, the group took part in the New Year 's show the First National channel. In 2014, the band was going to present an album called «Магия», but for certain reasons, the release never took place.[4] On 24 March 2014, it became known that Medovaya and Aina Vilberh had left the band.[5]

2014-2018: Mira Kulum

After leaving Nu Virgos, Medovaya returned to her solo career under the new stage name Mira Kulum. She released several new Ukrainian-language compositions, participated in charity events for orphans and children from the ATO zone. In March 2015, Medovaya presented the first single "Vidlitayu" for the future Ukrainian-language album. The song was written jointly with one of the authors of the Kvartal-95 Studio, Vadim Pereverzev.[6] Along with the new track, Medovaya also presented a video clip, directed by herself.[7] On 19 November 19 of the same year, her solo concert entitled "I'm 25" took place. That evening, nine new compositions in Ukrainian were performed.[8]

Personal life and disappearance

For several years, Medovaya was married to businessman Oleksandr Shvets, and on 25 November 2011 she gave birth to a daughter, Varvara.[9] The divorce of the couple turned out to be scandalous as Medovaya accused the Shvets of assaulting her in which the latter denied.[10] A fierce struggle unfolded over who the daughter would live with.[11] On 26 September 2018, a hearing on this case was held in the Svyatoshinsky Court of Kyiv. However, Medovaya did not appear in court.[12] In January 2019, it became known from the personal account of Volodymy Kobets, Medovaya's father, that she disappeared in the summer, and the search on her own was unsuccessful, therefore, since 24 September 2018, she has been on the official declared missing. According to Shvets, she is no longer alive.[13]

Discography
  • 2012 — Dasha Medovaya

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Inspektor Masha Short film

References
  1. "Вторая солистка "ВИА Гры"". 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ""ВИА Гра" показала новые тела". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. "Новая "ВИА Гра" показала "Магию"". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ""ВИА Гра" презентовала новую песню с интригой (аудио)". Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. "Даша Медовая ушла из ВИА Гры и представила сольный сингл "Заковано море"". Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. "Міра Кулум выпустила сингл на украинском языке". Lady in Dress. 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  7. "МІРА КУЛУМ - Відлітаю" (in Russian). StarPro. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. Андрей Дзюня (2015-12-31). "Даша Медовая - Квартирник МНЕ 25". Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  9. "Стало известно о загадочном исчезновении экс-солистки "ВИА Гры"" (in Russian). fakty.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  10. Gazeta.ua (2019-01-27). "Исчезла экс-солистка "ВИА Гра": отец просит о помощи" (in Russian). Gazeta.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  11. "Отец Даши Медовой заявил о пропаже дочери ★TVCenter.ru" (in Russian). tvcenter.ru. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  12. ""Моей девочки уже нет в живых": отец экс-солистки ВИА Гры с лета ищет пропавшую дочь" (in Russian). РБК-Украина. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  13. "Бывший муж затравил и отобрал ребенка: Экс-солистка "ВИА ГРЫ" пропала без вести" (in Russian). asn.in.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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