{"id":12338,"date":"2014-06-22T01:01:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12338"},"modified":"2014-06-22T01:01:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T08:01:48","slug":"irina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/irina\/","title":{"rendered":"IRINA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12339\" alt=\"M-32-IRINA\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-32-IRINA.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-32-IRINA.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-32-IRINA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>IRINA<\/h1>\n<p>HOMETOWN: Moscow, Russia<br \/>\nINFLUENCES: influences: Abba, Whitney Houston,\u00a0Barbra Streisand<br \/>\nALBUM: Album due out 2014<br \/>\nWEBSITE: irinaglobal.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was always involved in theater when I was in\u00a0school,\u201d says Irina, who was born and raised in Moscow. \u201cI was singing in the choir as a mezzo-soprano when I was 6.\u201d Later, Irina earned degrees in psychology and economics\u2014but she eventually returned to her first love. She began writing songs with Russian artists until relocating with her family to the U.S. in her mid-20s. While in L.A., she was introduced to choreographer and creative director Mikey Minden (Pussycat Dolls). One of their first recordings, \u201cSomething About You,\u201d snagged more than a million views on YouTube and reached the<\/p>\n<p>Top 40 on the Billboard dance chart. Currently preparing her debut album, Irina is itching for her turn in the spotlight. \u201cNo matter which audience I am performing for, the most important thing is capturing those eyes in front of me and sharing this crazy energy with them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRINA HOMETOWN: Moscow, Russia INFLUENCES: influences: Abba, Whitney Houston,\u00a0Barbra Streisand ALBUM: Album due out 2014 WEBSITE: irinaglobal.com \u201cI was always involved in theater when I was in\u00a0school,\u201d says Irina, who was born and raised in Moscow. \u201cI was singing in the choir as a mezzo-soprano when I was 6.\u201d Later, Irina earned degrees in psychology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[7409,7403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12340,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12338\/revisions\/12340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}