Mika Miu

Mika Miu is the solo synth-pop/ indietronica/ alt pop project of Romanian producer and performer Mihaela Grigore. Blending retrofituristic aesthetics with sharp modern production, her music explores themes as: inner anxieties, isolation, and the complexity of human relationships. Her live format is lean and direct: Mika drives the show from her laptop, weaving loops and raw vocals with real-time effects and live keyboard elements, curating a fluid selection of released and unreleased tracks to match the energy of the venue. An alumnus of the SAE Institute with over 8 years of industry experience, Mihaela maintains total control over her creative pipeline. She entirely self-produces her music in Ableton and Pro Tools, writing lyrics and tracking everything from keyboards to bass guitar. Her musical journey took root in 2013 on the Bucharest club circuit as a DJ, releasing underground electronic EPs under her Mikha moniker via international labels including Baile Musik, Natura Viva, and Whoyostro. Her artistic evolution later expanded into pop, neo-soul and electropop, highlighted by being a vocalist for the legendary Romanian band Șuie Paparude from 2021 to 2023. Parallel to her solo work, she operates as a sound engineer, music director, and vocalist, coordinating international soundtracks and dubbing for major animation releases on global networks like Disney, Netflix and Nickelodeon. Her studio portfolio spans commercial scoring, film soundtracks for European festival short films, and production collaborations, such as producing and featuring on hip-hop artist Nane's track "Rooftop" from “Boabe” album. In early 2024, a medical emergency left Mihaela completely deaf in one ear. Following a brief period of recalibration, she chose to push forward, continuing to write and engineer music single-eared, turning a physical obstacle into a testament of raw artistic resilience.