Tulia is a Polish folk music group. The band was formed in 2017, in Szczecin, Poland. There are three singers in the band: Dominika Siepka, Patrycja Nowicka and Tulia Biczak, whose name was chosen as the name of the band. They received major attention in Poland in 2017, after sharing a cover of Depeche Mode's song "Enjoy the Silence" on YouTube. The group use the white voicesinging technique.
Career
In 2017 they recorded and uploaded their own version of Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode which in the same month was published on band's fanpage. In November 2017, in Szczecin, Tulia band was officially formed. In February 2018, they realised an official video to the song. It scored over 11 million views on YouTube. In the same month they presented a video clip to their cover of "Nieznajomy" by Dawid Podsiadło. On 25 May 2018, they released their first album, called Tulia and distributed by Universal Music Poland, which includes a number of original songs, as well as covers of Polish and international artists. The album went platinum in Poland, selling more than 30,000 copies from the date of release. On 9 June 2018 they performed their song "Jeszcze Cię nie ma" at 55. Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej w Opolu. They received three statuettes: judges' prize, public's prize and a special prize from ZAiKS. On 16 November 2018 Tulia was released in which their new original songs were added.
On 15 February 2019, it was announced that Tulia had been chosen by Polish public TV broadcaster TVP to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The selected song was Fire of Love. Before the contest they took part in several promoting parties. On 14 May 2019, they performed 4th in the running order in the first semi-final and placed 11th with 120 points, missing the final by 2 points.
Members
Tulia Biczak is the oldest member of the band. She studied culture. The group was named after her because she introduced them to and got them to make a cover of Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode which started their popularity. Dominika Siepka studied pre-school and early-school education. Apart from continuing singing, she would like to become a teacher. Patrycja Nowicka finished her music school in the violin class. She is now concentrated on singing but sometimes she plays violin at live concerts. Joanna Sinkiewicz is studying cosmetology and classical music. She left the group in August 2019 due to personal reasons and health issues.
