DK Energetyk

The band was formed in early 2022 by Yakiv Marnyi (vocals), Vsevolod Shutka (guitar), and Oleksandr "Fol" Folianskyi (bass guitar).{{Cite news|url=https://slukh.media/texts/dk-enerhetyk/ |title=Meet "DK Energetyk" — a band that breaks stereotypes about post-punk |last1=Mosiichuk |first1=Olena |website=slukh.media |language=en |date=2024-05-16 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219235140/https://slukh.media/texts/dk-enerhetyk/ }} Before forming DK Energetyk, the members played in other projects: Yakiv in the rock band Marnyi, Vsevolod in MyInk, and Fol in My*17. The name "DK Energetyk" originates from the Palace of Culture Energetik in Prypiat, located in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.{{Cite news|url=https://dazv.gov.ua/ua/news/147 |title=DK Energetyk in the Chornobyl Zone: Not the legendary palace but a music band |website=dazv.gov.ua |language=uk |date=2024-11-12 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220193554/https://dazv.gov.ua/ua/news/147 }}

Their first single, "Energetyk," was released in February 2023. That same year, DK Energetyk released two studio albums, Yunist ({{Translation|Youth}}) and Shliakh ({{Translation|Path}}).

In the summer of 2024, it was revealed that the band's song "Vulytsia Skhid" ("East Street") would be featured in the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.{{Cite news|url=https://dev.ua/news/muzyka-na-radio-v-stalker-2-1720074895 |title=Ukrainian post-punk on the radio in "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl" |website=dev.ua |language=uk |date=2024-07-04 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219234504/https://dev.ua/news/muzyka-na-radio-v-stalker-2-1720074895 }} Later, it was revealed that five more of the band's tracks would also appear in the game. On September 20, 2024, the band released their third studio album Zavtra ({{Translation|Tomorrow}}), with an album presentation concert held in Kyiv on November 29.{{Cite news|url=https://meta.ua/en/showbiz/music/233751-dk-energetik-honor-memory-of-power-engineers-in-music-video/ |title=DK Energetyk honors the memory of power engineers in the music video "Energetyk" |last1=Ushakov |first1=Ruslan |website=meta.ua |language=uk |date=2024-11-27 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220192115/https://meta.ua/en/showbiz/music/233751-dk-energetik-honor-memory-of-power-engineers-in-music-video/ }} Prior to that, on November 25, DK Energetyk premiered a music video for the song "Energetyk",{{Citation|title=DK Energetyk – Energetyk {{!}} DK Energetyk – Enerhetyk (Power engineer)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_HhKMX5iA|date=2024-11-25|accessdate=2024-12-21|last=DK Energetyk}} dedicated to power engineers who lost their lives during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The video was filmed in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/culture/888641-dk-energetik-vipustiv-video-prisvatu-zagiblim-energetikam-aku-znali-v-cornobilskij-zoni-vidcuzenna/|title=DK Energetyk releases tribute video for fallen power engineers, filmed in the Chornobyl Zone |last=Lutsenko |first=Yevheniia |date=2024-11-26 |website=Suspilne News |language=uk |access-date=2024-12-21}}

On December 11, DK Energetyk made the longlist of participants for the Vidbir 2025 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-culture/3936993-longlist-of-national-selection-for-eurovision-2025-announced.html |title=Longlist of National Selection participants for Eurovision 2025 announced |website=ukrinform.ua |language=uk |date=2024-12-11 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219234118/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-culture/3936993-longlist-of-national-selection-for-eurovision-2025-announced.html }}{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/culture/900277-eurovision-2025-longlist-of-national-selection-participants-announced/|title=Eurovision 2025: Longlist of National Selection participants announced |last=Suspilne Culture |first= |date=2024-12-11 |website=Suspilne News |language=uk |access-date=2024-12-21}} By December 20, the band advanced to the finals of the National Selection with their song "Sil'" ({{Translation|Salt}}).{{Cite news|url=https://suspilne.media/culture/907291-national-selection-eurovision-2025-9-finalists-revealed/ |title=National Selection "Eurovision 2025": 9 finalists revealed |last1=Lutsenko |first1=Yevheniia |website=suspilne.media |language=uk |date=2024-12-20 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220192559/https://suspilne.media/culture/907291-national-selection-eurovision-2025-9-finalists-revealed/ }}

• Yakiv Marnyi — lead vocals
• Vsevolod Shutka — guitar
• Oleksandr "Fol" Folianskyi — bass guitar

In their early works, the band aimed to capture the atmosphere of the 1990s post-Soviet Ukraine.{{Cite news|url=https://eurovision.ua/6531-dk-energetyk/ |title=DK Energetyk |website=eurovision.ua |language=uk |date=2024-12-11 |accessdate=2024-12-20 |archive-date=2024-12-20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241220185910/https://eurovision.ua/6531-dk-energetyk/ }} However, their latest album, Zavtra, reflects on contemporary themes.

• Юність (2023)
• Шлях (2023)
• Завтра (2024)

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