Lidija Bačić

Lidija Bačić
Bačić performing in 2017
Background information
Also known as	Lille
Born	(1985-08-04) 4 August 1985 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin	Korčula, Croatia
Genres	Pop, pop/rock
Occupation(s)	Singer actress
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Music Star Records Scardona Croatia Records MenArt
Website	planetlille.com.hr

Lidija Bačić (born 4 August 1985), also known as Lille, is a Croatian pop singer and actress. She was in 2005 the second of Hrvatski Idol. Later in 2010, she released her debut album, Majčina ljubav.

Bačić has collaborated with several musical artists called Dražen Zečić, Ivana Banfić, Goran Karan, Grupa Vigor, Miroslav Škoro, Mladen Grdović, Alen Vitasović, Tomislav Bralić, Luka Basi, Žanamari, Klapa Grobnik, Kumovi, Fatmir Sulejmani, Stanko Šarić, Miki Solus and Buryana

Early life

Lidija was born in Split on 4 August 1985. She has two sisters and a brother. She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.

Bačić began performing at local festivals and competitions from the age of ten. She won her first prize at Dječji Festival in 1997 for her cover version of Mišo Limić's song "Zaljubljeni dječak".

Career

In early 2000, Bačić joined the group Perle. The group played at various festivals with Bačić being the main vocalist. In 2001, they tried to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Pokraj bistra izvora" placing 15th in a field of 20 competing entries.

Bačić auditioned for the second season of Hrvatski Idol in Split, Croatia.

Lile in the choir "Perle" and "Vis Raphael

She soon joined the vocal-dance group "Perle" where she was the main vocalist for 7 years. In 2001, he performed with "Perle" at "Dora" with the song "Pokraj bistra izvora", and in the same year at the most important Croatian festival of that time "Melodies of the Croatian Adriatic" with the song "Na kamenu".

In 2002, a new performance at "Dora" followed with the song "Nemirna rijeka", and the highlight of everything was the "Grand Prix" award at the "Split Festival" with the song "Riči". In addition to "Perle", she also participated in the work of VIS "Rafael" as a lead vocalist. He performed with "Rafael" at numerous festivals, including the "Easter Fest" in 2003, when they won with the song "Sign of Victory", and a year later won second place at the same festival with the song "Created for the Sky".

2008 – 2010: The beginning of a professional solo career and the first album "Mothers love"

At the beginning of 2008, she entered into a collaboration with the Croatian composer Marko Tomasović, with whom she realized her first single "Day after Eternity", the English version of "All I'll Ever Need" and "Kiša". The song "All I'll Ever Need" was made in collaboration with Lina Eriksson from the Swedish branch of EMI and achieved great success on radio stations across Europe in March 2008. "Rain" was presented at the Zagrebfest '08 held in the famous Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall and as a debutant she won the Grand-prix of the jury and the audience, and Tomasović also won the award for the best composition and the song is still heard and praised for the song.

The beginning of the year brings the release of Lidija's first independent album called "Mother's Love". She presented songs from the album at upcoming festivals where they were also awarded. After the Mediafest, he performs at MIK for the second time, this time with the cheerful song "Ne govori da san ti jedina", and the highlight of the year is his first independent performance at the Split Festival with the song "Dvi lipe rici", with which he enters the final and wins 5th place by audience votes. The song "Dvi lipe riči" was well received throughout Dalmatia, and this was confirmed by the final placement at the festival.

2011 - 2015: Daj da nocas poludimo (Lets be crazy tonight) and Viski (Whiskey)

This was followed by a collaboration with Tomislav Bralić, with whom Lidija recorded a song with the significant name "Pisma nas je vezala", which is still listened to on digital platforms. she also released her second independent album "Daj da nočas poludimo", on which she again collaborated with Marko Tomasović.

In 2012, he released a still popular duet with Mladen Grdović under the name "Dalmatinac i Dalmatinka" which was published on his album "Za tebe živim ja" and the song is in the Top 10 most listened to songs by Lidija and Mladen on Spotify. The text of the song is written by Željko Pavičić, and the music is by Marko Tomasović. In the same year, Lidija released the song "Crnokosi", with which she presented herself at the Split Festival that year. The text of the song is also written by Željko Pavičić, and the music by Marko Tomasović. At the end of the year, he releases the hit song "Naivna sam ali nisam luda" arranged by Branimir Mihaljević, the lyrics and music of which are written by Dušan Bačić, who wrote hits such as "Tarapana", "Da se nadjemo na pola puta", "General" and "Opala". .

In 2013, Lidija released the most successful song up to that time, "Driving License", arranged by Igor Ivanović and Marija Luketa, with which she performed at the Split Festival that year. The lyrics and music of the song are written by Robert Pilepić. The song soon becomes a hit. In the same year, he publishes his most popular song "Viski". Lidija starts her winter tour in the same year. In 2014, he released the songs "I'm still waiting for you", "Krivi čekam", "Adio" and the hit for all women and girls "Smile, sister". Lidija then publishes her third independent album "Viski" under the same name as the song. That album instantly pushed her to the peak of her career and her songs remained fun and unforgettable hits for years. In 2015, he released music videos for the songs "Odlično se nalazim" and "100% mozda", which he presented at the CMC Festival that year. 3 days before 2016, she released two hit songs "Sat otkucava" and "Prokleto dobro ljubiš", which she published on the same day, and "Prokleto dobro ljubiš" she always sings at the beginning of every concert, and people praise her as one of the best songs in her career.

Tijelo kao pjesma (Body as a song) (2015 – 2017)

In 2016, Lidija released the songs "Irreplaceable" and "Od ljubija drunka", which quickly became hits. Lidija publishes her first Christmas song "Prvi Božić bez tebe" in December of the same year. In 2017, she released the song "Glupačo moja", which was declared a summer hit. On June 9, 2017, she released her fourth solo album "Tijelo kao pjesma" with all the songs she recorded in the previous three years. The songs from the album are part of the publishing house Croatia Records, with which Lidija began to cooperate in 2014, when she signed an exclusive contract, and with the song "Kaktus" she marked the beginning of a new collaboration.

Lidija releases the mega hit "Solo", which she sang in a duet with singer Luka Basie, who was catapulted to the top by that song, and their song is currently the most listened to on all digital platforms. The song was at the top of the regional charts in a short period of time. After the album, the music video for "Ko da živim zainad" was released, which is also on the then new album. At the end of the year, she also released the songs "Shock" and "Jedna je noć".

Revolucija (Revolution) (2017 - 2020)

At the beginning of 2018, she released the song "3 minutes", which she premiered at the CMC festival. He also publishes the love hit song "Neka ljubav nova" as well as a very successful duet with the group Vigor called "Vino rumeno". The song quickly became a big hit and was one of the most played and listened to in 2018. In 2019, Lidija performed again at Dora with the song "Tek je pozlo". After Dora she announced her own show called "Planet Lille", she is also working on her fifth studio album "Revolution".

During the pandemic, he released a simple music video for the song "Bježimo iz grada", which was recorded in an apartment and a balcony in Lidija. The summer hit "Radi Radi Radi" was also released, as well as old songs like "Satra" and "Trezori". The album also includes a cover of "Lijepe naše", which Lille released during the 2018 World Cup. The different styles of songs show Lidia's range, which Lille and Fayo have worked on for the past 3 years with the author team Branimir Mihaljević, Denis Dumančić , Luka Kovačić, Raay, Boris Đurđević, Miki Solus, Suvy and others.

Flashback (2021 & 2022)

For her next album, Flashback, Lille collaborated not only with Faruk Buljubasic Fayo, but also with Siniša Reljić. The first published song Stop with Žanamari was presented at the CMC festival on June 18, 2021. This song soon became a hit in the region and beyond. Since the release of Stop, Lille has been getting new subscribers on Spotify, Deezer and, above all, numerous fans from outside Croatia and the world almost every day, and this is especially evident in the comments under each post. In February 2022, two new singles were released, and at the end of March, the song To je to was released, which after 2 years had more than 8 million views and is still growing. This recorded high numbers on various streaming services. Flashback was finally released on April 21, 2022. The song of the same name from the album was created in a duet with Ivana Banfić. The accompanying music video was not released on YouTube until November 2023.

Savrseni kaos (Perfect kaos) (2022 - 2024)

At the CMC festival in Vodice in 2022, Lille presented the song Sjaj together with Bosnian singer Fatmir Sulejmani. In addition, she interpreted the summer hit Mucho Loco which reached big numbers on all platforms.

At the beginning of July 2022, Lille performed again at the Split Festival after 9 years. She interpreted the Dalmatian ballad Lip ka Dalmacija and sang the song Tereza Kesovija, Dalmatinko, for which everyone praised her, even the legend Tereza herself, who also told her "Don't give up and just keep going!" . At the beginning of September, she presented Najdraže moje, a typical Slavonic song, at the Golden Wire Festival of Slavonia in Požega. The music video received about 4 million views in a very short period of time. Najdraze moje managed to make it into the top ten Croatian charts and many Croatian radio stations declared it the hit of the year. After the publication of Najdraze moje and the duet song "To the last breath" with Goran Karan and Klap Sebenica in August 2022, nothing new was heard for a long time, but she worked on a new album "Perfect Kaos". The single Ti i ja smo tim was released on April 24, 2023, which only had positive comments.

At the CMC festival in July 2023, Lille presented the songs Adrenalina and the duet single Ratata with the Slovenian singer Buryana to the public for the first time. In August, the videos for both songs were released at the CMC festival, which received numerous views on the YouTube platform. The footage of the Ratata video was perceived as very sexist and heavily criticized. The Adrenalina music video was filmed in Lidija's native and beloved Split. In some later interviews, Lidija announced that her new album will be released around April 2024. She also talked about the planned collaborations with the legend Siniša Vuč and after the album "Perfect chaos" she is planning a vocal rhapsody.

On March 21, she published a lyric video for a typical Dalmatian, Hajdu song "Živiš s nama i naše si dite" which immediately became trending on YouTube. 3 weeks later, Dražen Zečić publishes a love ballad with Lidija, which is in the top 5 Croatian charts on YouTube and received more than half a million views in 4 weeks. It has many listeners on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Deezer, Apple music, etc., it is the most listened to hit at the CMC Festival 2024 and sometimes it is on the radio Hit of the day.

From April to May, Lidija did her first tour in Australia, where a wonderful audience welcomed her with an unforgettable atmosphere. I guess it won't be long before she returns to Australia or somewhere outside of Croatia. At CMC Festival 2024, she presents with Zečić their hit and another modern, summer song called "Gram ljubavi".

Discography

Studio albums

• Majčina ljubav (2010)
• Daj da noćas poludimo (2011)
• Viski (2015)
• Tijelo kao pjesma (2017)
• Revolucija (2020)
• Flashback (2022)
• Savrseni kaos (2024)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		CRO
"Vino rumeno" (with Vigor)	2018	2	Non-album singles
"Tek je počelo"	2019	7
"Muške suze"		—
"Romeo i Julija" (with Joy)		17
"Zalazimo k'o sunce"	2021	38
"Najdraže moje"	2022	32
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Filmography

• Aleksi (movie), as Lille (2017)
• Ko te šiša (TV), as Lille (2018)
• Na granici (TV), as Lille (2018)
• Blago Nama (TV), as Lille (2022)

External links

• Lidija Bačić discography at Discogs
• Lidija Bačić at IMDb