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On February 21st of 2012, the members of popular girl group Feminnem surprised the music world when they announced that they had decided to disband and pursue solo careers. One of the gals from the act familar to Eurovision fans (Feminnem repped Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Croatia in 2010 at ESC), Neda Parmac, is currently writing/recording her first solo album due for release in late Spring 2012. The singer's first solo single is "Naša Stvar" (It's About Us) and it's pretty good. Earlier this week, a video debuted for the track which was officially released on Croatia Records May 7th. Check out the former Eurovision star and onetime Hrvatski Idol (the Croatian version of Pop Idol) in action below on teh streets of Zagreb.

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If you lived in Zagreb and liked dance or pop music, you'd know all about Colonia. The long-running group, who we have written about several times before on this blog, is back with a new clip that shows just how popular they (still) are in Croatia as a live act. "Tako Ti Je Mali Moj" was filmed over four weeks, at various locations in Croatia and other countries where the group performed last month. The songwriter of the tune, Boris Đurđević, describes the new offering as "modern electro dance." Have a look below at the latest from one of Croatia's better known dance acts. (h/t plima)

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Happy Monday, friends. So in Croatia there's this model/singer named Maja Morales. She's really more famous as a trashy model, appearing on the cover of magazines such as FHM and Playboy in the Balkans. Anyway, last month she released this insane and racy video for "Zaplakaćeš Ti Zbog Mene" and it kind of has to be seen to be believed. This clip was directed by popular Balkan director Dejan Milicevic and was briefly banned by You Tube, but now it's back in action. Maja recently left Zagreb and moved to Serbia, apparently for the music scene. "The reason for my relocation to Serbia is to make a great musical career," she said in a recent interview. "There are many composers and songwriters [there] who have the highest regard." Some say she was fleeing an "elite prostitution scandal" that made the news in Croatia (she denied it ever took place).

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Here's a curious clip from Croatia's Ella Dvornik that's climbing MTV's most-watched clips list in the Balkans. The video features hot time traveling girls from Zagreb. They start the video back in time to say, oh, maybe the 14th century. Luckily, they remembered to bring their makeup, mostly because (I think) a cosmetics company helped pay for the clip. Anyway, these wormholes are excellent and they totally allow the girls to slip comfortably back to their apartment, where they can safely watch TV. But what's on TV sucks these days (I agree)! The news is totally a bummer. So they go back to the middle ages (good choice, hotter guys, better outfits). Why are they dressed like cats at the end? No idea but it's all kinds of awesome. Check it out below

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What's in the water in Croatia that makes female pop stars so beautiful? It remains a mystery. But let's get past Severina a bit and delve into two singers of note from the country atop nearly everyone's "must travel to" list in 2012. First up is a singer named Žanamari Lalić, who I've covered before on this blog, but now she fronts a band called J'Animals. Late last year they dropped a clip for a song called "Kreten Pomalo" and I've been hooked on it for months. The Zagreb-based beauty is just about the best thing going in Croatia lately...check out her latest below. Also included in this post is a slightly less serious clip from Maja Šuput that I've included A.) because she is drop dead gorgeous (just like Žanamari) but also B.) because the promo for "Nevaljala" is outrageous (lots of yachts and helicopters...it's the only way to travel between islands in the summer for locals...that look like Maja, anyway).

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