Zejna Murkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зејна Муркић; born 28 December 1986), known mononymously as Zejna, is a Serbian singer. She was a member of the pop band Luna from 2009 to 2010, after which she went solo. Zejna began her career in the competition Operacija trijumf, from which she quickly dropped out, but immediately after this TV program she received an invitation from Ceda Cvork, the frontman of the group Luna. From 2009 to 2010, she was a member of the popular group Luna
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Zejna Murkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зејна Муркић; born 28 December 1986), known mononymously as Zejna, is a Serbian singer. She was a member of the pop band Luna from 2009 to 2010, after which she went solo. Zejna began her career in the competition Operacija trijumf, from which she quickly dropped out, but immediately after this TV program she received an invitation from Ceda Cvork, the frontman of the group Luna. From 2009 to 2010, she was a member of the popular group Luna, with whom she recorded two albums, Da san ne prestaje and Sex on the beach. As the lead vocalist in the group, she sang some of the most notable tracks on these albums, such as Panika, Vrištim u sebi, Klela bih and Alo, alo. At the end of 2010, Zejna left the group and decided to devote herself to a solo career. In June 2011, she released her first single in English entitled Tonight in collaboration with Dee Monk. In the same year, she also released her first independent single in the Serbian language, called Najbolja, for which she wrote the composition and lyrics independently. In 2012, she released the single Drama, which she sang together with Slađana Delibasic and rapper Sha. In the same year, she participated in the entertainment music festival "Vrnjačka banja", where she wins the prize of the newspaper jury. In the meantime, she began writing songs for other artists and also sings backing vocals. In 2013, she presented the single Absinthe. Zejna sings the song "Ruška" in the scene of the movie "Toma", as well as a Romani song "Jag". Zejna participated in the Pesma za Evroviziju '22 with the song "Nema te" and entered the final of this competition. The melody was written by Vladimir Maraš and the lyrics by Sanja Perić.[4] Aca Sofronijević played the accordion. In 2023, she participated in the Pesma za Evroviziju '23 with the song "Rumba", which finished 7th place in the final, and was originally made for a musical. On 21 December 2023, Zejna was announced among the participants of Pesma za Evroviziju '24, the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Najbolja".
