Miss Monique

Olesia Arkusha, known professionally as Miss Monique, is a Ukrainian DJ, producer and owner of Siona Records. She became known in the electronic music world due to the creation of the YouTube channels "Mind Games" and "MiMo Weekly", but also due to releases on labels such as Tomorrowland Music, Armada, Drumcode and Black Hole Recordings, as well as remixes for David Guetta, Moby and Madonna. In June 2025, she launched her debut Hï Ibiza residency.

Biography

Born in Kirovograd in central Ukraine, Miss Monique moved to Kyiv with her family aged 8, and began frequenting clubs there from the age of 16.
After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, Miss Monique and her family spent the first two weeks living in a basement in Kyiv, sleeping in cars. They had to flee to Vinnytsia in early March, and a few days later out of the country. She described the Russian attack on her country as 'hell', and 'the hardest experience of my life'. Miss Monique currently lives in Portugal.

Career

Miss Monique found her vocation at the beginning of the 2010s. Based in Kyiv, she gradually made a name for herself on the progressive house scene, becoming one of the most recognised DJs in Eastern Europe, as well as being considered the most recognised female progressive house artist in Europe. In 2014 she began a collaboration with the label Freegrant Music. The tracks released on this label were recognised by some of the world's major DJs, in particular Armin van Buuren. She soon began performing internationally and is one of the 20 most popular Ukrainian pop stars, with her hit "Way of the Wind" ranked the 14th best progressive house song of the year in 2021.
Miss Monique's musical style centres on progressive house, which overlaps considerably with melodic techno. She is known for her livestreaming content production, with her Youtube videos routinely reaching views in the millions, with some reaching up to 24 million. Her green-dyed hair remains a distinctive feature in her performances.
In 2022 Miss Monique remixed Sied van Riel's "Rush", which became the most-sold progressive house track on Beatport that year. Further notable remixes include "Sorry" by BLOND:ISH featuring Madonna, "I Don’t Wanna Wait" for David Guetta and One Republic, and "Ringo" by Lufthaus, Robbie Williams’s dance project. She has also released a series of singles of her own: "Subterranean" with Avira and Luna, "Nomacita" with Genesi and Carl Bee ; "Look At You", "Magnet" and "Bloom At Night" , "Is Anyone There?" with HERTZ & Jantine , "Rain" with Poppy Baskcomb and "City Boy" .
Miss Monique founded her own label Siona Records in 2019, to release her own music as well as spotlighting emerging talent. Conceiving of it as a platform for young artists to showcase innovative sounds, she is able to support Ukrainian producers by using the platform every March to highlight their work. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she and her label have stopped supporting and working with Russian artists. In 2024, Miss Monique signed Siona Records to Above Board Distribution, part of Sony Music's The Orchard.
In 2024 Miss Monique won the Breakthrough Artist award at the DJ Awards- the first occurrence of the awards after a four year hiatus. In 2025 Miss Monique was nominated for a DJ Award, in the Progressive/ Melodic House category, and entered DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll for the first time at 75.

Performances

In October 2022, Miss Monique performed during the Cercle Festival at the Montreal Biosphere, where she premiered her new single "Concorde". She has performed with artists including David Guetta, at Coachella, Ultra Miami, EDC Vegas, and the main stages of many electronic festivals. In 2024, Miss Monique made her debut on Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, and in 2025 she hosted a 13-week residency in the Club Room at Hï Ibiza, the world's number one nightclub, and performed at the following events: Tomorrowland’s Main Stage, Sziget Festival, Awakenings Festival, Mysteryland and in front of Paris’ Louvre Museum for France Music Week.

Discography

Singles

2015: No Fear
2016: Colors In Your Eyes
2016: I Need U — with Max Freegrant
2016: Why — with Max Freegrant
2018: Tran
2018: Means To An End — with Thea Riley
2019: No Way
2019: Stranger Things — with Max Freegrant
2019: The One — with Cherry
2019: About Us — with Helen&Boys
2019: Helios / Eros
2019: Timelapse
2020: Behind the Mirror / Ceibo
2020: Dark Forest
2020: Bombay
2020: Silent — with Pavel Khvaleev & Avis Vox
2020: City Nights, City Lights
2020: Andromeda / Emerald — with Two Are
2021: Rider — with Pavel Khvaleev & PARAFRAME
2021: Raindrop
2021: Valhalla — with Sean & Dee
2021: Don’t Come Back — with Nahue Sintes
2021: Train of Thought
2021: Way Of The Wind
2021: Loona
2021: Land of Sunshine / Out of Sight
2021: Eclipse — with Anima
2022: Hideaway — with The Alexsander
2022: Elamy
2022: All I Got / Four Hills
2022: Into My Arms
2022: Plato — with Cherry
2022: Biosphère
2022: Electric — with ASHER SWISSA & SANDHAUS
2023: Concorde
2023: Molfar / Tiama
2023: City Boy
2023: Rebirth / The Connection
2023: Subterranean — with AVIRA & LUNA
2023: The Morning After — with Paul Thomas
2024: Veselka
2024: Bloom At Night
2024: Look At You
2024: Every Breath — with braev
2024: Feeling So Real 2024 — with Moby
2025: Nomacita — with GENESI & Carl Bee
2025: Million Miles Away — with P.O.U & Susie Ledge
2025: Magnet
2025: Is Anyone There? — with HRRTZ & Jantine
2025: Rain — with Poppy Baskcomb
2025: Rollin' — with Glowal
2025: Lost On A Dancefloor — with Glowal
2026: Blue Moon Factory
Remixes
2020: My Own Time - Darin Epsilon & Alice Rose
2021: All Alone - Alexandros Djkevingr, Greg Ignatovich, James Tristan
2021: Yang - Paul Thomas & Fuenka
2021: The Parallel - Morttagua
2022: Rush - Sied Van Riel
2023: Sorry - BLOND:ISH, Darmon, Eran Hersh, Madonna
2023: Ringo - Lufthaus
2024: I Don’t Wanna Wait - David Guetta & OneRepublic
2025: Beautiful People - David Guetta & Sia