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INNA is the stage name of Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), a singer and musician from Romania. She is most famous for her songs “Cola Song”, “Club Rocker” and “Sun is Up”. These songs were featured in movies and video games and charted worldwide.

Albums

  • Hot (2009)
  • I Am the Club Rocker (2011)
  • Party Never Ends (2013)
  • Inna (2015)
  • Nirvana (2017)
  • Yo (2019)
  • Heartbreaker (2020)
  • Champagne Problems (2022)

Examples in INNA include:

  • Album Title Drop: In the song “Club Rocker”, INNA says “I am the club rocker!” This is the full name of the album this song is on.
  • Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In “Ruleta” Inna sings:
    “You know I'm no angel, I know you're a dirty boy, let’s knock the drinks off this table, dance with me in a meadow”
  • Boobs-and-Butt Pose: She has a habit of doing this pose. A notable example is the “Cola Song” music video.
  • Call-Back
    • In the video for “Yalla” INNA comes out of the water in the same way she did in the video for “Cola Song”.
    • In “Wow” she references the “daddy” part from “Club Rocker” in the chorus.
      ”Wanna be my daddy drop me your candy”
  • Laser-Guided Karma: In the video for “Endless” INNA stands up to being emotionally abused by her partner by rejecting his apology and he walks away with his coat defeated.
  • Gratuitous Foreign Language: Besides Spanish words every now and then, she slips Romanian and German lyrics into her songs.
  • Gratuitous Spanish: Every now and then, she’ll slip in Spanish sentences in her songs.
  • #HashtagForLaughs: In the video for “Good Time” featuring Pitbull, INNA and the female dancers wear different outfits based on the hashtag shown.
  • "I Want" Song: “Endless” is about how INNA wishes she had a better partner and wants to live somewhere else that is ideal.
  • Large Ham: INNA sings louder and is wilder in “Moon Girl”.
    SUPERSONIC OH WAH OH WAH!
  • Ms. Fanservice: She has a luscious body and shows it off whenever she appears in her music videos.
  • Multilingual Song: Most her music contains some lyrics Spanish and Romanian lyrics at random.
  • Nice Girl: She is an activist for children’s rights, and joined an anti-domestic violence organization called Durerea nu este iubire (which translates to Pain is Not Love). She also posts to social media quite frequently and interacts with her fans directly.
  • A Wild Rapper Appears!: Flo Rida did his rap verses on the remix of “Club Rocker”. Likewise, Daddy Yankee appears on "More Than Friends".
  • Scenery Porn: In “Cola Song” INNA and female dancers are on the beach at sunset, and then in a glorious-looking cave. In the same video, J Balvin dances near a huge palm patch that looks beautiful.
  • Self-Titled Album: Inna (2015)
  • Shout-Out:
    • In the video for “Gimmie Gimmie”, we can see a balloon man carrying a Dora the Explorer balloon. After all, INNA does sing in Spanish like how Dora teaches Spanish.

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