NIKA VEYRA — OFFICIAL PRESS FACTS / V3

POSITIONING
NIKA VEYRA is a virtual recording artist and AI character built as a long-term music and entertainment IP. The project leads with contemporary country / Americana in English, alongside a separate Croatian-language catalog.

AUTHORSHIP / PRODUCTION
Lyrics and music: Irena Petrić
Produced by: Krunoslav Petrić
Production company: DPS.SBS
Artist / performing character: NIKA VEYRA — virtual recording artist / AI character

The songs are human-written, human-composed and human-produced. NIKA is the fictional performing identity through which the catalog, voice direction, visual world and audience experience are presented. Distribution identifies NIKA as an AI character.

SHORT BIO
NIKA VEYRA is a virtual recording artist and AI character whose artist world connects contemporary country and Americana with Croatian identity. Her fictional artist canon places her birth in Osijek, Croatia on 1 January 2000 and her upbringing in Austin, Texas. The music itself is created by human authors and producers: lyrics and music by Irena Petrić, produced by Krunoslav Petrić, with production by DPS.SBS.

ARTIST CANON / STORY WORLD
Within the NIKA story world, she was born on 1 January 2000 in Osijek, Croatia. Her father, John Veyra, is an American U.S. Army officer who was serving in Croatia as a military instructor working with the Croatian Army; her mother, Mia Horvat, is Croatian. The family moved to Austin, Texas while NIKA was an infant, where her father continued serving from Camp Mabry.

NIKA's character story grows through Austin school music and choir, guitar and musical development, while maintaining close ties to Croatia. Her English-language catalog draws from contemporary country and Americana; her Croatian catalog carries a more direct melodic-pop instinct. The public identity is summarized as: Croatian-born. American-raised. Country music between red dirt and blue sea.

BASIC FACTS
Artist format: Virtual recording artist / AI character
Character canon birth date: 1 January 2000
Character canon birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Character canon raised in: Austin, Texas, USA
Character canon father: John Veyra — American, U.S. Army officer
Character canon mother: Mia Horvat — Croatian
Primary genres: Contemporary Country / Country-Pop / Americana
Additional catalog: Croatian-language pop
Lyrics and music: Irena Petrić
Produced by: Krunoslav Petrić
Production company: DPS.SBS

CURRENT LOCKED ENGLISH-COUNTRY SONGS
1. YOU DON'T GET TO CALL ME HOME — modern sing-along country; boundary/breakup theme.
2. RED DIRT, BLUE SEA — Texas/Croatia identity anthem.
3. I SHOULD KNOW BETTER — slow tragic country torch ballad.
4. AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO — upbeat Texas-country swagger with crowd-response hook.
5. WHEN THE SOUTHERN BELLS RING — solemn Southern country hymn about love, waiting, prayer and homecoming.
6. THAT'S TEXAS — simple warm Texas-country anthem.

COMMERCIAL / LICENSING
NIKA is structured as a virtual artist IP with a human-created catalog and a consistent visual/character world. Enquiries may include music licensing, sync, brand collaborations, content partnerships, press and other commercial uses. No ownership, publishing split, master-rights or representation claims should be inferred beyond documents supplied for a specific deal.

PRESS USE
Use the virtual-artist / AI-character disclosure in factual coverage. Character biography should be described as NIKA's fictional canon or story world, not as the biography of a physical human performer. Do not add awards, chart positions, tour dates, label affiliations, press quotes, streaming numbers, management claims or rights claims beyond approved information.

PUBLIC CONTACT
Press: press@nikaveyra.com
Licensing / sync / brands / booking / business: licensing@nikaveyra.com (DPS.SBS, production company)
