Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. In the course of his career, he has released three
studio albums. In 2011, he worked on the album Ka Hashish together with Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa Band.
He attained popularity in
Croatia,
Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro,
Slovenia, and
North Macedonia. As of 2022,he is married to Croatian musician Hana Huljić, with whom he has one daughter. He has received numerous recognitions and awards for his music work including a Zlatni Studio Award.
Grašo co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Metak sa posvetom" with
Antonija Šola for Lepa Brena's 2011 album Začarani krug, and composed the music himself.[3]
His songs "Volim i postojim" (1997) and "Ko nam brani?" (1999) are credited with helping the public cope with the
COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7]
2019-present: Standalone singles and performances
At the end of 2017, Petar Grašo recorded the song "Ako te pitaju" written by the Huljić duo. A music video for the song produced by Pilot Studio and directed by Vojan Koceić was released on 11 December 2017.[8] Speaking about it, Grašo revealed that he wanted to create a picture of a warm love story and capture the final lyrics "We only need to know how to love each other".[9] The song was very successful on the Croatian Singles Chart, remaining at the top spot for several weeks, with which it cemented his status as one of the most famous Ex-Yu singers. The song further received the award for Public Hit of the Year Award - Cesarica in the awards ceremony in 2019.[10]
On 10 November 2019, Grašo performed a medley together with singer
Nina Badrić and Ante Gelo Band at the Zlatni Studio 2019 Awards. The medley consisted of the songs "Rekao si", "Trebam nekoga", "Čarobno jutro" and "Ako te pitaju".[11] On 27 December 2020, he participated at the talk show 5.com s Danielom on
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija where he performed the song "Trebam nekoga" together with Ante Gelo Band.[12] On 26 June 2023, Grašo released "Nemoj" together with Croatian singer
Nina Badrić. A music video for the song, showing the duo playing each other's love interests premiered the same day.[13] The song had premiered through a live performance by the duo the day before at the Melodije Jadrana.[14] On 30 October 2023, he performed on guitar at a restaurant together with singer Jelena Rozga; they sang the songs "Pisi mi" and "Oprosti mi pape".[15] On 21 April, Grašo's guest appearance on Macedonian
talk showEden na Eden was broadcast on
Kanal 5. A brief teaser had been released on YouTube 3 days prior in which the singer briefly discussed his hiatus from music in the period between 2006 and 2011.[16]