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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Indiggo
| image = LA LA LA single cover by INDIGGO.jpg
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| alt =
| caption = Indiggo on the single cover of "La La La"
| alias = Indiggo Twins
| birth_name = {{plainlist|
* Gabriela Modorcea
* Mihaela Modorcea
}}
| birth_place = [[Brașov]], Romania
| origin =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* theatrical pop
* <br>[[musical theatre]]
}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Actresses
* choreographers
* composers
* costume designers
* dance teachers
* dancers
* novelists
* poets
* [[reality television]] personalities
* singers
* songwriters
}}
| instruments = {{flatlist|
* [[Piano]]
* [[guitar]]
}}
| years_active = 2000–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Ariola Records|Ariola]]
* [[Broadway Records (2012)|Broadway]]
* [[Bros Music]]
* [[David Sonenberg|DAS Label]]
* [[MediaPro Music]]
* [[Sony Music|Sony BMG Music Entertainment]]
}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|7}}
| associated_acts = ''Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical''
| website = {{flatlist|
* {{URL|http://www.indiggotwins.com}}
* {{URL|https://www.wickedclone.com}}
}}
| current_members =
| past_members =
| module =
}}
'''Indiggo''' and the '''Indiggo Twins''' are the stage names for '''Gabriela Modorcea''' and '''Mihaela Modorcea''', twin sisters and [[Romanian Americans|Romanian-American]] professional actresses, dancers, singers, and writers. They were born in [[Romania]], received visas for [[Permanent residence (United States)#Immigration eligibility and quotas|extraordinary artistic abilities]], became American citizens and live in New York City. They speak English, French, German and Romanian and sing in seven languages.
They wrote, composed, choreographed, designed and perform their [[Off Broadway]] play ''Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical'' (2018) based on Mihaela's 500-page novel ''Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil'' (2016). New York City Guide's Theatre Editor Griffin Miller describes the show as “a rare piece of visual and audio creativity” that "turns the tables on tradition by telling ‘the story of a vampire bitten by a human being’”. They wrote, composed, arranged, designed and performed their original cast recording album of 25 "immortal" songs.<ref name="Griffin Miller" />
American rappers [[Kanye West]] and [[Jay-Z]] sampled Indiggo's single "La La La" (2011) on their collaborative album ''[[Watch the Throne]]'' (2011). [[New York Times]] reviewer Jon Caramanica describes the sample as "moving" and a "gem".<ref name="Caramancia"/> Their singles "Hip Hop Jam" (2003) and "Be My Boyfriend" (2006) entered the top of the charts and the singles and their album ''Indiggo'' found commercial success in Germanic territories. They signed a worldwide, multi-year, co-publishing/[[grand rights]] deal with international music publisher [[Imagem]].
Mihaela has written two poetry books, ''Rage and Love'' and ''Wicked Clone or how to get reborn''. Gabriela appeared in the film ''[[National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj]]'' (2006) and in the ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' episode "Hothouse". They were [[America's Got Talent (season 3)#Top 40, Part 4|semi-finalists]] on ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' and acted in the Russian-American film ''Lyubov v bolshom gorode'' (''No Love in the Big City''). They have performed in a number of awarded musicals and finished seventh in the Romanian qualifiers for the 2006 [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|Eurovision Song Contest]].
==Background==
===Romanian childhood===
The twins were born in 1985<ref name="Ziaristi Online">{{Citation |author=Ziaristi Online |date=December 10, 2012 |title=O veste americana: Gemenele scriitorului Grid Modorcea in Topul celor mai frumoase actrite din lume |trans-title=American news: The twins of writer Grid Modorcea in the Top of the Most Beautiful Actresses in the World |language=ro |url=http://www.ziaristionline.ro/2012/12/10/o-veste-americana-gemenele-scriitorului-grid-modorcea-in-topul-celor-mai-frumoase-actrite-din-lume/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Cancan |date=November 29, 2012 |title=Gemenele Indiggo s-au dezbracat pentru Picasso! Uite ce opera de arta a scos un artist rus, care le-a pictat direct pe piele! |trans-title=Indiggo twins get naked for Picasso! Look at the artwork of a Russian artist who painted them directly on the skin! |language=ro |url=https://www.cancan.ro/gemenele-indiggo-s-au-dezbracat-pentru-picasso-uite-ce-opera-de-arta-a-scos-un-artist-rus-care-le-a-pictat-direct-pe-piele-14964093 |access-date=August 11, 2018 }}</ref> in [[Brașov]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]].<ref name="NYT 4/29/2011">{{Citation |last=Nir |first=Sarah Maslin |date=April 29, 2011 |title=You Singing' to Me? |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/nyregion/de-niro-meets-draculas-girls-nocturnalist.html |access-date=September 9, 2018 }}</ref> Their father, Grid,<ref name ="Revistavip">{{Citation |author=Revistavip |title=La multi ani, Grid Modorcea! |trans-title=Happy Birthday, Grid Modorcea! |language=ro |url=http://www.revistavip.net/Sarbatoritul_saptamanii/La_multi_ani_Grid_Modorcea!/754/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref> a PhD, writer,<ref name ="Arta Sunetelor">{{Citation |author=Arta Sunetelor |title=Grid Modorcea - MAGNUM OPUS |url=http://www.artasunetelor.ro/Magnum_Opus.html |access-date=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> filmmaker<ref name ="Revistavip"/> and critic,<ref>{{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Grid |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Correspondence from USA : THE ANGRY SNOWBIRD by James Jennings – REVIEW |publisher=Jurnalul Bucurestiului |url=https://jurnalulbucurestiului.ro/correspondence-sua-angry-snowbird-james-jennings-review/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref> worked for 30 years as a film producer and screenwriter at the Romanian National Center for Cinematography and for Romanian National Television.<ref name ="Arta Sunetelor"/> Their mother, Violeta,<ref name ="Revistavip"/> has a PhD and is a writer,<ref name="TC">[[#"The Contract"|Modorcea, Violeta, ''Contractul sau Cum am devenit vampiri'']] [The contract or How we became vampires : Dracula's girls'/Indiggo twins' show]</ref><ref name="UCV">{{Citation |author=Biblioteca Universităţii din Craiova (Library of the [[University of Craiova]]) |title=Modorcea, Violeta |url=http://biblio1.central.ucv.ro/opac/authority/133056;jsessionid=5AF955D1F95FC82F1AC0955FF9D6DC58?lang=eng |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> literature teacher<ref name="TiM Winter 2010">{{Citation |author=Talent in Motion Magazine |year=2010 |title=On the Cover: Indiggo Twins |volume=Winter |url=http://www.timmag.com/winter10/pdfs/Page_4.pdf |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref> and translator of Mongolian,<ref name="Nmc">[[#"Nuvela mongola contemporana"|''Nuvela mongola contemporana'']] [Contemporary Mongolian novels] translated by Modorcea and Ciurca</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Biblioteca Județeană „G.COȘBUC” [County Library of George Cosmic] |title=Nuvela mongolă contemporană |trans-title=Contemporary Mongolian novels |url=https://tinread.bjbn.ro:8443/opac/bibliographic_view/60126;jsessionid=949F9F3967A47F52B97E9B1E3FDC1187?lang=eng |access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Russian,<ref>{{Citation |last=Esenin |first=Serghei |translator-last=and presented by Modorcea |translator-first=Violeta |date=September 8, 1977 |title=Mirgorodul de fier |trans-title=The Iron Mirgorod |magazine=România Literară |publisher=Fundaţia România literară [Literary Romania Foundation] |location=Bucharest |language=ro |pages=20–21 }}</ref> and American<ref name="CR">[[#"Clona Rea"|Modorcea, Mihaela, ''Clona Rea sau Ce sa faci cu Raul'']] [Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil]</ref> literature.<ref name="Vtz BC">Visarion, Alexa (1997), "Back Cover", in [[#"Viziuni teatrale complementare"|Mihaela, Violeta, Viziuni teatrale complementare : Cehov şi Gorki]] [Complementary theatrical visions: Chekhov and Gorky]</ref> <ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/>
At the age of six, they began studying piano, guitar,{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} canto and dance.<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/> At the age of twelve, they debuted on Christmas Eve on [[Romanian Television]] singing the carol "Colinde, colinde", written by [[Mihai Eminescu]], generally regarded as Romania's greatest poet.<ref name="TI 251">[[#"Twins Indiggo"|Modorcea, Grid, ''Twins Indiggo'']], "Indiggo Biography", p. 251</ref> They have performed regularly on German and European TV shows.<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/> They speak English, French, German and Romanian and sing in seven languages.<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/>
They graduated from the Theatre Department of the [[Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography|National University of Theatre and Film "I.L.Caragiale"]] in [[Bucharest]], Romania,<ref name="Samolia">{{Citation |last=Samolia |first=Ionela |date=November 29, 2012 |title=O romanca a intrat in topul celor mai frumoase actrite din lume |trans-title=A Romanian has entered the top of the most beautiful actresses in the world |language=ro |publisher=Ziare.com |url=http://www.ziare.com/vedete/actori/o-romanca-a-intrat-in-topul-celor-mai-frumoase-actrite-din-lume-1204513 |access-date=August 13, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Cancan 11/29/2012">{{Citation |author=Cancan |date=November 29, 2012 |title=La ea nu te asteptai! O romanca in topul celor mai frumoase actrite din lume |trans-title=She did not expect it! A Romanian in the top of the most beautiful actresses in the world |language=ro |url=https://www.cancan.ro/la-ea-nu-te-asteptai-o-romanca-in-topul-celor-mai-frumoase-actrite-din-lume-14964035 |access-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> with the highest<ref name="TI 251"/> score of 10.<ref name="Hurezean">{{Citation |last=Hurezean |first=Gabriela |date=July 5, 2006 |title=Gemenele Indiggo nu-i vor pe Clooney si pe Beckham |trans-title=Indiggo twins do not want Clooney and Beckham |website=9am.ro |publisher=InternetCorp |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/LifeStar/37552/Gemenele-Indiggo-nu-i-vor-pe-Clooney-si-pe-Beckham.html |access-date=September 4, 2018 }}</ref> They are the first twin actresses in Romanian theater.<ref name="Hurezean"/> After graduation, they went to Germany to record "I do not need Georgie Clooney, I do not need David Beckham," composed by their producer, [[Dieter Bohlen]],<ref name="Hurezean"/> and to study acting.<ref name="Samolia"/><ref name="Cancan 11/29/2012"/>
==
They continued their study of acting in New York where they live.<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/><ref name="Samolia"/><ref name="Cancan 11/29/2012"/> In 2008, they received visas under the [[Permanent residence (United States)#Immigration eligibility and quotas|extraordinary artistic abilities]] category.<ref name="indiggotwins 10/7/2013">{{Citation |author=indiggotwins |date=October 7, 2013 |title=INDIGGO Twins sings The American National Anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-srfcVy_CI |access-date=August 13, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="TI 252">[[#"Twins Indiggo"|Modorcea, Grid, ''Twins Indiggo'']], “Indiggo Biography”, p. 252</ref> They have appeared on ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'', ''[[TMZ on TV|TMZ]]'', ''The Happy Hour'' ([[FOX Business Network]]) and ''[[Hair Battle Spectacular]]'' ([[Oxygen (TV channel)]]); in advertisements for [[Dell Computers]], the [[New York Knicks]] and [[Wodka Gorbatschow]], and in music videos with [[Danny Aiello]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], [[50 Cent]] and [[Kanye West]].<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}} In October 2013, they became American citizens, performing ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' during their oath ceremony.<ref name="Stiri din Romania">{{Citation |author=Stiri din Romania |date=February 26, 2004 |title=Toata lumea le stia ca gemenele Indigo! Uite ce fac astazi Gabriela si Mihaela in America! |trans-title=Everyone knew the Indiggo twins! Here's what Gabriela and Mihaela did today in America! | language=ro |url=http://stiridinromania.eu/toata-lumea-le-stia-ca-gemenele-indigo-uite-ce-fac-astazi-gabriela-si-mihaela-in-america/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216024840/http://stiridinromania.eu/toata-lumea-le-stia-ca-gemenele-indigo-uite-ce-fac-astazi-gabriela-si-mihaela-in-america/ |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Indiggo Twins 10/7/2013">{{Citation |author=Indiggo |author2=Indiggo Twins |title=So Happy to Have Just Become US Citizens! God Bless America! |publisher=Indiggo Twins |url=http://www.indiggotwins.com/_p/nws1/4D6B95D1-677D-49BF-87F2-9D1B88BFCFE6/so-happy-to-have-just-become-us-citizens!-god-bless-america! |access-date=August 13, 2018 }}</ref>
In August 2011, they signed a worldwide, multi-year co-publishing/[[grand rights]] deal with international music publisher [[Imagem]].<ref name="broadwayworld1">{{Citation |author=Music News Desk |date=August 10, 2011 |title=Imagem Music Signs The Indiggo Twins |publisher=Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Imagem-Music-Signs-The-Indiggo-Twins-20110810 |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}}<ref name="completemusicupdate1">{{Citation |author=CMU Editorial |date=August 11, 2011 |title=Imagem signs Indiggo Twins |publisher=[[Complete Music Update]] |url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/imagem-signs-indiggo-twins/ |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Libertatia 3/15/2012">{{Citation |author=Libertatea |author-link=Libertatea |date=March 15, 2012 |title=Gemenele Indiggo, sexy pe Broadway |trans-title=Indiggo twins, sexy on Broadway |publisher=[[Ringier]] |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/vedete-de-la-noi/gemenele-indiggo-sexy-pe-broadway-715978 |access-date=September 1, 2018 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}}
They are members of ASCAP ([[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]).<ref name="Watch the Throne Digital Booklet 13">[[#"Watch the Throne PDF digital booklet"|West, Kanye; Carter, Shawn, ''Watch the Throne PDF digital booklet'']], p. 13</ref> They created and teach [[Hip-hop dance|Hip Hop]] [[Belly dancing|Belly Dancing]] at a dance studio in the [[Flatiron District]] of New York City.<ref name="Lippe-McGraw">{{Citation |last=Lippe-McGraw |first=Jordi |date=January 6, 2017 |title=The best belly dancing classes in NYC |website=[[Time Out New York]] |location=[[London]], [[England]] |at=Hip Hop Belly Dance at Stepping Out Studio |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/best-belly-dancing-classes-in-nyc |access-date=September 3, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Libertatea 3/9/2017">{{Citation |last=Gheorghe |first=Florian |date=March 9, 2017 |title=EXCLUSIV / Gemenele de la Indiggo au luat o pauză din alergătura spre celebritate. Au ajuns profe de dans din buric! |trans-title=EXCLUSIVE / The Indiggo twins have taken a break from the celebrity run. They came to the dance of belly dancing! |website=[[Libertatea]] |publisher=[[Ringier]] |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/ultima-ora/exclusiv-gemenele-de-la-indiggo-au-luat-o-pauza-din-alergatura-spre-celebritate-profe-de-dans-din-buric-1768472 |access-date=September 3, 2018 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}} They are working on an album with American music manager DAS Communications' [[David Sonenberg]], [[Peter Zizzo]], [[Rockwilder]], DJ [[Paul Oakenfold]], and [[Swizz Beatz]].<ref name="broadwayworld1"/><ref name="completemusicupdate1"/>
==Music==
===''Indiggo'' (2000) and "Hip Hop Jam" (2003)===
MediaPro Music released their first CD album ''Indiggo'' (2000),<ref>{{Citation |last=Radu |first=Dia |year=2000 |title=Asii adolescentilor |trans-title=Asian teenagers |volume=442 |publisher=Formula AS |location=Bucharest |language=ro |url=http://www.formula-as.ro/2000/442/asii-adolescentilor-3/asii-adolescentilor-1890 |access-date=August 11, 2018 }}</ref> containing several hit singles: "Nu-mi pasa", "Clar de luna" and "Am eu grija de mine",<ref>{{Citation |date=December 22, 2017 |title=3 Vedete Romanesti Care Si-Au Incercat Norocul Peste Hotare |website=Stiri [News] online |url=https://stiri.com.ro/mondene/3-vedete-romanesti-care-si-au-incercat-norocul-peste-hotare.html |trans-title=3 Romanians who have tried their luck over the border |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}</ref> and selling in over 20 European countries, including Austria, Germany and Switzerland.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Indiggo's first Europe-wide single, "Hip Hop Jam", (BROS Music, 2003), a song with Cuban influences<ref name="TI 253">[[#"Twins Indiggo"|Modorcea, Grid, ''Twins Indiggo'']], “Indiggo Biography”, p. 253</ref> produced by David Brandes, entered the German charts.<ref name="Hitparade.ch HHJ">{{Citation |author=Hitparade.ch | Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade [The official Swiss hit parade] |title=Indiggo - Hip Hop Jam |website=swisscharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |location=Urdorf, Switzerland |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitemurl.asp?cat=s&id=66642 |access-date=September 8, 2018 }}</ref>
==="Be My Boyfriend" (2006)===
<!--In 2006, without a management company or record label, Indiggo persuaded Germany's TV personality and musician [[Dieter Bohlen]] to write "Be My Boyfriend".<ref name="Jantsch" >{{Citation |last=Jantsch |first=Daniela |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Indiggo - Single Be my Boyfriend |language=de |url=https://www.openpr.de/news/79433/Indiggo-Single-Be-my-Boyfriend.html |access-date=August 17, 2018 }}</ref> -->On February 24, 2006, they qualified for the National Final of the Romanian qualifications for the 2006 [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|Eurovision Song Contest]] and on February 26, performing "Be My Boyfriend", they finished seventh.<ref name="esc-history">{{Citation |title=Details : Romania 2006 (0977) |website=ESCHistory |url=https://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=4531 |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}</ref> On March 10, [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]], [[Ariola]], released the pop/rock CD single "Be My Boyfriend",<ref>{{Citation |author=AllMusic |author-link=AllMusic |date=March 10, 2006 |title=Indiggo | Be My Boyfriend |publisher=All Media Network |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-my-boyfriend-mw0001434220 |access-date=August 28, 2018 }}</ref> which entered the German charts.<ref name="Hitparade.ch BMB">{{Citation |author=Hitparade.ch | Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade [The official Swiss hit parade] |title=Indiggo - Be My Boyfriend |website=swisscharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |location=Urdorf, Switzerland |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Indiggo/Be-My-Boyfriend-179796 |access-date=September 11, 2018 }}</ref>
==="Love Struck" (2007)===
Of the five songs Indiggo submitted for the 2007 [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|Eurovision Song Contest]], two were their own compositions, the other three were composed by [[Dieter Bohlen]], [[Thomas G:son]] and [[Philip Vella]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/LifeStar/52430/Indiggo-concureaza-cu-cinci-piese-la-Eurovision.html |title=Indiggo concureaza cu cinci piese la Eurovision |publisher=9am.ro |access-date=July 28, 2014}}</ref> Of the 259 songs submitted, "Love Struck", composed by Thomas G:son and written by [[Gerard James Borg]], was one of the 24 songs selected for the semi-finals.<ref name="Times of Malta">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20070131/local/maltese-song-in-romanias-eurovision-selection.27938 |title=Maltese song in Romania's Eurovision selection |newspaper=[[Times of Malta]] |date=January 31, 2007 |access-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/7281/romania_the_finalists/ |title=Eurovision Center – Romania: The finalists |date=January 18, 2007 |author=Barry Viniker|publisher= esctoday.com}}</ref>
==="La La La" (2011)===
In August 2011, [[Rapping|rappers]] [[Jay-Z]] and [[Kanye West]] released their first collaborative album, ''[[Watch the Throne]]''.<ref name="Caramancia">{{Citation |last=Caramancia |first=Jon |date=August 9, 2011 |title=Two Titans Share the Seat of Power |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/arts/music/jay-z-and-kanye-wests-watch-the-throne.html |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref> The track "Murder to Excellence" contains a sample of Indiggo's "La La La".<ref name = "Iandoli"/> [[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]{{'}}s Kathy Iandola says "La La La" is a "tribal pop track" that becomes "haunting" as Jay-Z and Kanye West discuss the rise in murder rates and black on black crime.<ref name = "Iandoli">{{Citation |last=Iandoli |first=Kathy |date=January 24, 2013 |title=The 20 Best White Girl Vocal Samples in Rap History |chapter=18. Jay-Z & Kanye West "Murder to Excellence" (2011) |publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Music]] |location=[[New York City]] |chapter-url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/the-20-best-white-girl-vocal-samples-in-rap-history/jay-z-kanye-west-murder-to-excellence |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930173502/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/the-20-best-white-girl-vocal-samples-in-rap-history/jay-z-kanye-west-murder-to-excellence |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The rappers describe Indiggo as "ambassadors of the great Romanian tradition".<ref name="Watch the Throne Digital Booklet 13"/><ref name="Caramancia"/>
On December 16, 2011, DAS Label, Inc. released Indiggo's "La La La".<ref>{{Citation |author=iTunes |date=December 16, 2011 |title=La La La - Single |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-la-la-single/id490756306 |access-date=August 27, 2018 }}</ref> ''Complex'', a New York City youth culture magazine reporting on trends in music with a focus on hip hop, ranks Indiggo's "La La La" 18th on their Best White Girl Vocal Samples in Rap History,<ref name = "Iandoli"/> and the ''[[New York Times]]''{{'}} Jon Caramanica describes it as "moving" and a "gem".<ref name="Caramancia"/>
===''Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical'' (2018)===
Working since 2010,<ref name="Ashley Tiffaney">{{Citation |last=Tiffaney |first=Ashley |date=July 13, 2018 |title=Indiggo Twins Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical |publisher=[[BronxNet]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00VyUyjxtk |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> through three showcases<ref>{{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Grid |date=July 11, 2013 |title=Indiggo Twins din nou la The Bitter End din New York |trans-title=Indiggo Twins again at The Bitter End in New York |website=Napoca News |language=ro |url=http://www.napocanews.ro/2013/07/indiggo-twins-din-nou-la-the-bitter-end-din-new-york.html |access-date=September 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140304043743/http://www.napocanews.ro/2013/07/indiggo-twins-din-nou-la-the-bitter-end-din-new-york.html |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BWW August 24, 2016" >{{Citation |author=BWW News Desk|date=August 24, 2016 |title=3rd Annual New York New Works Festival Presents Tomorrow's Broadway Sensations |publisher=Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Donna-McKechnie-Led-ICON-and-More-Slated-for-2016-New-York-New-Works-Theatre-Festival-20160824 |access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> and three productions,<ref name="Zachary Stewart" /><ref name="BWW March 6, 2018">{{Citation |author=BWW News Desk|date=March 6, 2018 |title=New Musical WICKED CLONE Tale of a Vampire Bitten By A Human, Opens Thursday At The Davenport Theatre |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/New-Musical-WICKED-CLONE-Tale-Of-A-Vampire-Bitten-By-A-Human-Opens-Thursday-At-The-Davenport-Theatre-20180306 |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="TM 9/24/2018" >{{Citation |last=Rickwald |first=Bethany |date=September 24, 2018 |title=Broadway Records Announces Wicked Clone or How to Deal With Evil Cast Recording |website=TheaterMania |publisher=AudienceView |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/wicked-clone-or-how-to-deal-with-evil-recording_86502.html|access-date=September 26, 2018 }}</ref> they wrote, composed, choreographed, designed and perform their [[Off Broadway]] play ''Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical'' (2018).<ref name="Griffin Miller" >{{Citation |last=Miller |first=Griffin |date=March 29, 2018 |title=Bloodlust on Off-Broadway: Wicked Clone the Cinema Musical |website=City Guide |publisher=Davler Media Group |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.cityguideny.com/article/Wicked-Clone-Off-Broadway-Davenport-Theatre#.W19OUi2ZMWp |access-date=July 30, 2018 }}</ref> Basing the show on their 500-page bestseller ''Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil'' (2016),<ref name="Griffin Miller" /> a cinema novel,<ref name="Libertatea 9/7/2016">{{Citation |author=Libertatea |author-link=Libertatea |date=September 7, 2016 |title=Zi mare pentru fetele de la Indiggo! Speră să dea lovitura după nouă ani de muncă și umilință în SUA! |trans-title=Big day for girls from Indiggo! Hoping to run after nine years of work and humiliation in the US! |publisher=[[Ringier]] |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/zi-mare-pentru-fetele-de-la-indiggo-spera-sa-dea-lovitura-dupa-noua-ani-de-munca-si-umilinta-sua-1591236 |access-date=September 3, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Google Books |author-link=Google Books |title=Wicked Clone Or How to Deal with the Evil |location=[[Mountain View, California]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lf8uQEACAAJ&q=Wicked+Clone |access-date=September 9, 2018 |isbn=9780990446712 |date=19 December 2016 }}</ref> the original story begins in 15th century [[Transylvania]], with the birth of identical twin sisters Mihaela and Gabriela, and tracks Mihaela, whose desire to be human and loved takes her to modern day [[New York City]]; and Gabriela, who ventures through time and space to return her sister to her vampiric heritage.<ref name="Griffin Miller" /> The 90 minute<ref name="Griffin Miller" /> show is a blend of [[musical theatre]] and [[film]]<ref name="Libertatea 9/7/2016"/><ref name="Ashley Tiffaney" /> with a mystical story,<ref name="Libertatea 10/1/2015">{{Citation |author=Libertatea |author-link=Libertatea |date=October 1, 2015 |title=Gemenele de la Indiggo vor cânta pe Broadway! Nu la faimosele teatre ci la o braserie de pe bulevardul newyorkez |trans-title=Indiggo twins will sing on Broadway! Not at the famous theaters, but at a brasserie on the New York Boulevard |publisher=[[Ringier]] |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/gemenele-de-la-indiggo-vor-canta-pe-broadway-nu-la-faimosele-teatre-ci-la-o-braserie-de-pe-bulevardul-newyorkez-6679 |access-date=September 3, 2018 }}</ref> film projections from beginning till the end,<ref name="Zachary Stewart" >{{Citation |last=Stewart |first=Zachary |date=October 28, 2017 |title=Meet the Transylvania Twins Behind the Craziest Show in New York This Halloween |website=TheaterMania |publisher=AudienceView |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/meet-the-transylvanian-twins-behind-the-craziest-s_82933.html |access-date=July 30, 2018 }}</ref> 21 original compositions,<ref name="Griffin Miller" /> dancing<ref name="Libertatea 10/1/2015"/> and a symphonic soundtrack.<ref name="Griffin Miller" />
City Guide's Theatre Editor Griffin Miller describes the show as "a rare piece of visual and audio creativity" with "totally Transylvanian vogue" costumes, "supernatural ambience, unique staging and ... immortal" performances that "turns the tables on tradition by telling 'the story of a vampire bitten by a human being{{'"}}, and says, "this wildly inventive show—involving singing, dancing, time-travel, film, and a symphonic soundtrack—beckons theatregoers to the underbelly of Nuevo Entertainment".<ref name="Griffin Miller" />
They released a cast album of 25 original songs through [[Broadway Records (2012)|Broadway Records]] digitally on September 21, 2018,<ref name="iTunes 9/21/2018">{{Citation |author=iTunes Preview |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Wicked Clone or How to Deal with the Evil (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) | Indiggo Twins |website=[[Apple Inc.]]|location=[[Cupertino, California]] |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/digital-booklet-wicked-clone-or-how-to-deal-evil-original/1437021045?i=1437021558 |access-date=September 24, 2018 }}</ref> and physically on October 5, 2018,<ref name="Broadway Records">{{Citation |year=2018 |website=[[Broadway Records (2012)|Broadway Records]] |title=Wicked Clone (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) |url=https://www.broadwayrecords.com/cds/wicked-clone-or-how-to-deal-with-the-evil-original-off-broadway-cast-recording |access-date=September 17, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="BWW News Desk 9/24/2018">{{Citation |author=BWW News Desk |date=September 15, 2018 |title=Off-Broadway Cast Recording of WICKED CLONE Now Available for Pre-Order |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Off-Broadway-Cast-Recording-of-WICKED-CLONE-Now-Available-for-Pre-Order-20180924 |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> which they wrote, arranged and produced.<ref name="BWW News Desk 9/15/2018">{{Citation |author=BWW News Desk |date=September 15, 2018 |title=WICKED CLONE The Cinema Musical Features Theater, Film, Music, And Dracula's Daughters |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-CLONE-The-Cinema-Musical-Features-Theater-Film-Music-And-Draculas-Daughters-20180915 |access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> They play piano, guitar and drums and sing in different harmonies.<ref name="BWW News Desk 9/15/2018"/> The album has four opening songs, 19 songs from the [[#Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical|show]] (from "La La La," [[#"La_La_La"_(2011)|sampled]] in ''Watch the Throne'', to "I am Like God") and two closing songs.<ref name="Wicked Clone Liner Notes 2">[[#"Wicked Clone liner notes"|Modorcea, Gabriela; Modorcea, Mihaela, ''Wicked Clone liner notes'']], p. 2</ref>
==Other endeavors==
===Poetry===
In 2006, Mihaela published her first poetry book, ''Rage and Love''.<ref name="TiM Winter 2010"/><ref name="RL">[[#"Rage and Love"|Modorcea, Mihaela, ''Furie și iubire'']] [Rage and Love]</ref> In 2015, she published her second poetry book, ''Wicked Clone or how to get reborn''.<ref name="WCpb 2">[[#"Wicked Clone poetry book"|Modorcea, Mihaela, Wicked Clone or how to get reborn]]</ref>
===Stage===
In 2006, they played the leads Louise and Henriette in the musical ''The Two Orphans'' at the Casandra Theater,<ref name="Hurezean"/> the theatre of the "L. L. Caragiale" National Theater and Cinema Art University,<ref name = "Jurnalul National">{{Citation |last=Andronescu |first=Monica |date=January 25, 2006 |title=Salata verde cu iubire |trans-title=Green salad with love |newspaper=Jurnalul National [National Journal] |publisher=SC Intact Publishing |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |url=https://m.jurnalul.antena3.ro/timp-liber/culinar/salata-verde-cu-iubire-29370.html |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}
</ref> winning the Grand Prix at the Graduates' Gala.<ref name="Hurezean"/> Monica Andronescu in ''Jurnalul National'' describes the show as a parody of a typical romance where an abandoned child is found after years of suffering and wandering. She continues, "An extraordinary explosion of energy and talent sums up the show ''The Two Orphans'' … It is worth highlighting the interpretation of the two orphans, Mihaela and Gabriela Modorcea, who prove, besides acting talent, real musical skills."<ref name = "Jurnalul National"/>
After seeing their performance, Romanian playwright [[Dumitru Radu Popescu]], former chairman of the [[Romanian Writers' Union]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Dumitru Radu Popescu, Writer |website=Romania on Line |url=http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/PopescuDumitruRadu.htm |access-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801233120/http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/PopescuDumitruRadu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> wrote a play for them, ''Two Sisters'', published in the award-nominated<ref>{{Citation |date=April 27, 2007 |title=Premiile Uniunii Scriitorilor pe anul 2006 |trans-title=The Writers' Union Awards for 2006 |website=HotNews.ro |publisher=MediaBit Software |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |url=http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1086644-premiile-uniunii-scriitorilor-anul-2006.htm |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}</ref> volume ''Mr. Fluture and Mrs. Fluture.''{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Later, Romanian director [[Mihai Maniutiu]] cast Mihaela and Gabriela in [[Eugene Ionesco]]'s ''The Future is in Eggs''.<ref>{{Citation |last=Prelipceanu |first=Nicolae |date=June 2005 |title=Viitorul e în ouă de Ionesco, în regia lui Măniuţiu |trans-title=The future is in the eggs of Ionesco, directed by Măniuţiu |website=LiterNet.ro |url=http://agenda.liternet.ro/articol/1856/Nicolae-Prelipceanu/Viitorul-e-in-oua-de-Ionesco-in-regia-lui-Maniutiu.html |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}</ref> Romanian Alexa Visarion directed them as the Twin Towers in ''America Alive'', a show in memory of September 11, 2001.<ref name="TI 254-5">[[#"Twins Indiggo"|Modorcea, Grid, ''Twins Indiggo'']], “Indiggo Biography”, pp. 254-5</ref>
===Film===
Gabriela acted in the movie ''[[Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj]]'' (2006)<ref name="NYT Filmography">{{Citation |title=Gabriela Modorcea - Filmography |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1478808/Gabriela-Modorcea/filmography |access-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204200702/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1478808/Gabriela-Modorcea/filmography |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as "Taj's Sister". In 2009, they acted together in the Russian-American film ''Lyubov v bolshom gorode''<ref name="NYT Filmography"/> (''No Love in the Big City''<ref name="NYT Lvbg">{{Citation |title=Lyubov v bolshom gorode (2009) |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/457399/Lyubov-v-bolshom-gorode/overview |access-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204200702/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/457399/Lyubov-v-bolshom-gorode/overview |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Nathan Southern |date=2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IMDb Mihaela Modorcea">{{Citation |website=[[IMDb]] |title=Mihaela Modorcea |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3337437/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |access-date=September 13, 2018 }}</ref>), as "Bliznyashka No. 1." and "Bliznyashka No. 2.".<ref name="IMDb Mihaela Modorcea"/><ref name="IMDb cast list">{{Citation |website=[[IMDb]] |title=''No Love in the City'' (2009) | Full Cast & Crew |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1366687/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |access-date=September 13, 2018 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2018}}
===Television===
In 2008, Gabriela appeared as "Veronica Pankovich" on the episode "Hothouse" of the television series ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', which first aired on [[NBC]] on January 13, 2009.<ref name="TUC 361">[[#"The Unofficial Companion"|Green and Dawn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion]], p. 361</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Wolf |first=Dick |date=January 13, 2009 |title=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)|title-link=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)|chapter=Hothouse |publisher=[[Universal Television|Universal Media Studios]] |location=[[New York City]] [[New York (state)|New York]] |at=41:51 }}</ref> Later in 2008, they were [[America's Got Talent (season 3)#Top 40, .Part 4|semi-finalists on Season 3]] of ''[[America's Got Talent]]'', an American television reality show talent competition.<ref name = "MediaxFax">{{Citation |date=August 26, 2008 |title=Indiggo, în semifinala de la America's got talent (Video) |trans-title=Indiggo in the semifinals of America's got talent (Video) |website=MediaFax.ro |publisher=MediaPro Group |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/indiggo-in-semifinala-de-la-america-s-got-talent-video-2969746 |access-date=September 14, 2018 }}
</ref>
==Discography==
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo |year=2000 |title=Indiggo |publisher=[[MediaPro Music]] |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/Indiggo-Indiggo/release/2852796 }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo |year=2003 |title=Hip Hop Jam |publisher=[[Bros Music]] |location=[[Weil am Rhein]], [[Germany]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/Indiggo-Hip-Hop-Jam/release/2383224 }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo |date=March 10, 2006 |title=Be My Boyfriend |publisher=[[Sony Music|Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] and [[Ariola Records]] |location=[[Munich]], [[Germany]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-my-boyfriend-mw0001434220 }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo Twins |date=December 16, 2011 |title=La La La |publisher=DAS Label |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-la-la-single/id490756306 }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo Twins |date=December 4, 2014 |title=Cover Me |publisher=Indiggo Twins |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://www.amazon.com/Cover-Me-Indiggo-Twins/dp/B00QXY974M }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo Twins |date=April 13, 2015 |title=Tell Me Less & Love Me More |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |publisher=Indiggo Twins |url=https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Me-Less-Love-More/dp/B00W541F1M }}
* {{Citation |author=Indiggo Twins |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Wicked Clone |publisher=[[Broadway Records (2012)|Broadway Records]] |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/digital-booklet-wicked-clone-or-how-to-deal-evil-original/1437021045?i=1437021558 }}
==Publications==
* {{cite AV media notes |last1=Modorcea |first1=Gabriela |last2=Modorcea |first2=Mihaela |title=Wicked Clone or How to Deal with the Evil (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) |year=2018 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Indiggo Twins |publication-place=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |mode=cs2 |postscript=none |ref=Wicked Clone liner notes }}
* {{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Mihaela |year=2016 |translator-last=Modorcea |translator-first=Violeta |title=Clona Rea sau Ce sa faci cu Raul |trans-title=Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] Press |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |language=ro |isbn=978-0-990-44675-0 |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wicked-clone-or-how-to-deal-with-the-evil-mihaela-modorcea/1123648466?ean=9780990446750 |ref=Clona Rea }}
* {{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Mihaela |year=2006 |title=Furie și iubire |trans-title=Rage and Love |publisher=TIBO Publishing House |location=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] |language=ro, en |isbn=978-973-87392-2-2 |oclc=712202971 |ref=Rage and Love }}
* {{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Mihaela |year=2016 |title=Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] Press |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |isbn=978-0-990-44671-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lf8uQEACAAJ&q=Wicked+Clone|ref=Wicked Clone novel }}
* {{Citation |last=Modorcea |first=Mihaela |year=2016 |editor-last=Modorcea |editor-first = Gabriela |title=Wicked Clone or how to get reborn |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] Press |location=[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |isbn=978-0-990-44672-9 |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wicked-clone-or-how-to-get-reborn-a-poetry-book-by-mihaela-modorcea-mihaela-modorcea/1127536260?ean=9780990446729 |ref=Wicked Clone poetry book }}
==See also==
* [[List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.indiggotwins.wix.com/indiggo Official website]
* [https://wickedclone.com Official website of ''Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical'']
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