{"id":11356,"date":"2018-09-13T07:18:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T07:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2018-09-12T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:28:05","slug":"3-emerging-russian-performers-you-need-to-know-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/3-emerging-russian-performers-you-need-to-know-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Emerging Russian Performers You Need To Know in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does your textbook still talk about Alla Pugachyova<\/a> (\u0410\u0301\u043b\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0433\u0430\u0447\u0451\u0432\u0430)? I mean, she was big in the 80s, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a person under 30 who still finds mainstream Soviet artists relevant or lists them among their favo(u)rites. Here are three up and coming Russian artists to update your playlist with.<\/p>\n

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1. Monetochka\u2014\u041c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0301\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430<\/h2>\n

Yelizaveta Gyrdymova (\u0415\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0430 \u0413\u044b\u0440\u0434\u044b\u0301\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430), better known as Mochetochka (\u041c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0301\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430, little coin), became famous after sharing her debut album titled \u00ab\u041f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043b\u0430\u0443\u0434-\u0440\u044d\u043f\u00bb (Psychodelic Cloud<\/em> Rap<\/em>)\u00a0on<\/em> the Russian social network \u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043a\u0442\u0435 (Vkontakte) while still in high school. Her songs make numerous allusions to Russian pop culture and are full of satire. Mochetochka’s popularity has since soared, propelled by her YouTube channel<\/a>, new album, and late-night TV appearances.<\/p>\n

The video below is from Ivan Urgant<\/a>‘s (\u0418\u0432\u0430\u0301\u043d \u0423\u0301\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0442) show, where Monetochka sang “\u041a\u0430\u0301\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0437” (“Every time<\/a>“). This song features a clever twist on the “If I had a dollar for every time X happened” maxim:<\/p>\n

\u0415\u0301\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0431 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0430\u0301\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0437,
\n\u041a\u0430\u0301\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0437, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430\u0301 \u044f \u0434\u0443\u0301\u043c\u0430\u044e \u043e \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0301,
\n\u042f \u0431\u044b \u0431\u043e\u043c\u0436\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0301\u0437\u043b\u0435 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441,
\n\u042f \u0431\u044b \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0430\u0301\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0431\u0435\u0301\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0438\u0437 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0301\u0439.<\/p>\n

(If I was paid every time,
\nEvery time I thought of you,
\nI’d be begging for money by the highways,
\nI would be the poorest person.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note her use of the slang word \u0431\u043e\u043c\u0436\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c (to beg, be homeless), coming from \u0431\u043e\u043c\u0436\u2014a not-too-polite way of referring to a homeless person, a “bum.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=siq8HBSa5f0<\/p>\n

2. Oxxxymiron<\/h2>\n

Russian rapper Oxxxymiron (real name Miron Fyodorov, \u041c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0301\u043d \u0424\u0451\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432) has had a interesting life. Born in St. Petersburg (\u0421\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0442-\u041f\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0443\u0301\u0440\u0433), Leningrad (\u041b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0434) at the time, Oxxxy, as he is known to his fans, moved to Germany, where his father received an academic position, at age 9. At 15, he followed his family to England and ended up going to Oxford University.<\/p>\n

Oxxxymiron holds the record for the most watched rap battle<\/a> on YouTube\u201410 million views on the first day and currently 32 million views (explicit language in the video!). Oxxxy has also battled in English<\/a>. The song below is “\u041a\u043e\u043b\u044b\u0431\u0435\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f” (“Lullaby”), one of his cleaner songs that criticizes state violence and repressions.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ae8lf8sOZLU<\/p>\n

3. Malbec\u2014\u041c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0431\u044d\u0301\u043a<\/h2>\n

\u041c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0431\u044d\u0301\u043a (Malbec, like the wine) started as a project of two former classmates who wanted to make music videos\u2014Roman Varnin and Aleksandr Pyanykh (\u0420\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0301\u043d \u0412\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043d \u0438 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041f\u044c\u044f\u043d\u044b\u0301\u0445). They ended up expanding into making music, and in 2016 Suzanna Abdulla (\u0421\u044e\u0437\u0430\u0301\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0431\u0434\u0443\u043b\u043b\u0430\u0301) joined the group. The singer was born in Russia to a dad from Ethiopia and a Russian mother, moved to Ukraine at an early age, and had already participated in a few talent shows on TV by the time she joined Malbec.<\/p>\n

The band defines their genre as urban pop. Below is one of Malbec’s most popular tracks\u2014”\u0420\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0434\u0443\u0301\u0448\u0438\u0435” (“Indifference”).<\/p>\n