Anna Pletneva: “I won’t be with a man if he cheats. Group "Vintage Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanov at the studio
Anna Yurievna Pletneva
Anna Yurievna Pletneva (born August 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, soloist of the Russian pop group Vintage. Former soloist of the Russian pop group Lyceum (1997-2005).
Anna Pletneva was born on August 21, 1977. As a child, Anya was madly in love with Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. She was a fan and went to all the concerts. One day her brother got his autograph. And the girl slept with him under his pillow for five years, until this piece of paper turned into dust. Every night she imagined them singing together on the same stage.
A lot of time passed, Anna became an artist, and somehow she and Vladimir flew together on tour. True, by that time her girlish love had passed. She approached him on the plane and told him how much she loved him. And on the same evening they stood on the stage together and sang "Zurbagan".
Anya came to the Lyceum group in August 1997, after being fired from the Lena Perova group. The debut of the group took place in 1991 in the program "Morning Star" with the song ABBA - One of us. The first song in Russian Saturday evening"(music by A. Makarevich, words by S. Andreev) was performed in 1992 in the Muzoboz program. The first album of the House Arrest group was released by Sintez Records in the same year.
The LYCEUM group in 1994 received the Silver Microphone award at the Ostankino Hit Parade competition, was recognized as the best group of the year according to the results of the Musical Exam program (St. Petersburg). In 1995 - the "Ovation" award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination, laureate of the "Song 95" contest. In 1996, the album "Open Curtain" entered the top ten best-selling CDs of the Soyuz company. A. Makarevich's composition "Autumn" received the "One Hundred Percent Hit" award from the magazine "Alla" (May 1996) and stayed in the charts for more than six months.
Anna Pletneva was a permanent member of the team for 8 years and gradually came to the conclusion that she was ripe for a solo career. It's all over orange revolution in Ukraine. Anya got a call in the morning and was told that the flight at 6 am was a concert in support of Yanukovych... or Yushchenko. She replied that she would not fly.
Refusing propaganda replication, Pletneva personally signed the certificate of graduation from the Lyceum. After eight years of study, Anya realized that it was enough to take lessons, went to free swimming and turned into "Coffee with rain".
If we consider "Lyceum" as a school of show business, we can say that the singer has three higher education(two others - a sculptor and a teacher of pop-jazz vocals - were received in parallel with the lyceum activities). "Lyceum" was a production project and the constantly present puppet state did not bring Anna any sense of self-realization. Eight years painstaking work, in "within the walls" of the "Lyceum", taught her a lot, namely: she now owns the guitar and her own body, having studied the technique of karate; writes songs about love and learns it in life in all the most fabulous and incredible manifestations, understands people, loves and hates without hiding his feelings and emotions, knows the value of many things and relationships. Like a bird that has flown out of its cage, it is ready for "free flight", only now having tasted freedom ... with such an exciting, unbridled and dizzying feeling of flight ...
Moving forward, Pletneva records the single "Nine and a half weeks", the author of which is a long-time backstage friend Alexei Romanof, after which she realizes that "Coffee" is just a transit stop.
It was possible to get away from the lyceum past, but it would be premature to stop searching for one's own individuality. Anya thoughtfully and consistently meets with musicians, talks with arrangers, gets acquainted with composers ... until, finally, she comes to the conclusion that it is absolutely not necessary to go beyond the three seas.
She creates new project called "Vintage", which, in addition to the singer herself, included Alexei Romanof (ex-soloist of the Amega band, famous music audience as a composer and songwriter performed by Alsou, Yulia Savicheva, the Nepara group and other popular performers) and dancer Miya.
The release of the first album of the group "Vintage" under the name "Criminal Love" took place on November 27, 2007. And in April 2008, the group presented the scandalous video clip "Bad Girl" with the participation of actress Elena Korikova.
After recording the composition and filming the "Bad Girl" video, the creative collaboration between the Vintage group and actress Lena Korikova continued in the form of joint concert performances.
In the summer of 2003, Anna Pletneva got married and became pregnant. She went on tour for a long time and played seven concerts a night. I went to give birth literally from the stage, at 40 weeks, with a guitar on a huge belly.
The born girl was named Barbara. According to Pletneva, her ex-husband "turned out to be a child and was completely unprepared for the appearance of a daughter." Immediately after the birth of Varechka, he left the family.
Anna was very worried about this gap. But she met her fate when she least expected. Here is how the singer herself recalls her chosen one named Cyril:
"We met him 15 years ago in a Moscow club. He noticed me, came up and asked for a phone number. And I gave him the wrong number and forgot about him. Three years have passed. Kirill managed to get married and become a father during this time. He divorced wife when we met again. But I again ignored him, and he was not inclined to a new romance. Exactly 10 years have passed. We fly to Dnepropetrovsk: 7 in the morning, Domodedovo. At that moment I broke up with Varya's father and stayed alone with a child. And although we parted on my initiative, it was wildly hard for me. I was so worried that I lost 10 kilograms, I cried all the time. On the bus that takes us to the plane, Kirill comes up to me with his friend: "Hello Do you remember me?" I answer that I remember, if only he would get rid of it. The whole flight Kirill stood over us. And then somehow he forced me to fill out a customs declaration for him. And when I signed for him, Kirill said: " Come on, come on, practice."
We arrive at the hotel, and they say to me there: "Girl, your room is already taken. Could you live with Nastya, otherwise we no longer have free rooms." It turns out that Cyril paid someone who needed it and settled in my booked room. Settled. I call the reception and ask how I can call Moscow. They answer me: "Now, just a second." A minute later Kirill comes in and hands me a mobile phone. That's what he did."
The lovers did not dare to live together for a long time, not knowing how Varya would perceive the appearance of a new "dad". But everything went well. Anna Pletneva and Kirill Syrov legalized their relationship and the singer gave birth to another girl - Marusya. They say that when the ex-husband found out about this, he tore his hair out, but it was too late...
Now Anna Pletneva is a happy wife and mother of three children.
One of the Moscow rich made Anna Pletneva, the lead singer of the Vintage group, an obscene offer - to be in the role of a New Year's gift for his young child. Apparently, the creative himself sunk into the memory of the group's video for the song "Loneliness of Love", in which Anna tried on a puppet image.
That's why New Year's scenario the oligarch wrote something like this: a few minutes before the chiming clock, the girl should hide in a box with a bow, wait for the president’s television congratulations in it, and then flutter out, to the great joy of the young offspring (or his father, which is most likely). Among other things, Anna had to sing a song. Of course, not the “vintage one, with the lines: “Sex rules the world”, “Eva, I loved you” or “And you already decided that a bad girl would probably do everything.” But the most vintage one - “Born in the forest herringbone".
From the proposal received (presumably not cheap), Pletneva refused.
“I think that Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden will do better with children’s songs on New Year’s Eve,” she said. - And I prefer my usual image.
Anna Pletneva, interview
Last Friday, November 27, the Vintage group, known for its candid video clips, raided Omsk. And not alone, but with "Sex", this is the name of the last album of the boy-girl trio. The team now includes soloist, former member of the Lyceum group Anna Pletneva, composer, ex-member of the A-mega group Alexei Romanov and dancer Svetlana Romanova. Having set foot on the Omsk land, the guys marveled at the natural anomaly that fell on our city - it rained all day, replaced by snow in the evening. There was even a joke among Omsk residents that the group had brought bad weather from the capital with them. The arrival of the participants of the Vintage project was arranged with excessive fanfare, announced throughout the country, which made the fans wonder where the team would still perform - in Moscow or Omsk. But all these troubles did not upset the Vintages at all, and they talked with pleasure to the correspondent of RIA Omsk-Inform. Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanov turned out to be active interlocutors, but Svetlana Romanova kept quiet, citing fatigue after the concert.
Guys, how do you like our weather? Did you get to know Omsk?
Anna Pletneva: - The weather is gorgeous, you can feel the approach of the New Year. To be honest, we didn't see the city because there was no time. At first we had shootings at the radio station, and then we went to the hotel to sleep off before the concert. We were told that Omsk is very beautiful, but we will only have time to see night city. And try what they feed you here. We have a crazy touring schedule, so between flights we only see the hotels where we sleep. But we don't complain, we rejoice.
The group is called Vintage. Do you like things in this style?
Alexey Romanov: - We ourselves are vintage. We are over 20 years old, and we are well preserved. We hope that nevertheless we will not go into the category of "second hand". By the way, we use a few vintage gizmos at concerts. This is a slanting jacket, which I bought in 1992, and a jacket from Gianni Versace, acquired during the lifetime of the couturier. They are worn by our dancers during the performance of the song "Boy".
Your fans admire the forms of Anna Pletneva. Do you play sports and lead a healthy lifestyle?
Anna Pletneva: - I don't do anything on purpose. We have such a busy concert life that there is no time left to empty the refrigerator. Moreover, for the last two years we have been actively engaged in "Sex", in good sense this word. That's all my fitness.
Anna, since the conversation has touched you, we will continue. You starred for a men's glossy magazine in a frank manner. Do you plan to repeat the experience?
Indeed, it was, and even twice. After that, I decided to put an end to it. I realized that such photo shoots are not for me. Especially since all the girls are alike. I suggest that all men's magazines take one body and substitute the heads of artists. It seems to me that men themselves understand this and lose interest in photoshopped blurry female forms.
Question to everyone. Your liberated stage images different from the real you?
Anna Pletneva: - Of course. Many of our fans, seeing us for the first time, begin to lament: “How small, frail you are, why are you underfed!”
We try to be different in every new song. For which ill-wishers accuse us of excessive mental and physical exposure.
How did you manage to persuade Elena Korikova to participate in your very first video "Bad Girl"?
Alexey Romanov: - We initially considered Anna Sedokova, Vera Brezhneva, and Tatyana Navka as candidates for this role. Anna Sedokova, it would seem, agreed, but at some point she turned off all the phones, and we simply did not find her. And Vera Brezhneva said: “Who are Vintage? Stop!" Taught by bitter experience, we fished Lena Korikova out of the house, sending a taxi for her to shoot. And she brilliantly coped with the task. She took a chance and drank champagne. It is not easy for such stars to take the first step.
Anna Pletneva: - The clip was a complete improvisation. We got out in rhinestones and did not know what to do. But then they loosened up.
Do you plan to travel around other Russian cities with your new album?
Alexey Romanov: - The disc "Sex" is a completely new, crazy stage in our life. And we would love to share our emotions with as many people as possible. But not every organizer will master our visit. In addition to us, 15 more dancers perform on the stage, and this is not the limit. In Moscow, at the presentation of "Sex" there were 70 dancers. Add to these costs light and sound. Agree, big costs.
Anna Pletneva: - But we do not give up hope to arrange a large-scale tour closer to May. Because everything we dream about comes true. Now we are preparing two huge trucks with scenery, and we will go. And we also want to mount a film about our group, which we also do.
What other dreams have come true?
Anna Pletneva: - As a child, I was a fan of Vladimir Presnyakov and dreamed of singing a duet with him. And when she became a singer, she realized her plan.
Alexey Romanov: And I dreamed of signing a contract with Sony. When we were recording our first album, Crime Love, it happened. But how many nerves they spoiled us!
Your latest CD is called "Sex". Isn't it too outrageous, especially considering that your fans are teenagers 11-15 years old?
Anna Pletneva: What's wrong? Let teenagers think more about sex than about drugs and alcohol. Moreover, in our performance, sex is not at all vulgar.
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The ex-soloist of the Lyceum group, and now a member of the Vintage trio, Anna Pletneva ousted the brightest people in show business from the top of the charts. The erotic clip "Bad Girl" received an honorary MTV award in the "Sex" nomination. In an interview with ZhG, Anya admitted that a bad girl has been living in her since childhood.
October badge changed to chewing gum
- Anya, how did January manage to please you?
- Wonderful holidays, which I spent for the most part in work. No time to rest. Now I'm in such a state of anxiety - final stage work on the album, which will be called "Sex". So around the clock I have sex in the studio - along with my colleague Alexei Romanov.
What a provocative name...
– Yes, we cannot do without provocations. "Sex" - because sex is in every song. Soon you will hear everything for yourself.
- How often do you fantasize about intimate topics?
– More often than the average woman whose life is not connected with creativity. Now such a period that I think about sex all the time.
- "Bad Girl" so quickly conquered the charts. Why do you think?
- The secret of success is in the music, and the words are banter over today, ideas about the road to success. Like, just undress - and everything will work out. And in the video "Loneliness of Love" we went over the topic of silicone young ladies: there is a moment when Zaza Napoli takes out her breasts and gives it to me. Fortunately, I don't need it.
Have you thought about dyeing your hair blonde?
- I'm terribly hungry, but I'm afraid that a certain label will be hung on me. Where did it come from that blondes are narrow-minded? It's probably Paris Hilton's fault.
Paris Hilton also has a bad girl image.
There is a bad girl in all of us. And if we talk about the video, who does not dream of being in the most daring images for our beloved men? I've been a bad girl since childhood. I was a terrible bully. Once I was taken to the police station when I was trying to change my Octobrist badge for chewing gum in Kolomenskoye Park. Almost got kicked out of school.
I lost my entire salary in the casino for a year
“But now you can afford a million chewing gums. What do you spend your fees on?
I am a shopaholic, I love shopping for clothes. The desire to spend is reinforced by the fact that I have somewhere to carry it all. I am Leo according to the horoscope, I am fond of nature, but now I try to restrain myself. But I had a period when I lowered my entire salary to the casino. I lost everything I earned at concerts! It lasted a year. Here, I revealed my secret to you (smiles).
- Then open your love.
“I am not alone in love. I agree with the statement: when a woman does not love, she simply exists. I fell in love for a long time and for a long time, which is what I wish everyone. Moreover, in my life love came when I did not expect it at all, I was absolutely disappointed in men.
- What kind of man will fascinate you?
- I do not notice a man until he is ready to throw himself from the twelfth floor for me (laughs). If he is already madly in love, then I will pay attention. I am not a supporter of the opinion that a woman should take the initiative. To attract a man's attention, you just need to not look at him. He will think: “Why is she not looking at me?” We must pretend to be indifferent, because a man needs victories.
- How many people per last year confessed their love to you?
- Not so much. I became more closed and more inaccessible, I guess. Some men are afraid to communicate with me. This is strange, because I have not changed for twenty years.
Undressing, I enjoy it
Are you easily surprised?
- Very easy. An unexpected bouquet of roses or a word is enough to make me melt and pay attention to the person. Like any woman, I want words, and as many as possible (laughs). I met very romantic men. Recently surprised a fan who lives in Nizhny Novgorod. We have been in contact for many years. And so I arrived in Nizhny, performed, and I'm going back. Imagine, at every stop they brought me bouquets of roses! The conductors were angry, because it was night, and the roses had to be stacked in their compartment - there was nowhere to put them. It's very nice and very romantic. There was another incident that struck me. During the concert, all my things were stolen from the dressing room, and in the midst of the show, men's underpants were thrown onto the stage. I suspect that this fetish thief decided to give me his as a keepsake (smiles).
You have such revealing costumes. Do you enjoy getting naked in front of the camera? Can you call yourself an exhibitionist?
- Yes I can. There are a couple of cameras in front of which I would love to undress. Because I like the result. When it's beautiful, I get aesthetic pleasure. It seems to me that artists by nature are all a little bit exhibitionists.
Is it true that you did karate?
– Yes, and this knowledge was very useful to me. I began to look at the world in a completely different way. In a dark alley, I can protect myself, although I feel safer with the security service.
- You are a sculptor by training. Can you make something at your leisure?
- I can, but it needs to be taken seriously. At one time, she blinded a three-meter statue of Dostoevsky and calmed down. Many offers to participate in various competitions. But now is not up to it. After.
- Did you manage to meet Alla Borisovna at the "Song of the Year"?
“I met her when I was a child. She performed at Ostankino as backup dancers for various artists. She went up to her and said: "I love you." She stroked my head and said patronizingly: “Well, baby, you will work like me, and everything will work out for you.” It looks like her words are coming true...
« Vintage"- a Russian pop group, which includes singer Anna Pletneva and singer, composer and sound producer Alexei Romanov. Previously, the group included dancers Miya (2006-2008) and Svetlana Ivanova (2008-2011).
Since its inception, the group has released five studio albums: "Criminal Love", SEX, "Anechka", "Very Dance" and "Decamerone". The group also released eighteen radio singles, seven of which topped the Russian radio chart, holding the 1st place for a total of 23 weeks. " Vintage”becomes the most rotated group since the introduction of the Russian radio chart. For two years in a row, the group has been in the top five most rotated artists of the year, and in 2009 it takes first place. The team received commercial success with the singles "Bad Girl", "Loneliness of Love", "Eva", "Romance" and "Trees", which became successful in digital sales.
The group's musical style was Europop, mixed with various styles of music (electronic, dance-pop, psychedelic pop, etc.), in which elements were introduced, such as from classical music, and from images of Russian and foreign popular culture inspired by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Eva Polna and Enigma.
The group is a laureate and nominee of various music awards, including RMA, Muz-TV Prize, Golden Gramophone, RU.TV Prize and Stepnoy Volk. Since 2008 " Vintage are annual laureates of the Song of the Year festival. In 2011, 2012 and 2013 they were recognized as the best group at the ZD Awards, according to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
Story
2006: Formation of the band
Group " Vintage”was formed by the ex-soloist of the Lyceum group Anna Pletneva and the former soloist of the Amega group Alexei Romanov in mid-2006. The history of the emergence of the group from the lips of the soloists sounds something like this: Anna was in a hurry for an important meeting, but her plans were not destined to come true. She collided with the car of Alexei Romanov. While the artists were waiting for the traffic police, they made a mutual decision to create a pop group.In my life there was already "Amega" and an attempt at a solo project. My songs have been sung by many famous artists. There was not only unambiguity in personal self-determination ... And then a blow from behind and Anya appears, who says: “I need you!” ... ... Name " Vintage” also did not come right away. And who knows what the fate of the group would have been if circumstances had not influenced the choice of a name for a new project, because among the options were both Dreamers and Chelsea ... But one day Anya called Alexei with the words: “We are already with you people with history! Vintage, you know? Seasoned, but not restrained ... "- The history of the group on the official website of the band
According to Alexei Romanov, after meeting with Pletneva, the group worked in the studio for six months, trying to find their own sound: “We really locked ourselves in the studio. We sat for six months in search of sound. We didn't understand. We were like blind kittens back then. Now, of course, it's cool to remember this. We then created our own new history, which had nothing to do with previous projects. Initially, it was decided to call the team "Chelsea", but then the name "Vintage" was chosen. Alexei said that the group at that time submitted a request to the London law office that owns the Chelsea brand, but after a while they saw on TV how Sergey Arkhipov presented a diploma with the same name to a group from the Star Factory. Anna Pletneva also said in an interview: “We even negotiated with an English record company about this. They considered our offer. But then there was an embarrassment. The head of a well-known media group, having received the rights to the name, presented a diploma with the name "Chelsea" now famous group Chelsea, graduates of the Star Factory.
On August 31, 2006, the official creation of the group and its name were announced. It was also reported that the band was filming a video for the first single "Mama Miya" and that two-thirds of the band's debut album, which was recorded at Evgeny Kuritsyn's studio, were ready. Later, the second single of the group was released - the song "Aim", which rose to the 18th line of the Russian radio chart.
2007-08: Album "Criminal Love" and single "Bad Girl"
At the end of August 2007, the group began filming a video for the song "All the best." The single appeared on radio stations in September and peaked at number 14 on the chart. In August and September, the group held a short promotional tour of Moscow and the Moscow region, during which they gave several concerts in clubs, and also performed at a beach party hosted by Europe Plus radio station.On November 22, the band's first album "Criminal Love" was released. The presentation of the disc took place on November 27 in Moscow, at the Opera club. The disc was sold out completely, and as a result, the album took 13th place in the Sony Music catalog in terms of sales for 2005-2009. According to Alexei Romanov, 100 thousand copies of the album were sold. In October, "Vintage" goes on a promotional tour in support of the album, several concerts were given in Moscow clubs, and a television shooting-performance took place in Kyiv, at the Ukrainian "Star Factory".
On April 7, 2008, the video for the new song of the Bad Girl group, sung in a duet with actress Elena Korikova, is being filmed. On April 19, the video appeared on music channels Russia, and on April 21 there was a presentation of the video in the club "The Most". On June 12, the single took 3rd place in TopHit 100 - the only official Russian radio chart, the song becomes the group's most successful single. Later, "Bad Girl" takes first place, holding out on it for 2 weeks. The video for the song began to be actively rotated on television, and as a result, the group's rating began to grow.
On August 29, the group will present a new song "Loneliness of Love" on their official blog. On September 1, the song enters the radio rotation. On September 26, there was a presentation of the video, in which the roles were played by friends of the pop group, such as the famous drag queen Zaza Napoli and radio host Dima Garanzhin. The song becomes the team's second success, having reached the first position on the chart and stayed on it for two weeks.
In October, there were changes in the composition of the group. Miya, a member of the team, leaves, and Svetlana Ivanova comes in her place. The album "Criminal Love" is also re-released with a new track "Bad Girl". On October 29, the group won in the special nomination "Sex" at the MTV Russia Music Awards 2008, the success is due to the sexually explicit video for the song "Bad Girl", which became one of the most rotated on Russian music channels in 2008.
2009: Album "SEX"
In February 2009, the group goes on tour, visiting cities such as Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Riga, Minsk, Samara and Kaliningrad. On March 15, the group presents a new video for the song "Eva". The single "Eva" was dedicated to the singer Eva Polna from the group "Guests from the Future", and the song itself used a sample from the song "Run from me" by this group. Alexei Romanov said that the inspiration for the composition was Madonna's song "Hung Up", based on a sample from a song by ABBA. “I was insanely inspired by the work of Madonna ... ... She made me think about whether there are songs in Russia on the basis of which it would be possible to create the latest works that could stir up old emotions and give new ones,” the musician claimed. In the Afisha magazine, describing the song “Run from me” as “a brilliant song about dislike, with a perfect sound”, they noted: “It is typical that perhaps the most successful Russian pop song of the 2000s is“ Eva ”by the Vintage “- is entirely built on the dialogue with the first hit “Guests from the Future”. The single became the most successful for the entire existence of the group, leading the Russian radio chart for 9 weeks. The composition also became the most rotated Russian-language song in 2009. "Eva" was nominated for the independent music award Artemy Troitsky "Steppe Wolf 2010", in the category "song", along with the works of Noize MC, "SBPC" and Sevara Nazarkhan, and also became a nominee for the Muz-TV 2010 award, in the category "best song". The group presented the song to the general public on February 14 in Moscow, as part of the Big Love Show concert.March 27 Vintage"received the title of" Fashion Group of the Year "on annual award World Fashion Awards. In April, the group goes on tour to Germany, visiting 9 cities. In May-June, a tour of Russia takes place. The group visited many cities.
On August 31, 2009, the fourth single from the upcoming album, Sleepwalking Girls, was released. The song has a social connotation, and the video has become one of the most scandalous for the group. The song reached number 14 on the Russian radio chart, breaking a string of #1 singles.
Work on the group's second studio album was almost completed in March 2009. Alexei Romanov said in an interview that the disc will include borrowings from classical music, and the album will begin with an overture from the opera "Eugene Onegin" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. A member of the team also spoke about the fact that the group ended its relationship with the major Sony Music. “The release date [of the album] will depend on the record majors. We are not happy with the company that released our first album… …We don't want to repeat the situation that happened with the first album released by Sony BMG. They printed a hundred thousand copies, sold them - and that's it. Because of this, it is impossible to buy it today, ”Alexey explained. As a result, a contract was signed with the label Gala Records. On October 1, the group's second album, SEX, was released. Despite the success of individual songs, new album the band did not "shoot", debuting at 12th place in the Russian album chart, which was for him the highest position in the ranking. Nevertheless, Anna Pletneva said in an interview that she was satisfied with the result of the work on the album:
…This is quality work. By the way, we are constantly asked the question about its name. It's very simple: sex is music, and music is sex. We recorded 12 songs - the famous "Bad Girl", "Loneliness of Love", "Eve" and many more new ones. But the success of the album should be judged by our fans. The most difficult thing in working on it was to get used to the roles of the characters in the songs, to feel them in order to most emotionally convey to the listeners. We have always wanted our listeners to believe us. We got used to the seventh sweat. And we hope it's not in vain.
- Anna Pletneva
2010-11: Album "Anechka"
In 2010, the single "Victoria" reaches the first line of the Russian radio chart. Thanks to him, Vintage became one of the few artists whose songs topped the radio chart more than 3 times. It is also one of the few songs in Russia that has achieved success with a live-clip and without its hot rotation.April 16 at live Love Radio introduced a new musical composition- "Mickey", dedicated to Michael Jackson.
The group shot two versions of the video clip for this composition - Russian and English. The presentation of the clip took place with a full house in the Moscow club "Leningrad". Despite the fact that the song failed to achieve the success of previous tracks, the video for it was popular on the Internet and became one of the most talked about. In the English version, the clip was rotated on music channels in Eastern European countries, where it became more popular than in Russia. In June, the group became a nominee in several categories for the 2010 Muz-TV awards: The best group”, “Best Album” (SEX) and “Best Song” (“Eva”), but in the end did not receive a single award, although critics predicted the group would win in all categories. In August, the group performed at the international music festival"Meeting place: latitude 54", held in the Ryazan region.
September 13 on radio stations new single- "Roman", which, 6 weeks after the premiere, rises to the third line of the radio chart, a video clip is also being shot for the song. Filming took place in the Moscow club "Soho Rooms", for 18 hours without a break. The song was originally supposed to be performed by a trio, with two well-known singers, but the idea was later rejected by the band.
In 2010, the group performs at such international awards and concerts as "Song of the Year" and "Muz-TV Prize", as well as in the 20 best songs 2010 according to the popular ProjectorParisHilton program. The group also performs for the first time on Belarusian television, in the concert “Belarus is open to the world”. "Vintage" took eighth place in the user voting on the site NewsMusic.ru, in the category "Best Group of 2010", gaining 3119 votes.
In January, it was reported that the group was going to release a third studio album"Anechka" in August 2011, and on October 15 plans to perform in Moscow with a big solo concert-presentation of the disc "The Story of a Bad Girl". On February 18, 2011, the group released another single "Mama America". On March 22, the group was announced among the nominees for the Muz-TV 2011 award in the Best Pop Group category. On August 15, 2011, the group presented a video for the song "Boy", where they filmed their fans.
On August 21, on the fifth anniversary of the group and the birthday of the soloist, the composition "Trees" was released. At the end of August, a video clip was shot for the song, however, on September 22, it became known that the release of the video was delayed due to the fact that it was censored. As stated, the officials wanted to ban the clip due to the fact that in the teaser of the video, Anna Pletneva "in a crown of thorns watches with approval the acts of copulation" and this "injures the consciousness of the younger generation." In response, the soloist of the group said: “We just wanted to say that the main thing on Earth is love. It awakens in our souls all the best and does not allow humanity to destroy itself. But, unfortunately, there were people who saw in this complicity with totalitarian sects. Censorship always thinks in stereotypes. I assure you, we are far from the Illuminati and worldwide conspiracies. On August 26, it was reported that due to the ban on the music video, the song was removed from radio play. The group's press service reported that "the song" Trees "had to be removed from the rotation, because without the clip it is perceived differently." On September 14, Alexei Romanov commented on the situation, saying that “The Trees are being postponed, for reasons beyond our control. I think if everything goes well, it will be February 2012.” He also added that the song "Stereo" should become the new single. However, after the release of the music video, the composition was released into rotation on October 10, 2011. In late September and early October, both digital and CD versions of the new album were released, and on October 9, the band's autograph session took place in Moscow, timed to coincide with the release.
At the end of December 2011, Afisha magazine published its editorial list of the brightest and most memorable Russian pop hits over the past 20 years, which included the song "Eva". According to the voting results of the ZD Awards 2011, the group won in one of the announced nominations (they were also nominated in the Pop Project category). "Vintage" won in the nomination "Group of the Year".
2012: Album "Very Dance"
On February 17, 2012, the group released a new single "Moscow", recorded with DJ Smash. The duet became the first presented work from the new project of the group, called "Vintage Very Dance". Alexei Romanov said that he was not going to write own songs for this album; it will include compositions by guest DJs and other young authors. “You can call it an experiment, you can - flirting with the club audience. I won't even argue with that definition. It's no secret that most of the concerts are now corporate, but we hope that with this project we will become closer to the people, at least to the clubbers, ”said the musician. In addition to the presented song, duets with Roma Kenga and DJ Groove were announced. According to Anna Pletneva, cooperation with DJ Smash began after her clone on Twitter agreed to release a joint track.Smash calls me, says: “Well, when will everything be okay?<…>We are all already recording a song, we have already agreed. So, I had to write a song. 0 Anna Pletneva, Hot Secrets program with Alina Artz
Several of the group's songs were included in the soundtrack for the TV series "A Short Course in a Happy Life", filmed by director Valeria Gay Germanika and being prepared for broadcast on Channel One. On March 26, it became known that Vintage was nominated in three categories, 0 “Best Pop Group”, “Best Album” (“Anechka”) and “Best Video” (“Trees”), at the Muz-TV 2012 award. On June 1, it became known that the Vintage group won the Best Pop Group nomination. In May, the band released a new single "Nanana", produced by DJ Bobina.
In September, Anna Pletneva performed the song "Let Me Go" together with the group Knocking on Heaven, which became the band's debut single. "Vintage" acted as producers of the group, whose member 0 Otto Notman 0 previously wrote the song "Moscow" for them. On September 29, the “Second Musical Award of the RU.TV channel” was held, where “Vintage” was presented in three nominations 0 “Best Group”, “Best Dance Track” and “Best Video Clip”. "Vintage" won the "Best Video Clip" nomination for the song "Trees". At the end of October, a video clip was presented for the new single "Dance for the Last Time", recorded together with Roma Kenga. On November 4, Love Radio aired the new single "Fresh Water", recorded together with ChingKong, the video for which was released on December 21, 2012. At the ZD Awards 2012 "Vintage" for the second year in a row received an award in the nomination "Group of the Year": "in their genre, Anya Pletneva and Co. have achieved virtuoso perfection, without losing either courage, or hit, or striving for novelty and lively creativity", 0 noted the success of the team in Moskovsky Komsomolets.
On April 12, 2013, the band's fourth studio album, Very Dance, was released. On May 25, the third award ceremony of the annual national television Russian music award of the RU.TV channel took place at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, at which the Vintage group won in the Best Group nomination. On June 7, the Olimpiysky Sports Complex hosted the award ceremony for the XI annual television award MUZ-TV 2013, in which the group won the Best Video nomination for the video for the song Moscow (together with DJ Smash).
2013 0 present: Album "Decamerone"
On April 17, 2013, a new single "Sign of Aquarius" was released from the band's planned fifth album, the working title of which is "Decamerone". On April 22, the shooting of the video for this composition took place, directed by Sergey Tkachenko, and its premiere took place on May 21 on the Internet video channel "ELLO".On October 7, in the official group "Vintage" on the social network "VKontakte", a new song called "Three Wishes" was presented, the authors of which are the young composer Anton Kokh and Alexei Romanov. On September 17, shooting for this composition took place, the Ukrainian clip maker Sergey Tkachenko also became the director. The premiere of the video "Three Wishes" took place on November 15 on the Ello channel.
March 16, 2014 in the iTunes online store released two collections of group 0 "Mickey. Alternative" and "Light". It is reported that the disc "Light" contains slow, melodic compositions, which, according to the musicians of the band, were undeservedly lost against the background of the band's dance hits. As Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanov admit, there was never enough time for these compositions, although they contain thoughtful and deep texts. Among these soft, slow songs are the famous tracks "Fresh Water" and "Eva" in slow versions, as well as a brand new composition "30 Seconds". The second collection, "Mickey. Alternative" includes tracks that, for one reason or another, have not received wide rotation on radio stations. The participants of "Vintage" explain this compilation by the fact that due to their "non-format" some tracks could not get on the radio, but the musicians always wanted to show them to music lovers. Just like on the "Light" compilation, the band added a new song "Boys" and an acoustic version of the song "Mickey".
April 21, 2014 in the official group "Vintage" in "VKontakte" was presented the third single of the group from the future album "Decamerone" 0 "When you are near." The song was written by Alexander Kovalev and Anton Koch, the arrangement for the song was made by Alexei Romanof. May 31, 2014 2014, the fourth music award of the RU.TV channel took place, where "Vintage" won in the nomination "Best dance video" 0 "Sign of Aquarius". On July 22, 2014, the fifth studio album of the group 0 "Decamerone" will be released on iTunes. On July 21, a digital release took place on the first day of its release, "Decamerone" hit #1 in sales on the iTunes Top Albums chart and Google Play. According to the portal "tophit.ru", "Vintage" is the most rotated Russian-speaking group over the past 10 years, in total the group has more than 4.5 million rotations on radio stations in Russia and the CIS.
Musical influence, artistry and themes of creativity
The group was formed as a duet, where each member performed his role. Anna was responsible for vocals, Alexey 0 for music. Later they were joined by the dancer Miya, who was later replaced by Svetlana Ivanova. Alexei Romanov previously sang in the Amega group, and then began a solo career under the guidance of Yuri Usachev, but his career failed. The musician returned to the group, and the single “Running Away” was released, which gained some popularity, but soon Alexey abandoned attempts to reanimate the band: “The song “Running Away” had already begun to storm the radio charts, a new explosion of popularity was approaching, and everything seemed to go according to plan ... But Alexei did not see himself in a solo project. He came to the conclusion that it is impossible to do something if in the end nothing depends on you. He also noted that he could not perform his own compositions: “It is very difficult to make me sing. I prefer to work in the studio, write songs. Going on stage is also a passion for me, but a smaller one. I can’t sing my own songs, I sing the songs of Andrei the Terrible, the composer and producer of the A-Mega group, very well. I think he is generally best composer for me". Anna Pletneva, speaking in the Lyceum group, was able at that time to eliminate "Alexey Makarevich's monopoly on the creation of the group's songs and brought her own material to the girl group", becoming not just a vocalist, but also a songwriter. It was noted that Anna wanted to become not just “a girl with a guitar from the Lyceum group”, but needed self-realization and wanted to become a full-fledged artist. Svetlana Ivanova is a professional dancer, performing on stage since she was 11 years old. She has previously worked with other artists, but only as a "backup dancer", and, according to her, the work in the group is especially valuable for her, as here she "carries her role".Having created the group, its members wanted to convey a new concept of their work, where vocals, music, plastic and theater were to be intertwined. Expressing their independence, the band chose which songs to release as singles. The same goes for the song "Aim", which was chosen against the opinion of the band's release label, which wanted a "lighter" song as a single. The video for the composition was based on the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and it was filmed at one of the unfinished nuclear power plants near Minsk: “Being inside this abandoned station, a strange feeling arises, as if everything around is not real, lifeless. But our video, like the song “Aim” itself, is about a non-existent life in a non-existent city.”
According to the site Zvuki.ru, with the release of their first studio album, the group "occupied a long-vacant place on the domestic pop scene as outrageous aesthetes, who, at the same time, are not at all ashamed to listen to." Yakov Zolotov from Dreamiech noted that each song of the album was permeated with light sadness and hope, and the theme of love became its basis. “Words no longer make sense, words have lost their power. We replaced words with gestures, and conversations with dance ... ”- the album opened with such lines. “Pletneva appeared here not as a stellar hysteric, but first of all as a very good singer ... As for the melodist, Alexei Romanov suddenly brightly revealed himself in this role,” noted Alexei Mazhaev from InterMedia, describing the album. On the album, the group worked with sound producer Evgeny Kuritsyn, thanks to whom "a project of dubious intelligibility turned into a fashionable pop product in a year."
In 2008, the group first collaborated with an outside artist, Elena Korikova, recording the duet “Bad Girl” with her. According to the group members, the song was first offered to be sung by various singers, including Anna Sedokova and Vera Brezhneva, as well as figure skater Tatyana Navka, but only Elena Korikova immediately agreed to perform it. While working on the composition and filming the video, Anna Pletneva, according to her confessions, experienced a feeling similar to a split personality: “I suffer from a kind of split personality, because that girl, Anya, who comes home, and that girl, Anya, who works on stage, - it's two different person, plus I teach academic vocals at the Maimonides State Classical Academy ... However, I think the video cannot be taken seriously, since this is just a kind of joke about what is happening in a world where female breasts and ass rule everything.
In the next composition of the collective “Loneliness of Love”, the topic was raised that modern people sometimes do not know how to love. The composition "Eva", on the one hand, is dedicated to Eva Polna and reflects the theme of lesbian relationships, and on the other hand, the members of the team put additional meaning into it: ""Eva" is not just a woman's love for a woman, but an attempt to put oneself in the place of a man , who is forced to suffer all his life from unrequited feelings for his idol. All artists receive declarations of love, but few realize their responsibility for the feelings they have caused.
The band's second studio album was a concept piece with sex as its main theme. According to the band members, the SEX album is "a 'musical-sexual encyclopedia', where all possible types of love have found a place: corrupt, fleeting, same-sex." According to Alexei Romanov, the album reflects each of the band members and its creators. As Alexei said: “... it reflects each of us. We think about sex up to one hundred and fifty times a day, depending on the person's libido, and this applies to everyone. This is what rules the world. We tried to put all aspects of this beautiful sacrament into this album." In turn, critic Guru Ken wrote that ""Vintage" sings about sex, like men go to the supermarket - with a list of everything you need on a piece of paper, so as not to forget." The site Afisha.uz noted that "each of the 13 tracks of the album is like a frank confession, in its own way revealing the well-known phrase from Freud's thoughts "only this world is ruled by sex", enshrined in the title track of the album" Sex "".
A major role in the work on the disc was taken by Alexander Sakharov, who is the author of several hits by famous performers (including Valeria's song "Little Airplane"). According to him, cooperation with the Vintage group plays a special role for him, as it helps to convey his worldview. He also added that the album explored the theme of sex: "... [we] really believe that 'sex rules the world', that's exactly what the refrain of the album's title track says." Anna Pletneva performed on the disc not only as a vocalist, but also as a sound producer, playing a new role for herself in the group's work. Anna is also a screenwriter for almost all the group's videos, as well as their editor.
The composition "Lunatic Girls" touches on the topic of prostitution. Anna Pletneva said that “corrupt love has existed for as many centuries as the history of mankind has been written. And the mention of prostitutes is even in the Old Testament. Each time has its own view on this topic ... ". With this song, the group touched on a new topic for themselves, expressed in social issues. In one of the interviews, Alexey Romanov said (in particular, about this song) that "this album touched upon social issues, which are usually neglected in Russian show business." Also, the team members noted that the concept of "prostitution" in the song can be expressed in various forms and not necessarily in physiological terms. Also on the album were affected religious themes. The song "SEX" contains lines about God, and the song "Victoria" most fully reveals this topic on the album, speaking about the fight against the vices of mankind.
According to Alexei Romanov, the musical creations of Michael Jackson and Madonna had a great influence on the work of the band. The song "Mickey" was shone by the group to Michael Jackson, and the video for the song "Roman" became a reference to Madonna's "Vogue" video. The prototypes of the heroine of the clip were Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren. "Vintage" also highly appreciated the work of "Guests from the Future" and used a sample of the song "Run from me" in their composition "Eva".
The group itself had a certain influence on other artists: Roma Kenga and the Tochka G group called Vintage their favorite group, and singer Nyusha recognized Vintage as a high-quality pop project, saying that each of their songs is an absolute hit.
musical style
basis musical creativity The group's style became Europop, although it was originally reported that the debut album would be made in the style of pop rock. Alexei Mazhaev described the band's style, at the first stage of its work, as something in between "Guests from the Future" (only more commercially oriented) and t.A.T.u. (without the patented provocativeness of the latter). The band's debut album contained borrowings from various styles of music and the use of various tools and sounds: Indian motifs in “Gomen nasai”, danceable, rolling bass in “9 1/2 weeks - 2”, octave jumping bass in “Mamma Mia”, violins in “All the best”, garage fuzz, beats in the spirit of Enigma and a considerable number of "household" samples. In terms of lyrics on the site "Best-woman.ru", it was noted that hallmark of the group's songs was the presence of meaning in the songs and that they "reminiscent of the Pet Shop Boys, who string deep and ironic words on disco melodies."The band's second album greatly expanded the band's stylistic direction. In addition to europop, borrowings from trip-hop, electronica, and dance-pop appear in the album. The album also used borrowings from classical works, such as a fragment of Muzio Clementi's sonata, a fragment of the overture from the opera "Eugene Onegin" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, a fragment of a Bavarian folk song. The song "Loneliness of Love" in style refers to psychedelic pop, with ethnic and dance accents. The composition's intro also features an interlude in oriental style, performed to the accompaniment of a guitar, where "in which Alexei Romanov demonstrates excellent vocal abilities." Alexey Romanov quite often performs backing vocals in the group's songs on his own, and on the first album his tunes were stylized as Madonna's track "Isaak".
Criticism
With the release of their debut album, the group attracted the attention of music critics. Aleksey Mazhaev from InterMedia wrote that at first he had a negative attitude towards the group when their demo CD came into his possession: "Vintage seemed like one of dozens of meaningless pop groups, indistinguishable from one another and existing only thanks to Financing." However, he changed his mind after listening to the band's album. “We will not predict Western success for Vintage here, but against the backdrop of a typical domestic pop-pop chewing gum from TV, the group stands out significantly, entering the top ten (if not the top five) of the most shamelessly sounding artists of this genre,” the author noted. Boris Barabanov from the newspaper "Kommersant" ranked the group among the best debuts of the winter of 2007-2008. Noting some shortcomings (in particular, in the vocals of Anna Pletneva), the critic wrote that “in general, the product does not look ashamed, in some places it looks like an adult. “Vintage”, contrary to popular belief, is not so much a competitor to the singer MakSim as to the duet “Nepara”, which has recently monopolized songs about the passions of mature citizens on our stage.” On the site Toppop.ru the album was described mixed. Konstantin Kudryashov wrote that "the album in its fierce banality and comfortable averageness is downright divinely beautiful and perfect." However, the author noted that the recognition of the group as the discovery of the year was due only to the efforts of journalists. The record was described mixed in Billboard. Artur Malakhov noted the group's growing popularity, but expressed the opinion that "this is not the highest level, Vintage does not shine with full stadiums and Western recognition, but everything here is done as high quality as is customary in the Russian pop industry." Zvuki.ru wrote that the group “gives out Europop on a high, high-quality European level" and that their "quality of recording songs is at an unexpectedly high level for the domestic show business."Concerning the release of the group's second album, Alexei Mazhaev wrote that "The Vintage group was not satisfied with the reputation of one of the most interesting Russian pop projects of our time." He noted that the group apparently decided to take the place of t.A.T.u. in Russian show business and has every chance of doing so, however, on this album "Vintage" crossed a certain line, and "erotica outweighed the music." In this context, the journalist recalled Madonna's "porn period" and her scandalous album Erotica. On the website of the MirMadzhi project, the group was criticized for exploiting the theme of sex in their work. The publication wrote that “if the Vintage group wants fame, they will get it. Mud is the most digestible product of all time." Boris Barabanov from the newspaper "Kommersant" badly evaluated the concert-presentation of the album. He wrote that the group used "all the standard tricks that, in the understanding of domestic pop artists, form the concept of" show "", while noting the poor sound at the concert. Andrey Zhitenev of Muz.ru positively described the album, noting that the creative tandem of Romanov and Pletneva created "something outstanding". According to the results of 2009, Muz.ru included the album in their list of "TOP 50 best albums 2009". The album was placed at number 4 on the list, behind only albums by Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and the Eurovision songbook. In the list of the site "Top 100 Songs of 2009", the song "Eva" took 3rd place, and the song "Lunatic Girls" took 25th place. A positive assessment of the album was given on the site of the project "Map of Music". “The group sets the standard of quality that most artists have lost in the pursuit of money and fashion. “Vintage” is a vivid example of the fact that you can remain true to your ideology and at the same time be popular and successful,” the publication noted. Guru Ken wrote that "the new album will certainly elevate "Vintage" to the highest echelon of show business, primarily due to full-fledged hits (although there were no new hits on the album) and a competent tasty sound", but still wondered: “Will a project with a mother of many children be able to exist for a long time on the image of a diva sucked from a finger in black leather and with a whip in her hands?”
In 2011, the group received several positive reviews in the Afisha magazine. Grigory Prorokov positively described the video clip for the song "Mama-America" and noted that: "Vintage" must be protected - it is difficult to find a more humane group in Russian pop music. In turn, Bulat Latypov called the team one of the best pop groups in Russian show business and positively described the songs "Roman" and "Stereo". “Even one song“ Roman ”would be enough to convert all reasonable individuals of the planet to their faith, but the group, it seems, decided not to take prisoners. Unlike many colleagues in the workshop, "Vintage" does not wriggle like a petty demon on the scorched space of the domestic stage, but calmly takes its toll. The new composition ("Stereo") only confirms the obvious; it’s a sin to stand on ceremony with the flock, having such songs,” the author wrote.
The band's third album received mixed reviews from critics. Positive reviews were received from Billboard magazine and InterMedia, who noted that the group created a good pop album that "catches" and "beautifully whispers rather important things with non-irritating intonations." Vladimir Yurchenko in Billboard magazine gave a positive assessment to the album. In his opinion, in this work, the group pleased with the consistency and did not pay tribute to fashion, recording music in the Romanian dance genre. Alexey Mazhaev in InterMedia gave a positive assessment to the album (4 points out of 5). It is felt in the work that the group was overtaken by the previously undescribed "syndrome of the third album", the author wrote, noting that apparently "Vintage" decided to "slow down" a little with the conquest of pop peaks in order to "release a very strong, high-quality, smooth and pleasant to the ear record , in which, nevertheless, there are practically no sharp hits.
Other critics gave the record generally mixed reviews, noting that it felt like a failure after the successful SEX album. On the Maps of Music website, the disc received a mixed rating. The site noted that the band failed to create an album better than their previous work, SEX, citing the "template and uniformity" of the music as the reason for this. “Nevertheless, albeit with a bit of a stretch, Vintage can still be called a fairly high-quality popular group working in the dance pop genre,” they wrote in the publication. Nikolai Fandeev commented negatively on the work on the site Shoowbiz.ru, noting that the songs included in the album turned out to be "very weak".
public image
Anna Pletneva at the presentation of the album "SEX", where her behavior on stage was called "obscene and sometimes even vulgar."Since its inception, the group has presented itself as a fashionable pop group, while noting that its members are independent creative units that do not depend on anyone. “We just met with Lesha and realized that we need to move on together. We have a bunch of some creative and interesting ideas that needed to be brought to life ... our group was not created artificially, like the Lyceum. With Lesha, everything turned out absolutely naturally. And it's great," Anna said. With the release of the song "Bad Girl", the team began to exploit the theme of sex in their image. The group appeared in outrageous outfits and gave candid interviews. The band members confirmed their sexual image at concerts. “With all her performance, Anna justified the name of the new disc. Both the choreography and her body movements in general were apparently intended to excite the male part of the audience - she constantly grabbed herself by the causal places, imitated orgasms and generally behaved extremely obscenely and in places even vulgarly, ”they wrote in Intermedia.ru about the concert-presentation of the album "SEX". Sexual imagery was also used in the band's video clips. In the video for the song "Lunatic Girls", Anna Pletneva played a prostitute, and Svetlana Ivanova played a go-go dancer. At the same time, the group noted that the composition was not aired by some radio stations, due to its ambiguous content. The group was also subject to bans on their performances. In 2008, the group's concert in the Latvian city of Ogre was banned. The official reason was not named, but Alexey Romanov considered that it was political: “Personally, I think that music should remain outside politics. And I am very sad that today civilized countries are beginning to erect “iron curtains” with their own hands and break relations between peoples to please politicians.” After some time, Anna Pletneva began to be called a sex symbol. She starred in candid photo shoots for Maxim magazine and was in 5th place in the list of "The Most Desirable Girls of Russia", according to Komsomolskaya Pravda.
“Charming and sexy Anna Pletneva not only has excellent vocal abilities, but also managed to become a mother of many children - what could be more beautiful? The metrosexual performer and author of most of the group’s hits, Alexei Romanov, is a match for her, and the silent Sveta Ivanova complements them with her plastic translation of music into the language of dance,” Damir Sagdiev described the group in a review of the group’s second album. Alexei himself said in an interview that he does not consider himself a sex symbol:
No, I'm not a sex symbol. I don't go to parties and I'm introverted and closed person. Most do not know at all that I work in the Vintage group and that suits me. I enjoy the fact that I can go to the store and quietly choose products for two hours without signing autographs. - Alexey Romanov
With the release of the video for the song "Mickey", the group moved away from their sexual image a little, starting to use images of popular culture in their visual work. In particular, the image of Mickey Mouse was used in the clip. Talking about the fragility of popularity and dedicating the song to Michael Jackson, the group explained the appeal to such a character: “It's a symbol of pop culture. Mickey Mouse is the most suitable hero, on the example of which you can tell the whole truth about the show industry. Besides, today you are a “superstar”, and tomorrow you are just old. People consider it possible to tell even the great Michael Jackson that his show is cool, but no one is interested anymore, ”Anna Pletneva noted. In 2011, the image of the group was used in the online computer game "Hot Dance Party", along with the images of Eva Polna, Chili and Uma2rman. The game is a "disco with the participation of Russian and foreign pop musicians."
Group breakup
In February 2017, Anna Pletneva wrote in her Instagram official a statement that their duet with Alexei Romanov is officially over due to different interests.Social activity
Raising the topic of sex in their work, the group said that they were carrying out activities to maintain demographics. “Sex gives birth to children, and everyone knows that. We are for raising the birth rate in the country. And I think that we have done everything for this,” Anna Pletneva noted, and Alexei Romanov added (responding to accusations that their music popularizes sex among teenagers): “let them think about sex better than about drugs and alcohol” . The members of the group also spoke out in support of the LGBT community. Romanov, answering a question in Best For about the homophobic policy of the Moscow authorities, said: “In my opinion, this is an exclusively political order, which has nothing to do with public opinion. Such actions completely negate the foundations of democracy that have been created over the past 16 years after the repeal of Article 121.”« Vintage are also regular participants in charitable events. In 2009 they participated in charity concert"Night for the sake of children", arranged by the "Union charities Russia”, the proceeds from which went to help children with cancer. In 2010, the team took part in the recording and filming of the video for the song "Happy New Year!", Which became part of the charity event of the singer Irakli Pertskhalava to support children from orphanages. The group also participated in the action of the singer Roma Keng and the Podari Zhizn charity fund. The group presented their song "Roman" for a special collection, all proceeds from the sale of which went to a charitable foundation established by Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun. In 2011, the group participated in the charity auction "From Heart to Heart" held by Muz-TV and Molotok.ru. All funds raised from auction sales went to help children with congenital heart defects. Members of the team also support the Internet portal to help homeless animals of the Kuban.
Compound
2006-2008 - Anna Pletneva, Alexey Romanov, Miya2008-2012 - Anna Pletneva, Alexey Romanov, Svetlana Ivanova
since 2012 - Anna Pletneva, Alexey Romanov
It is now the soloist of the Vintage group Alexei Romanof who likes to work in the studio, and once he made a lot of efforts to get closer to the stage. At the age of 13, he got into one of the many compositions of Tender May, after that, going through ups and downs, he changed many teams, until finally, together with Anna Pletneva, he created a group in which he gained stable popularity ... Alexey invited the OK magazine! on a visit, introduced me to his wife Ekaterina and daughters and talked about how life guidelines and values are changing
Photo: Irina Kaydalina
Alexey, and in your passport you also have the surname Romanof, or is it still a pseudonym?
This is the mother's surname. As for the letter “f” at the end, initially there were two of them, but in Soviet times one was removed so that people would not envy. ( laughing.) By the way, my wife and children also have a surname Romanof. Relentless. As a child, I had my father's last name, but it was not so artistic,
When you decided to change your last name, did dad get offended?
Dad took it absolutely calmly. But my mother was very happy.
In general, did your parents allow you a lot?
No, they were quite strict with me, and now I understand why. I was their first child, and the first is always more demanding. I have the same thing right now: eldest daughter my wife and I are much stricter than the younger. Probably, if we have a third child, then he will generally ride like cheese in butter, and, apart from cartoons and sweets, there will be nothing in his life. ( smiling.)
And how many brothers and sisters do you have?
There were four of us in the family: I have two sisters and a brother. Moreover, with my younger sister, we have a difference in age of only ten years, that is, my mother was almost always on maternity leave. And I, in fact, served as a senior assistant. My mother and I have always had a wonderful relationship, there has never been a parent-child graduation. First of all, we were friends. Mom gave me the maximum amount of freedom - both in childhood and in my youth ... I even general education school didn't finish. ( laughing.)
How did it happen?
It was 1991. We had a fantastic turnover at school. Teachers changed every month, and those children who did not have the opportunity to study with tutors rolled into deuces. And to be honest, I didn’t really like going to school at all. From the age of two, I dreamed of making music, this was very clearly manifested in me in reciting poems and singing Alla Pugacheva's songs, standing on a stool. When I saw some dusty stage in the park, I immediately ran there.
Did you have musicians in your family?
No, although daddy is enough on his own musical man, he never developed in that direction. And with my mother, in childhood, we often sang in two voices. This is probably where my passion for music came from. I dreamed that I had a piano, but we did not have the opportunity to purchase it. Now many give away this piano for free - just take it yourself. And then there was a big deficit. To purchase an instrument, they signed up in advance or turned to resellers. And I literally dreamed of music ... Imagine, I drew keys for myself on pieces of paper and tried to play something. ( smiling.) As a result, my grandmother somehow collected these three hundred rubles and gave me a piano for my birthday. I remember, I was nine years old, and I went to enter music school.
Successfully?
Naturally, no one wanted to take me. I was overgrown, six-year-olds were admitted there, and I was already nine! A month before entering, I managed to work out, picked up a lot of melodies and came to act with Mozart's Turkish Rondo. Everyone was shocked that the boy himself heard and played such a melody. True, they still didn’t want to take me: the system is the system, and there should be no exceptions. But there was a teacher, Larisa Borisovna Goncharenko, she decided to take a chance and took me. I liked absolutely everything in the music school. I didn't have much to learn there. I am a listener and I always passed all solfeggio dictations first.
So your parents didn't even have to force you to play music?
How did you not have to? ( Smiling.) Exactly six months before graduation, they found out that I had not been going to a music school for a year. I spent all my free time in the House of Children's Creativity, studied pop music, participated in ensembles, moved from one group to another ... In general, I did everything, just not to study. And by the age of thirteen, I had risen to the point that I was called on tour with the group " Tender May».
What class were you in then?
In the seventh or eighth. I took responsibility and, on behalf of my mother, wrote a statement addressed to the director: “I ask you to let my son go on tour with the Laskovy May group for a month.” Signed, took it and left.
I take it your parents didn't know about this?
I called my mother already from Kerch.
And what did she tell you?
I was glad that I was found, alive and well. She knew how much I dreamed about this for a long time, and said that I was doing well.
The child is thirteen years old, he left school, went to another city ...
Yes. Now it sounds strange, but in the 90s it was normal for a large family. Of course, if now my daughter does not call me two hours after the end of the lessons, I will raise all my acquaintances to find her. But then it was a different time. From the age of five, I myself traveled by subway and by bus. I was very independent and celebrated my thirteen years on the train when I went on my first tour.
What were these tours like?
It was probably the 35th composition of "Tender May". To be precise, the group was called "White Roses". This is one of the variations on the theme of this whole huge Razin orphan company. Naturally, all the children did not sing with their own voices. But I have always sung live. I liked it all very much. This was the first and last global tour with this band. In my opinion, his director was imprisoned after those tours.
Were you well paid for speaking?
These were box office concerts. If you collected money, then you ate, but if you didn’t collect it, you remained hungry. I remember once I had no money at all, and one of the directors of the Philharmonic in Feodosia approached me, gave me three rubles and said: “Go eat, son.”
After a month of touring, did you return home?
Yes. And even tried to go to school, but somehow did not work out. Parents were worried, my mother went to school, quarreled with the director. But I couldn't study. He worked in different bands, recorded his songs in the studio, tried to somehow perform himself.
Do you regret now that you could not force yourself to complete your studies then?
No. I didn't regret it then and I don't regret it now. But they call me to teach.
You do not want?
What have you been doing all this time?
For four years, I was actually “closed”. Somehow I did something. But there was no recognition, no songs. I now understand that some projects need to mature or wait in order to be able to shoot in time. And then I was fifteen or sixteen years old, I beat with a hoof, rushed forward, accused the producers of not doing anything ... Now it’s nice for me to just record songs in the studio. And then I wanted everything to be the other way around, I wanted to perform on stage. I didn't know what stadiums were yet... All this came with the Amega group.
Alexey, you were waiting for this success so much, did it turn your head?
Certainly! ( smiling.) Those who say that they are not blown away by success are lying. This is a colossal work, which is associated with huge energy costs. We were paid a hundred dollars for the concert. Of course, there were many concerts and a decent amount was collected, but ... Internal problems appeared, and they were solved with the help of alcohol ...
How did you deal with all this?
My wife saved me. Katya and I met just at the moment when the history of the Amega group had just ended and nothing had begun. I just hung around and did not know where to put myself. Then I came to Yuri Aizenshpis, and he says to me: “Lyosh, what are you? If you had come to me a week ago, I would have taken you. And so I just took a new boy, Dima Bilan. Of course, he refused me so politely.
Was it a time of rethinking?
I somehow thought that the drops in my life are fatal. I just spoke to the president of some republic, flew on his private plane, and then landed in Moscow and, with a fee of fifty dollars, I went by minibus.
Alexey, how did you meet Katya?
At a party after New Years. Everything was banal - without meetings and views on the bridge. We just talked more and more often, and then we could no longer be without each other. Yes, and my mother also greatly influenced our relationship. She immediately liked Katya. And for the first time in my life I felt harmony, the hearth of the family in an embryonic state. Katya and I just felt that we were together, that's all. Our wedding cost, in my opinion, five hundred dollars - at that time a decent amount for me. It included payment for a restaurant and a limousine. Although even this money I then had to save for several months.
But your songs were performed by famous artists.
I have already written for "Nepara" a real hit "Cry and Look", several songs for Yulia Savicheva, Katya Lel and Alsou. By the way, once for three songs they paid me with an old car. I was in seventh heaven! I couldn't believe that I now have my own car. She was only eight or nine years old. I was happy.
Did you get into an accident on it, in which you met Anya Pletneva?
It happened on March 8, 2006. My wife and I arrived at the concert of the group "Guests from the Future", I parked, reversed and drove into someone's car. Anya was passing by at that moment and just saw me standing and worrying. And I really almost cried over my broken bumper when Anya jumped out of a passing car, practically grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and said: “Listen, I want to work with you.” I later found out that this is how it dawns on her. Her intuition is fantastic. And I stand and think about myself. What job? What are you talking about? I have a bumper, I have the first accident in my life. ( smiling.) As a result, the car was repaired, and the Vintage group still exists. When you talk about it now, it's hard to believe that 9 years have passed. For six months we closed in the studio, looking for a new sound, the “new” Anna Pletneva, not the same as she was in the Lyceum group. And it took another six months for our first single "Mama Mia" to appear on the air on the radio. There were moments when I heard the words “downed pilots” behind my back and my hands dropped. The same thing happened with Anya. But together we were able to break through this wall. We were very lucky to meet each other at that stage. Anya is a person whom today I can call my friend and true partner. And we survived because we were together.
Alexei, does your wife have anything to do with music?
No, God forbid!
Should there be only one artist in a family?
I find it funny when a husband and wife sit together on make-up before a photo shoot or shooting. “Oh, dear, look, my mascara didn’t run here?” ( laughing.) I don't think this is normal. I’ll tell you honestly: I myself don’t really want to sit on makeup, but I have to do it, this is my job. But a singing wife is a nightmare!
What is Katya doing?
She is a bank employee, she has a modest position. I keep trying to get her out of this job. I was even ready to open a beauty salon or a kindergarten for her. Still, a woman must go to work. She needs to dress up, to communicate with someone. But Katya does not want to quit. This bothers us very much, because our vacations do not coincide, besides, children have vacations in different time.
How old are your daughters?
Mia is eleven and Ariana is three and a half.
Are you pampering them?
I turn on a strict dad at certain moments when I no longer have the strength to endure.
Is it possible to be strict with girls?
Yes, when their behavior goes beyond. The only one Mia listens to is me. She is very self-willed, although an excellent student, thank God. But sometimes I feel that the most difficult age is approaching, as it was once with me.
Alexey, aren’t you afraid that your daughter, like you once, decides to leave school?
She has good genetics - Mia to her mother. Katya's education is excellent. So I can be absolutely calm.
Vocalist of "Vintage" got his first sex experience in pioneer camps
The other day in the rotation on the radio appeared a new song known for its sexual image of the group "Vintage" - "Roman". We could not miss such a great opportunity to talk with the author of the music of the new hit and the vocalist of the band Alexei Romanov. True, the conversation went not only about creativity, but also about personal life. Handsome Alexey is not too willing to talk about the most intimate, but he made an exception for Express Newspaper.
History of creation new song very interesting. We wanted to record a trio with two famous singers. And then our soloist Anya Pletneva from Switzerland flew in, listened to the song and said: “I will sing alone!” - says Alexey. - Anya's intuition is very important to me. Even our meeting with her was not accidental. After all, we met during the accident right on the street. I then drove only three months and crashed into a Skoda. Waiting for traffic cops. And at that time Anya Pletneva was passing by. She saw me, got out of the car and immediately offered to work together. No, it had nothing to do with sudden passion. She, of course, knew who I was and wanted to do a joint project.
Almost nothing is known about Alexei's personal life. Therefore, we did not miss the opportunity to ask him a few juicy questions. The conversation was unexpectedly frank.
The sexy image of "Vintage" is our attitude. Thus, we express all our hidden and not hidden emotions. But not needs. They are usually sold by people up to the age of 24. Then adult life begins and some games and fantasies begin. And it's much more interesting. The fantasy world is sometimes better than reality, - shared Alex.
When did you first start thinking about sex?Years at 12-13. But these were not pornographic or erotic fantasies, but just some pictures. My first sex experiences took place in pioneer camps. All these kisses in wooden houses… True, at first I did not like kissing. It was somehow incomprehensible, uncomfortable. But everyone did it, which means I had to. And I had my first sex at 15. She was a little older than me, and we met in the company. It had nothing to do with first love, it just came out as a matter of course. It turned out unusual and strange, because there was no physiological delight. I think at this age it is generally difficult to get full pleasure. Probably, for everyone, this is just a satisfaction of interest. And the first love ... Everything was quite banal.
I was already an artist, but the girl had nothing to do with show business. We met for a year, for me it was quite a long time. And then I had a lot of novels at the time when I sang in the A-Mega group. This happened on tour and in general everywhere and always. I guess I had a new girlfriend every week. I think that they all wanted a long-term relationship, but then it was simply impossible with me, I was completely unprepared for this. And now sex without love is unreal for me. In the absence of any feelings, he brings tremendous disappointment. Because you want, first of all, to satisfy yourself, and the person next to you is not particularly interesting. Well, perhaps just as a test subject or used. And then you feel only disgust.- That is, you tied up with such a life, then that you fell in love very much?
Yes, I met a girl at a party of mutual friends who became my wife. I got married at 25 and we've been together for seven years. My daughter is now in first grade. I didn't plan all of this ahead of time. It’s just that by that time everything had settled down in my head and I was tired of the wild life. I wanted stability, although when we met and even lived for a year, I had not thought about it yet. But it was love at first sight. I am generally very amorous and still fall in love. But I can't change my wife.
- And who do you love?
I sincerely love Anya Pletneva. And she must be in love with me. But our feelings with her are much deeper and higher than those based on sex.
- But on tour, probably, fans besiege you ...And I lock myself in my room and surf the Internet. The only thing we do is meet the fan clubs. These are, as a rule, teenagers who still know little about sex.
- But you are for them, I think, a sex symbol ...
No, I'm not a sex symbol. I don't go to parties and I'm a reserved and private person. Most do not know at all that I work in the Vintage group and that suits me. I enjoy the fact that I can go to the store and quietly choose products for two hours without signing autographs. So if a fan girl comes up to me and says “Alexey, I love you!”, I’ll just hug her. Fatherly...
But the image of a very sexual group was fixed behind Vintage ... I recall frames from the video for Bad Girl, in which Anya Pletneva hugs a naked male ass. By the way, the priest was, by chance, not yours?
Shocking is part of the work and a kind of just a performance. It's just that there has never been such a scandalous group on our stage. It's always nice to break stereotypes. And yes, I confess: it was my butt who starred in the video. But Anna didn't see anything. Everything was well covered up front.
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Come on, men are no different from each other. But I don’t think that we will show the male fifth point again in any clip. Even mine. Come up with something new and more exciting.
- Erotica or porn? Would you do such a film as an experiment?
There is only one porn movie that deserves my personal attention and that is Caligula. But since then, no one has dared to repeat the same story. And as beautiful as it is, no one else could show sexual intercourse. It's not that I watch a lot of porn... By the way, in this moment I'm quite skeptical about it. For me, it's like a zoo. And before we tried on porn films. But my only conclusion after such experiments is that these strange postures are very uncomfortable.
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“I looked through the contacts on this girl's phone - my friends, relatives and even my children watched from the screen. My photos were in the "Photos" folder. There was a feeling that I had gone crazy ... ”- says the singer and producer of the Vintage group Anna Pletneva.
- Anna, a few months ago you intrigued us by saying that a terrible story happened to you, but you are not yet ready to tell about it. Can we now talk about what happened to you?
Yes, time has passed, and now this secret will not harm anyone. When I remember all this, I get goosebumps from horror! It began with the fact that a girl approached me, introduced herself as an aspiring writer and offered to write a book about me. She said that she follows my work, that my story is close and interesting to her. It was supposed to be a novel about a teenager - a hooligan at school, a rebel at the Lyceum and about a "bad girl" in the Vintage group. Naturally, the book was supposed to tell about my personal life: about family, about love, about children. I read some of Lena's finished works, that was the name of this girl. I really liked everything, and I got excited about the idea of the book.
Lena warned that now we will have to spend a lot of time together, practically live under the same roof, because you can’t miss a single fact from my biography. Naturally, after a while we became very close and even became friends. I did not hide anything from my new girlfriend, in our house she became her own person, the children simply adored her. True, our close friendship raised many questions for my husband, but Lena quickly studied his schedule and tried to catch his eye less often.
In two months, Lena learned more about me than the people who have been with me all my life. Sometimes it even made me laugh. I asked: “Well, why do you need to know what toothpaste I brush my teeth and what face cream I use?” She argued quite convincingly: “You don’t understand, now I am you. I need to get used to the image, to become you, so that readers believe in what I write. So it didn't surprise me that we were becoming more and more like each other. That is, at the time of our acquaintance, it seemed to me that we just had one type. But soon Lena completely copied my hairstyle, clothing style, makeup, even facial expressions and gestures. “Nothing surprising, because if you spend a lot of time with a person, you involuntarily adopt his habits,” I thought.
I was pleased to make small gifts for my girlfriend - for example, something from my clothes. Once Lena liked the pendant, I immediately took it off and hung it around her neck. It was a real knick-knack, but Lena was literally crying with happiness. And I, fool, rejoiced ...
- When did you begin to understand that something was wrong in this story?
After a couple of months, I became terrified of how Lena had changed. Well, we became too similar, and I felt some tension. But just at that moment, Lena showed me the first chapters of the book, creative process went full swing, and I relaxed. And then everything changed - literally in one second. On that day, after the departure of my girlfriend, the mobile rang, I took it and realized that it was not my phone, but hers - Lena forgot it. Without any doubt, I answered the call. And suddenly I heard: “Hello, Anna? ..” I was confused: “Why Anna? You are probably calling Lena? ..” - “No,” answered confidently male voice. - I'm calling Anna Pletneva. We agreed to call her at this time. Let her pick me up." It felt like I was crazy...
I began to view contacts - my friends, relatives and even my children watched from the screen. In the "Photo" folder were all my photos and not a single Lenina! SMS and messages in in social networks were written in my name. Lena actively communicated not only with the Vintage fans, but also with my friends. A conversation with Andrei Shirman came to mind. (Russian DJ, music producer, known as DJ Smash. - Ed.) Even before our duet "Moscow", he corresponded with my clone in some social network, believing that it was me. And even agreed to record a song. Then we only laughed at this fact, but now I understand who this clone was. And I didn't laugh. You have no idea how I felt then! My life was stolen, or rather - someone lived my life in parallel with me.
Fifteen minutes later Lena returned for the phone. It looks like everything was written on my face. When she saw me with a pipe in her hands, she turned around and tried to run away, but I needed to find out everything to the end. I grabbed her by the hand and didn’t let her in: “Either you tell me everything now, or I’m calling the police ...” Lena burst into tears, sat on the floor right in the corridor and took out her brand new passport from her bag, in which it was written “Anna Pletneva”. She received it two weeks ago. Somehow she managed to achieve a change of name and surname ...
How did she explain her behavior?
She was betrayed by a loved one. Unhappy love, beatings, betrayal - everything is intertwined. And Lena just wanted to get rid of all this, in her own life she felt bad. “I have only just begun to live,” she sobbed. - I am loved! Everyone wants to get to know me… What will happen to me now?” And this question of hers was very difficult for me. But no matter what, I decided to help her. Lena was treated by a psychologist friend of mine. And recently the doctor said that her condition is stable, she is fully aware of who she really is. Well, if so, I decided to tell this story. Suddenly, due to the fact that Lena pretended to be me, some misunderstandings arose that I don’t know about, some people were misled ...
- Artists often have to experience not the most pleasant sensations due to the obsession of fans. Surely this was not the first time for you?
In fact, with rare exceptions, I was very lucky with the fans. We just recently talked about this with the singer Yolka. Despite the fact that we are still pop singers, both she and I have the bulk of fans - educated, intelligent people. Some of them try not to miss any of my concerts. Sometimes I am amazed: I see people in auditorium, then I move to another city, and there again the same faces. And most importantly, how do they find the means and strength to follow me from city to city? In any case, it's very, very nice.
But there were also strange, wild cases. One fan, if you can call him that, apparently wanted to fill me with expensive jewelry. But they weren't gifts. He made online orders in jewelry stores, and they brought them home to me demanding payment. Further more. Somehow I come home, and we have guests ... It turns out that this strange person turned to the guardianship authorities with a statement that I have a bunch of children picked up on the street, on an area of 90 square meters. And once, before the tour, he managed to announce in all social networks that my concerts were being postponed to another date.
There was a terrible commotion, because there was only a week left before the first performance, and people rushed to the box office to return tickets. That is, seemingly small dirty tricks, but they grew into huge problems. I had to turn to the authorities for help. Later, when this Internet hooligan was found, I was shown his photo. He lived in another city, seemingly an ordinary average man. I don’t know what made him do it, probably he filled some voids in his life. I sincerely feel sorry for him. But such characters are rare, these are still isolated cases.
- You don't have to hire security?
The fact is that we always have security with us. But sometimes they can also gape. There were a couple of cases when they tried to steal me. I am a small, fragile girl, weighing only 40 kilograms. And somehow in St. Petersburg I left the Ice Palace, suddenly someone grabs me and just takes me away, like a sack of potatoes, on my shoulder. The guards were confused for a few seconds, but then pulled me out of the hands of the kidnapper. And he, judging by his face, was happy that at least for a few seconds he touched me. The guards knocked him to the ground, and he continued to shout: “Anna, I love you! Marry me!" (Laughs.)
- Horror what!
What are you, it was somehow not very scary, rather funny. In fact, there are situations much more dangerous. Once, when we just created the Vintage group, we were invited on tour to one country - the republic of the former USSR. It was a closed corporate banquet-party. We go on stage, and I see that only men are sitting in the hall of a small recreation center. And I, like the girls from the ballet, have a rather revealing costume. Just at that time, our song "Bad Girl" was booming. In general, we looked very bold and sexy. At first, nothing bothered me - in principle, artists often have to perform at some private events, and this is an absolutely normal practice. But then I understand that the men in the hall are not just tipsy, but completely inadequate.
A few minutes later, some climbed onto the stage and openly began to pester the dancers from the ballet. And the girls are very young, 18-19 years old, and they were completely unprepared for this and, in general, came to this profession for the wrong reason. And I, feeling responsible for my ballet, began to drag drunken men away. And I must say, I was then in the fifth month of pregnancy. Apparently, my maternal instinct woke up in me. (Laughs.) Like an eagle rushed to protect her girls. We interrupted the concert, but there was nowhere to retreat. To get out of the hall, we had to go through this brutal crowd. In the end, we just jumped out of the second floor window. Then we climbed over the fence - fortunately, a car with a driver was already waiting for us there. In fact, it was very scary. I remember Lesha Romanof (singer, poet, composer, ex-soloist of the Amega and Vintage groups. - Ed.), having learned about the incident, said: “Yes, Anyut, you won’t get lost ...”
- You are connected with Alexei not only by strong friendship, but also by ten years of cooperation. Why did you end up going your own way in the profession?
Yes, for some time now we have moved in different directions. Lesha had some projects of his own, and I understood that this greatly influenced our joint activities. On the other hand, fans perceived "Vintage" stereotypically. People wanted to see the same “bad girl” that I was ten years ago at concerts, and that there was undisguised sexuality, audacity, outrageousness on stage. Not everyone realized that our group is still music. We have a lot of lyrical, deep songs that people somehow didn’t really perceive. We brought them to the radio, but they told us: “No! You are "Vintage", you should be just funny, banter, outrageous, sexy. At some point, it stopped working for me. So in August last year, Alexei and I decided together that I was leaving the group and going on a solo "swimming" - becoming an artist Anna Pletneva. But "Vintage" will remain, it's just that the faces will be different there. We recruited new soloists, and everything seems to have worked out for us.
- That is, you left the group easily, without resentment and drama?
Well, how easy ... You know, probably, every woman should go through at least one difficult divorce in her life. And I got this one - a musical divorce, but in fact it is very heavy and tough. It's like spouses who have already experienced a lot together, have jointly acquired property, children ... Of course, I was very worried about this and still worry. After all, we spent ten wonderful years together, and I am grateful to Lesha for this time, for our joint victories. hardly mine creative destiny it would have turned out so well if there hadn’t been such a faithful friend as Lesha Romanof nearby. But neither in my personal life nor in my profession would I ever reconcile myself to the role of an unloved wife who can’t wait until her husband stops walking on the side. I'm just not that person. My new song is called "Guardian Angel", you will hear it soon, it very accurately describes the situation that has now developed in my life...
- A huge part of your life is connected with Vintage. What do you remember the most?
Most probably vivid impression- This is our first victory. The fact is that we first released the song “Mama Mia”, then there was the song “All the best”, and it already seemed to us that we were so famous and popular, but there were no concerts, and no one really knew us. I was known as the ex-soloist of the Lyceum group, and Lesha as the ex-soloist of the Amega group, nothing more. And then our very first hit "Bad Girl" happened. But for a long time it seemed that nothing would come of this song. When we were going to shoot the video, everything went wrong! We prepared for a long time, faced a lot of difficulties, and when it seemed that everything was already working out, on the day of filming, at six in the morning, I receive an SMS from cameraman Vlad Opelyants: "Basset is dead." That is, the dog, which was supposed to star in the video, died of old age.
It seemed to be Last straw that it is not necessary to do this already - nothing will work. And yes, we lost confidence in ourselves. Our songs were not taken on the radio, they said: “We don’t need this waste material, you are already old people, you are“ ex ”, nobody needs you.” And then there's this basset ... But it was that clip, that song that eventually broke through the "dam" of failure. We began to sound from every iron, the phones were torn, it was crazy, just crazy popularity, and the Vintage group blew up all the charts. Every day we were told that we were in first place there, in first place here. It was an amazing moment. It is impossible to remember without tears.
- In parallel with your career, you gave birth and raised children. There was no desire to go on maternity leave for a while?
The fact is that I felt great, I was very lucky. For me, pregnancy is such a battery with triple energy. I get incredible strength with which I can move mountains. And I never had the thought to stop, save or feel sorry for myself. Moreover, we started touring big just during my pregnancy - thirteen concerts in Germany, and I'm in my seventh month. Not only me, but also my team remember this in detail. The guys were terribly worried that Pletneva would not give birth right on stage - I danced so energetically, jumped and sat on the twine. (Laughs.)
- And when Varvara was born, did you immediately go to work?
Then I was in a production project and, under the contract, I did not have the right to become pregnant. But I didn't care at all! I immediately told the producer - I give birth! They gave me just two weeks for everything. So I really got back on stage very quickly. I was getting in shape and breastfeeding my baby at the same time. All these breast pumps, freezing - this is about me. If suddenly someone needs a course on remote feeding - also contact me. Because I managed to breastfeed my baby for six months and go on tour all this time, being away from home for two weeks.
- Okay - feeding, but what about separation from your newly born baby?
Oh, you have no idea how I sobbed. And, of course, now I wouldn’t do that: a maximum of one or two days - and back. But my mother helped me a lot, she supported me and was with Varvara all the time. I knew that everything would be fine, but psychologically and morally it was very, very hard.
- By the way, do your children go to mom's concerts?
They go, of course. And they really like my work, they are proud of their mother, they know all the songs by heart. About each new song they say: “Mommy, this one is generally the best!” They sing, dance and dream of becoming artists too: one is a singer, one is a drummer. All three went to me. (Laughs.)
- An, you have, to put it mildly, revealing stage outfits. How do children react to this?
Great, great response. I think it's all very beautiful. And I create almost all concert costumes with my own hands. If something was wrong, if it seemed to me that there was an inflection somewhere, I would never have appeared on stage in this form. Plus, my children study at an American school, watch clips of foreign performers - for example, they love Rihanna. There, the outfits are much more revealing. They are very advanced in this matter.
- You are thirty-something, three children, a successful marriage, an ideal figure, excellent skin and hair. How do you do it?
I am a witch! I never hid it, I honestly tell everyone that I drink the blood of young boys, I always have a glass in the refrigerator in the evening, it must be infused. (Laughs.) And I constantly perform some rituals, for example, I drink morning dew. But seriously, I'm not perfect at all. It’s just that in my thirties, I learned how to take pictures correctly. Well, I'm wildly lucky with genetics. And as for the figure - there is a very cool way to make the press be with cubes: you need to sing and dance at the same time.
As a teacher of pop-jazz vocals, I always tell my students: if you breathe and sing correctly and dance at the same time, this is better than any fitness. Well, the most important thing, when you are thirty-something, is not to lose the desire to move on. You know, many at this age have a crisis, all desires go by the wayside, people get stuck in their problems, in household chores, put up with an unloved job. I am terribly happy - I have a favorite job, a wonderful family, and I love everything in this life. That is, I am in perfect harmony. I want - it means I can - this is my motto.
- Probably, it was precisely this happy state of yours that made that girl, who was in a difficult life situation try to be you...
It may very well be. And I'm not her judge. I never saw her again, and I don't want to. But I sincerely hope that her problems are over and now she is happy.
