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01/31/2008: "Maxim magazine transcript & translation"

Source: Tatu.ru

Five years have passed since the first t.A.T.u.’s shoot for Maxim magazine. We met Yulia and Lena to check what else has changed in their life besides their age. Um, well… It was a weak attempt to pretend that a pregnant girl on Maxim’s cover is a usual thing. And now a real lead. SPLIT ME! IT’S t.A.T.u.! AND ONE OF THEM IS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT!!!

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Five years have passed since the first t.A.T.u.’s shoot for Maxim magazine. We met Yulia and Lena to check what else has changed in their life besides their age. Um, well… It was a weak attempt to pretend that a pregnant girl on Maxim’s cover is a usual thing. And now a real lead. SPLIT ME! IT’S t.A.T.u.! AND ONE OF THEM IS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT!!!

Yulia, poor thing, who did it to you?!
Yulia: If you are asking about my baby’s father, his name is Parvis. We knew each other long ago, through our mutual friend, and we were actually friends for a year. Nothing seemed to start between us in the very beginning. I had a boyfriend; he had a girlfriend, so we didn’t try to get closer. We just hanged out, always with a company of friends. Usually it looked that way: Everybody dances or sings karaoke and we sit in the corner and talk.

Oh, that’s what a secret of star seduction is! You should just talk to her!
Yulia: Well, maybe it’s not a universal recipe, but in my case it worked. The only thing we did with him for a long time is actually the talking. We couldn’t stay alone for quite a while after we started dating, we were always with somebody else. By the way, everybody was sure we wouldn’t make it as a couple or if we do, we separate soon. I had rich experience by that time. He also had, if you look at his cell-phone address book.

You checked his cell?! How could you do it?
Yulia: There’s nothing we hide from each other. He took my phone, I took his. I said: Oh shit! So many girls’ phone-numbers! It’s so typical of men! That’s why I even didn’t believe him much at first.

“Typical of men”, second pregnancy… Have I missed something? When did you stop to pretend lesbians?
Lena: We never did. We love each other as before. And boyfriends were never on the way.

You’re together for a long time. Didn’t you have enough of each other yet?
Yulia: Mom can’t have enough of dad. We’ve got the same situation. We’re like a family. We feel a lot of common things. We’re together for I don’t remember how many years…
Lena: I remember: for twelve. And if we aren’t still bored of each other after all this time, I doubt we will in the future. Or are you hinting that we should separate? You wish. There’re some ideas about solo careers, of course, and Yulka has them more often. I might not continue singing career if something happens to t.A.T.u. I’m actually a woman, a mother in future. I’d like to give my time to baby.

What?! You’re also an expectant mother?
Lena: I didn’t mean the immediate future. It’s more like a long-term plan.

Tell us about short-term ones then.
Lena: Our creative work is on the first place now. At the end of December the Russian version of our new LP “Waste Management” should be released. Most probably in spring we’ll release the English version. After Yulia has a baby we will shoot one more video. By the way, have you seen the video “Beliy Plaschik”?

Replies: 2 Comments

on Friday, February 1st, DJ said

Honestly, I think I'd be more interested in a solo project of Yulia's than Lena's. She has the more unique voice, even with the vocal cord damage. But of course I'd rather they stick together!

on Friday, February 1st, Jessica said

Haha, the interviewer is all freaked out by pregnant women. :p