02/20/2008: "Translation of Yulia’s Interview with Bravo"

Source: Tatu.ru

A translation of Yulia’s interview with Bravo magazine from February 20th is now available.

Last thing – about the new t.A.T.u. album? What it will be like?
Yulia: It’s hard to tell, two precedent albums were very different as a matter of fact, and this album also will be a very special one. Lots of electronic sound is in the music now… The album will be a smashing one, that’s for sure!

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BRAVO: Hi, Yulia! How’s your mood?
Yulia: Hi, I’m great, we keep on working…

BRAVO: We’ve heard you're going to release some special disc soon?
Yulia: Yes, it will be a “Beliy Plaschik” single. There’ll be a lot of interesting stuff there: one hour long film about making of the video, remixes, karaoke version, and the main thing – full version of "Beliy Plashik" which wasn’t shown on TV.

BRAVO: What will be there in this full version? Some hard-core?
Yulia: No-o-o, there will be the beauty!

BRAVO: By the way, you were acting in this video while extremely pregnant – it must’ve been hard?
Yulia: Not at all! The hardest thing was to fly to US, 12 hours on the plane! Actually I felt great during the pregnancy. Don’t believe everything they write! Lots of absurd stuff was written about me those days – that I'm dying, that my legs are swollen… I felt great, I flew by plane, I was performing, I was shooting videos - it was all great!

BRAVO: So, have you already got into shape after the pregnancy by now?
Yulia: Yes, now I work at full power, rushing on my doings… In the end of February we are flying to the US again - to shoot a new video. I’m not going to comment it yet. I can just say it will be released approximately in March. And we’ll shoot it in Los Angeles with the same crew as always.

BRAVO: It looks like a new album should follow the video…
Yulia: We are finishing new songs now, so album is surely to be released this spring! We’ve got many concerts planned for March and April in some Russian cities, in US, in Italy, in Dubai… I hope all of this will come about.

BRAVO: Yes, things are humming! And what about your baby?
Yulia: Well, I won’t disappear for half a year. I’ll travel but-and-ben, there and back, two weeks there and two weeks at home. And when I’m absent, the father, nannies and grannies take care of the baby.

BRAVO: And your daughter is living with you now?
Yulia: No, she’s in her apartment so far… There are maintenance works now in our two-floor apartment. When it is finished – I will take Vika to us, we’ll live as one big family.

BRAVO: But is she acquainted with the brother?
Yulia: Of course, she comes and takes a walk with us… She doesn’t understand for now that it’s her brother, personally hers. She thinks it’s just a little baby. She looks at him, she touches him, and she’s all interested.

BRAVO: And how is it now going with Parvis?
Yulia: It’s all very good! We’ve got a family, a baby, we plan a wedding this summer, we’ll marry in a church… And we want to make a wedding not in Moscow, but somewhere on islands!

BRAVO: So, Parvis is not against your starting your work so soon?
Yulia: He’s not! 'Cause music – it’s a part of my life, and he’s glad to see me so busy with my meetings and plans! He likes the things I like, and vice versa, we support each other. And why should I sit at home?

BRAVO: And does Lenka support you?
Yulia: Sure, she does very much! But mostly by the phone now – she went to relax on Cuba Island. Soon she’ll be back and we’ll see each other!

BRAVO: What was her birthday gift for your baby?
Yulia: A carpet, all decorated with toys and rattles, very cool! She was the first to congratulate us, by the way, the same day we came home.

BRAVO: Probably, Lena also wants to have a baby, watching you?
Yulia: Sure, she wants, and she also wants to make a family. Now it’s OK between her and her boyfriend, so we'll see…

BRAVO: And she probably questions you about how is it - to give birth?
Yulia: Of course! She asks me - I share the experience… It’s interesting!

BRAVO: So, do you actually have a spare time now? And how do you spend it?
Yulia: Me and Parvis, we care of our health, we use to go to SPAs, to a swimming pool, to massage… Actually, I became more quiet than before. I think it depends a lot on a person close to you. We spend all our free time together with Parvis. It would be weird for me now to go somewhere alone. If my girl-friends call, for example, and invite me to a cafe to have a chat, I won’t hurry to go to see them on alone, I won’t even have such an idea!

BRAVO: Don’t you miss parties?
Yulia: Nope, and we aren’t staying under hatches! For example, yesterday we went out to sing karaoke with our friends.

BRAVO: And what did you sing there?
Yulia: Everything what they rotate on radio now, everything what our pop-artists try to sing, and I also sang it. It was fun! You know, parties – it’s cool, but sometimes you wish to have a dinner just with your beloved man, in candle light.

BRAVO: Tell us the last thing – about the new t.A.T.u. album? What it will be like?
Yulia: It’s hard to tell, two precedent albums were very different as a matter of fact, and this album also will be a very special one. Lots of electronic sound is in the music now… The album will be a smashing one, that’s for sure!

BRAVO: In Russian?
Yulia: In Russian, and in English. For all fans all-around the world!

BRAVO: Have you finally decided to call the album “Waste Management”?
Yulia: Yes! The reason has nothing to do with ecological problems, but deals with living in the world full of negative feelings.