So t.A.T.u. also has its taboo after all: To give birth and broadcast it live is not for you. Any plans after the important event? As I expect you\u2019re not going to stay home?<\/b>
\nYulia: I\u2019m not. The new album \u201cWaste Management\u201d is out in spring. By \u201cwaste\u201d we mean not only waste that disturbs normal people, but also negative emotions. Everyone should fight his inner negativity\u2026 We plan to shoot one more video, then concerts, promo-tour. A load of work.<\/p>\n
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Teen-girls kissing under the rain, performing in t-shirts saying \u201cFuck War!\u201d on the day when military activities in Iraq started, stealing a truck and merry-go-round explosion as revenge to an unfaithful girl-friend. t.A.T.u. band knows how to shock their audience. Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova are true to Her Majesty Provocation. Their latest video \u201cBeliy Plashik\u201d is another proof of this fact (execution instead of abortion.) \u201cLight\u201d version \u2013 ends at the order \u201cFire!\u201d, \u201chard\u201d version (not for TV) is expected to be even more scandalous.<\/p>\n
Turns, curves, bends of Mosfilm Studio corridors. t.A.T.u. agreed to meet right here, at the inner sanctum of Russian cinema. Yulia\u2019s got a huge tummy – it\u2019s her last month of pregnancy \u2013 and together with Lena they are waiting for the shooting to start. (Yulia gave birth to a son when this issue was prepared – and we congratulate her with this \u2013 magazine note). While tech people are getting ready with the equipment, the girls are sharing an apple \u2013 one for two even though it\u2019s not the last.<\/p>\n
t.A.T.u. are not filming another provocative video at Mosfilm Studio; the larger form \u2013 cinema – is the priority now. Back in May filming of the movie based on Alexey Mitrofanov\u2019s book \u201ct.A.T.u. Come Back\u201d had started in Moscow. The scale is a Hollywood one \u2013 the legendary Roland Joffe (\u201cVatel\u201d, \u201cThe Mission\u201d, \u201dThe Scarlett Letter\u201d) was invited as a director. One of the leading roles is played by American actress Mischa Barton.<\/p>\n
In the plot there\u2019s a love story between two girls, t.A.T.u. fans. Lena and Yulia play themselves and provide the heavy sound for the movie. The premiere\u2019s planned in spring, and not just anywhere but in Cannes.<\/p>\n
The equipment is ready. \u201cCamera rolls! Action!\u201d Lena and Yulia record their lines in two languages, Russian and English \u2013 the movie is going to be released internationally.<\/p>\n
While t.A.T.u. girls are playing actresses, Yulia Volkova\u2019s future husband and her second baby\u2019s father Parvis tells us some good news: the video Beliy Plaschik is № 1 on YouTube and MTV websites in reviews and comments.
\nAt this point we find out that this song was composed by a real fan \u2013 a sixteen year old schoolgirl from Saint-Petersburg. The girl posted her poetry at the t.A.T.u. home page. The poetry was so good that after a slight alteration it was turned into a song. The video was then filmed in which a prostitute Lena Katina turns into an executor and shoots pregnant Yulia Volkova\u2026<\/p>\n
It must have been hard to play in such a video, I guess: Nazi Germany, a jail, a very realistic execution scene?<\/b>
\nYulia Volkova: It was ok. We actually never really get physiologically ready to do something. Here it was performance, the shooting. We\u2019ve invented such a story with an execution ourselves, and we lived it ourselves as actresses.
\nLena Katina: By the way, it\u2019s not Nazi Germany in the video. The place is not defined \u2013 it happens somewhere, some unclear time, can be the past, can be the future.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a tough ending in your video. Why all this naturalism?<\/b>
\nYulia: The sense of the video is lost without such finale. We wanted to catch a viewer to tell it metaphorically that killing a child is almost like a real execution. Actually this video\u2019s against abortions, against violence, against cruelty. If a girl changes her mind and won\u2019t get an abortion after watching our video, it means the video was worth it.
\nLena: Many people told me that in the beginning of the video it seems that I\u2019m going to rescue Yulia. And when it becomes clear that my goal is not to rescue but to kill her, then comes the shock.<\/p>\n
Yulia, are you a superstitious person? You are really pregnant in the video after all, what if something could have happened to the baby?<\/b>
\nYulia: I\u2019m not superstitious, but I\u2019m religious. You see, I do perceive playing in this video as a performance. So many actors died in the cinema, they were buried in coffins\u2026 So what? They are all good and alive.<\/p>\n
Lena, tell us about your character. It\u2019s not very clear how a prostitute becomes an executor…<\/b>
\nLena: Yeh, such a duality\u2026 People wear a mask at work and become totally different when they go home. It\u2019s my characters work \u2013 to execute people. Her consolation, her escape from reality is to be a 5-dollar whore.<\/p>\n
What is a consolation for you in everyday life?<\/b>
\nLena: It\u2019s easy in my case. I love theatre. I enjoy reading. I\u2019m still under the impression of Pavel Sanaev\u2019s novel \u201cBury Me Under the Scrub-board\u201d. They say there will be a movie based on this book. I\u2019d like to watch it. Although movies are always worse compared to books.
\nYulia: And my consolation, if I can call it so, is my family. I\u2019ve met a person I want to be with and I no longer have a wish to look for anybody else. Such constancy is very unusual for me, by the way. I loved parties, night clubs before. Now I enjoy staying at home.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t imagine you in a role of a wife \u2013 in a traditional understanding of this word\u2026<\/b>
\nYulia: Yeah. I understand what you mean. I also never could imagine this \u2013 I\u2019m home, with my darling, and I have no wish to go anywhere.
\nLena: (interrupts): Before Yulka was totally different. Now I call her, for example, and I ask, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d And she goes, \u201cI\u2019m doing the dishes\u201d. \u201cYou?! The dishes?!\u201d When I hear this, I\u2019m ready to almost fall from the chair!
\nYulia: So what\u2019s weird here? It\u2019s not difficult for me to get things done in the house.
\nParvis (listening to the talk closely): Of course it\u2019s not difficult when there\u2019re two housemaids. (Everybody laughs)
\nYulia: It might look funny from outside, but honestly – I met a man for whom I want to make the place feel like it\u2019s home. Now the person I love is with me.<\/p>\n
Mother for the Second Time<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia, you\u2019re a mother for the second time already. Lena, why are you late?<\/b>
\nYulia: She just hasn\u2019t met the person she needs. Although Lena had many.
\nLena: Not many!
\nYulia: I think many for your age. And we don\u2019t count, for example, one night stands. I\u2019m talking about strong feelings, real relationship. I\u2019m sure there will be a man Lena wants to build a family and kids with, but later.<\/p>\n
By the way, Yulia, did you think about an abortion when you got pregnant the first time at 18 years?<\/b>
\nYulia: I had doubts whether I should have the baby or not. When I realized I was pregnant, first I was shocked. 18 years, the career\u2019s ahead. And here you must have a break for a year or even more. Lena supported me so much. She\u2019s more than a friend for me, we\u2019ve been through so many things together, oh man\u2026
\nLena: I remember the moment Yulia told me she was pregnant. It was the period of \u201ct.A.T.u. In Underheaven\u201d project (a reality-show based on the life of t.A.T.u.) She told me everything and asked, \u201cWhat shall we do?\u201d I answered, \u201cHave this baby, of course!\u201d
\nYulia: First Lenka supported me, and then my parents did. And doubts were gone. I should give birth!<\/p>\n
Do you remember the feelings you had about being a mother at such a young age?<\/b>
\nYulia: Probably, confusion. I was a little girl myself and here\u2019s a baby. I can\u2019t say maternity changed me much. I wasn\u2019t ready to sit home with a baby. Literally two months after a childbirth I left for the US to record a new album. My daughter Vika stayed with my parents and a nurse. I missed her like crazy, I carried her teddy bear with me. However I had no wish to become, you know, a stay-at-home mom knitting scarves and slippers. I think woman should be strong, active, initiative. She should not cross her professional career after having a child.<\/p>\n
Does your daughter see her father?<\/b>
\nYulia: No. Vika\u2019s got a father \u2013 Parvis. Why encourage the contacts of that man with Vika? Yes, it was fast passion etc\u2026 I\u2019ll never regret I had Vika, but I don\u2019t think we need relationships with her father. I have a new family, new relationship. And I have my daughter with me \u2013 Victoria Volkova.<\/p>\n
Did you baptize your daughter? Is Lena her godmother by any chance?<\/b>
\nYulia: Not Lena. Vika\u2019s god-parents are my father and her nurse. Honestly speaking I didn\u2019t even go to the ceremony. I didn\u2019t want to attend and create publicity around it, to draw media\u2019s attention. I asked the priest if it\u2019s ok that a mother is not present at the ceremony. He said it\u2019s ok.<\/p>\n
Is Vika living with you now?<\/b>
\nYulia: No, she lives with a nanny in her [Vika\u2019s] apartment. The case is, me and Parvis bought a new apartment and it is being renovated now. I don\u2019t think a baby would feel good in the middle of paint and dust, but as soon as renovation\u2019s finished, we\u2019ll all move there.<\/p>\n
Surrounded by Cameras<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena, when Yulia told you that she\u2019s pregnant again, how did you react?<\/b>
\nLena: I jumped up to the ceiling. It is such happiness! Especially to have a baby from the man who loves her and whom she loves. I like Parvis very much. I like that Yulka feels happy with him!
\nYulia: I didn\u2019t doubt a second – to give birth or not. I just informed everybody \u2013 I will, and that\u2019s it. I\u2019m not eighteen anymore. Twenty three after all!<\/p>\n
Yulia, why did you hypnotize people telling you\u2019re going to give birth and broadcast the process?<\/b>
\nYulia: I was so damn annoyed by media with various questions and I just joked, \u201cThe whole country will see the birth!\u201d And in a split second all newspapers spread the news. I\u2019m not going to give birth like that. What for? You\u2019re lying so green, sweaty, wet. Maybe some pregnant girl sees this horror on TV and changes her mind to give birth.<\/p>\n
So t.A.T.u. also has its taboo after all: To give birth and broadcast it live is not for you. Any plans after the important event? As I expect you\u2019re not going to stay home?<\/b>
\nYulia: I\u2019m not. The new album \u201cWaste Management\u201d is out in spring. By \u201cwaste\u201d we mean not only waste that disturbs normal people, but also negative emotions. Everyone should fight his inner negativity\u2026 We plan to shoot one more video, then concerts, promo-tour. A load of work.<\/p>\n
I see your life\u2019s booked for the next few months. And there were people who didn\u2019t believe t.A.T.u. stayed alive after you left your ex-producer Ivan Shapovalov. Do you keep in touch with him now?<\/b>
\nYulia: No. We\u2019ve no common interests. Ivan helped us very much back then, but it happens in business that people choose different directions. Me and Lenka, we\u2019ve never regret that we left. Fortunately we parted peacefully and everything was civilized, no courts. We\u2019ve no negative feelings towards Ivan. Let everything be ok with him. And we are ok already.<\/p>\n
How do you see your future in twenty years?<\/b>
\nLena: I don\u2019t want to look so far. You know, they say, \u201cIf you want to make God laugh, just tell him about your plans.\u201d
\nYulia: And I see myself on stage! Take Madonna \u2013 she performs at fifty and it\u2019s ok. Although\u2026 It can also happen that one morning I wake up and understand that I want to be a pilot. Everything can happen.
\nLena: Yulek, you\u2019ll sing \u201cNot Gonna Get Us\u201d before taking off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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