\nLena:<\/b> I remember the very beginning. That was perfect time, not much work. We were living with each other. Yul’ka in my place, and I in her place. We were wandering with friends through the city till 4 am and then we would lie to our parents that we were in the studio.
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Do you already know when and how celebrate your anniversary?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Frankly speaking no. But we gonna celebrate it, that\u2019s correct. I think it will be in the autumn.<\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Actually, there\u2019s no much variants. Or it will be concert or simply a party. On which we\u2019ll invite all of our friends and most active fans. It will be clearer later. <\/p>\n
And now after 10 years, what do you remember most often?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> I remember the very beginning. That was perfect time, not much work. We were living with each other. Yul\u2019ka in my place, and I in her place. We were wandering with friends through the city till 4 am and then we would lie to our parents that we were in the studio. We would walk with company through the center of Moscow and then me and Yulia would go in my place. We\u2019d silently open the door so that we won\u2019t wake up my mom and we wouldn\u2019t turn on the lights. And then Volkova would say \u2019\u2019I want to eat\u2019\u2019 and then I\u2019d answer \u201cSo where\u2019s the problem, go to the kitchen and eat\u2019\u2019 . I never thought she\u2019d destroy all what contents of the fridge. Even my mom\u2019s sandwiches she prepared for the work. She ate 10 pieces! So skinny and so voracious! Simply awful! <\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> I also remember those times. We would be happy as kids every day! We\u2019d constantly go to visit someone, we\u2019d meet new people and had fun. I remember we once returned from somewhere in the morning, sat in the yard of Lenka\u2019s place and started to sing out loud the song \u201cOy to ne vecher, to ne vecher, mne malim malo spalos\u2019\u2019 Woke everyone up. <\/p>\n
I remember the period when your studio was in the hotel \u201cPekin\u2019\u2019. This was the most authentic house of narkomans. Shapovalov\u2019s acquaintances kept coming without an end. They smoked something, sniffed something\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Well, show business is in general unhealthy enviroment. There are few sober and adequate people. Is this something new for you? <\/p>\n
No, and how did you manage to get through this?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> You just have to arrange your priorities. For example I always wanted to look good, for me it was important. Looking at all those still young people looking as if they were 40 years old because of their lifestyle. I realized I don\u2019t want to turn into this with time. Of course, in life everything\u2019s interesting to try, but you should be able to stop yourself in time. <\/p>\n
And did you try something?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Just an experiment, nothing more. <\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> In fact, whatever happened to us during this 10 years is mostly positive. I remember awfully stressful period when we had so many public appearances, sometimes even 3 in a day. We didn\u2019t manage to wash or to eat before getting in another plane, we\u2019d be wildly tired. But now it\u2019s nice to remember even that. Actually, if I could go back in that time I wouldn\u2019t change anything. Not even one situation. Because now I\u2019m more than happy! Something like that just doesn\u2019t exist!<\/p>\n
Of those with whom you started \u2013 Ivan Shapovalov, Aleksandr Voitinskiy, Lena Kiper, are you seeing now any of them?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Unfortunately no. Tho we\u2019ve seen Vanya not long ago, last autumn. He came to Bacardi Party on which me and Lena performed. I think he didn\u2019t come by accident. He probably wanted to see how\u2019s t.A.T.u. today. I\u2019ve noticed him from the scene, although he was quite far and I told him \u2019\u2019Hello\u2019\u2019 on the microphone. But then we didn\u2019t even talk. <\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> And the rest we hadn\u2019t seen for 100 years already! Time changes, we change. <\/p>\n
Shortly, what has changed within each of you?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> First what comes on my mind: I became mother. It was a revoloution of consciousness. As before I live only for myself, lived exclusively with emotions. I\u2019m a very impulsive person. And after the birth of the baby, I started to think about every step I make. And I wasn\u2019t always late anymore (Laughing). Even though I can\u2019t get rid of this habit. Even if I\u2019m late for an hour, I say I\u2019ll be there in 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> My character changed completely. Not that someone told me this \u2013 I just feel it. I became much more rigid, tough. What is called, no longer a girl. <\/p>\n
No one calls you by your patronymic?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Thanks God no! For everyone I\u2019m still simply Lena and Volkova \u2013 simply Yulya. Even Yulia\u2019s children call me Lena. <\/p>\n
As I get it, you\u2019re not doing concerts now?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> We do, but not often. <\/p>\n
Maybe time of t.A.T.u. is already gone?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> I don\u2019t think so. Our time is not gone, it just became different. No more such noise, dramas, but people still want to see and to hear us. <\/p>\n
What are you doing all this time in USA, if there are no scheduled concerts?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> I, for example had an eye surgery in San Francisco. I was tired of blinking all the time. Now I\u2019m passing the rehabilitation period. <\/p>\n
And you feel good?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Excellent! Even though my eyes are not still used to everything and they easily get tired, especially in bright light. But I often wear protective glasses. But now I can finally see everything! Faces of people, colours, leaves on the trees. And most of all I\u2019m happy I can watch TV now. Before I literally had to touch screen with my face to see something. <\/p>\n
And the surgery was painful?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Not at all. It was terrible. I had to look at one spot all the time. And the spot was strange: changed colours, then became very sharp\u2026 And then suddenly \u2013 bang! Comes complete darkness. I have lost my sight \u2013 even for a few seconds. I was so scared that I couldn\u2019t breath. But then everything turned out to be fine as it supposed to be. <\/p>\n
Yulia, what are you doing in USA now?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> I\u2019m doing my solo album. I met various producers, choosing songs, even trying to write something. And I want immediately say: Despite this what me and Lena want to do for our solo projects, t.A.T.u. will continue to exist only in light \u2013 mode. <\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Yulia and I decided that we won\u2019t stand in one place all the time, you should develop. And it\u2019s interesting to see for what things you\u2019re capable when you\u2019re alone. Together is always easier. <\/p>\n
Do you already know what will be the style of your new songs?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> I still don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Me neither, the only thing I can say is that it won\u2019t be pop-music, I don\u2019t like all those dances, R\u2019n\u2019B. I still can listen to it, but to do it \u2013 no. Boring. On the scene I want action. <\/p>\n
When Lena comes to America, she lives in the house of Boris Renskiy, and you Yulia, where do you usually live with Parviz?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Right now we live at our common friends\u2019 place. Actually Parviz is in Moscow with children now. In the beginning I wanted to stay in the hotel, but then decided to call friends and ask him to receive me. I hate to be alone, especially in the hotels. I need to communicate. And next time when I come here I hope to live in my own home already. Now we\u2019re actively pursuing the issue of its purchase. In summer I\u2019m planning to move in L.A. finally. <\/p>\n
And what means this \u201cfinally\u2019\u2019?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> That means forever. To live there. <\/p>\n
Are you serious?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Yes. First time I visited USA in 2005 and I really liked it. Even then I had thought it would be nice to live there. And now that thought became stronger. <\/p>\n
And what\u2019s there in America, that you can\u2019t find in Russia?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Here everything is different. Here is better to raise children, because everything is adapted for it. It\u2019s much safer. It\u2019s better to work with music. All the leading producers and musicians live in the States, and I\u2019m already tired of flying here and there all the time. And in addition to it, here\u2019s the summer all the year. And I can\u2019t live without the sun. I\u2019m very tired of Moscow\u2019s greyness, of those endless parties. Some empty \u2013 fast life. And in general it is high time for me to change background. <\/p>\n
You\u2019re not afraid that many fans in Russia won\u2019t understand you?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> No. I don\u2019t even pay attention what somebody will think of me. Normal people, especially those who have children will understand me. And I\u2019m not interested in those who are not normal. <\/p>\n
Do you think that during these 10 years the attitude to the idea of \u201cfreelove\u2019\u2019 which group t.A.T.u. promoted has changed?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> Unfortunately nothing has changed. Two years ago me and Lena went to the gay-parade and watched these unfortuante boys beaten to the blood. Cops on the one side, and skinheads on the other. I do not understand how you can maim people just because of the fact that they have a different orientation. That\u2019s simple a savagery. It seems to me that even in undeveloped African countries such things don\u2019t happen. Honestly, that scene strongly influenced me. I had a big desire to leave quickly. <\/p>\n
Lena, you\u2019re also planning to leave Russia?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> No way. In that sense, I\u2019m a patriot. I certainly like to be in America, but to live there, no. In Moscow is my mom, dad, sister, friends and close people. If they also go with me, I\u2019d even think about it, but that\u2019s impossible, I have too many friends (Laughing).<\/p>\n
Good, you can already afford yourself to choose where to live. By the way, how much you\u2019ve earned in these 10 years of career?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Honestly, I\u2019ve no idea. I don\u2019t know how much and which accounts is all I have. I made 2 major purchases, an apartment in Moscow, but still there is money. And if I need something I\u2019ll call to check how much money I have and and how to get them. <\/p>\n
Yulia:<\/b> I also don\u2019t know. If I want to buy something I just withdraw the money from the card, but when and how much is there, I don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n
On the Internet, there can be found a record of your first press- conference, where you kissed in front of cameras? And when was the last time such kiss happened?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> I don\u2019t remember, we don\u2019t celebrate such days (Laughing). But even now we sometimes kiss, out of the scene. For example when we\u2019re relaxing somewhere together. And then Yulia already has husband, children\u2026 <\/p>\n
And you\u2019re not going to get married?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> In near future no, on the other hand, \u201cif you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans\u2019\u2019 Banal phrase, but no one changed it yet. <\/p>\n
And do you have a boyfriend?<\/b><\/p>\n
Lena:<\/b> Let\u2019s just forget this question. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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