Sergei Ashikhmin. Soloists of "Yin-Yang" explained why they gave their daughter a Jewish name What they did before participating in this project

The Yin-Yang group is a great example of the fact that real talent can always find its way to the stage. Four members of the team, included in the first line-up, declared themselves on the Star Factory project and were able to prove that they deserve to stand on a par with recognized pop stars. And although the team had to go through not only ups and downs, Yin-Yang still delights fans with groovy compositions.

Compound

The first composition of the group included four members - two girls and two guys. These young people, who started the path to fame and popularity, had different views on music and approach to performance. However, the guys managed to become a real team and learn to work next to each other.

Born on January 15, 1986 in Cherkassy (in Ukraine). Artem has a mathematical education - the musician planned a serious career. In addition, before the project, the young man managed to learn several languages ​​​​and was seriously involved in sports, playing for the university football team. However, the dream of the stage lived in him since childhood, therefore, having learned about the casting for participation in the popular TV project "Star Factory", Artem went to Moscow.

Another member of the Yin-Yang team, originally from Sevastopol. Tatyana was born on February 17, 1985. Unlike Artem, the girl seriously planned her career as a singer since childhood. Behind Tatyana is a children's opera studio, numerous vocal competitions and the Kyiv Academy of Culture and Arts (Bogacheva's specialty is pop vocals). Tatyana began her path to fame with the modeling business, but immediately after the casting of the Star Factory, she abandoned the podium in favor of the stage. And, as it turned out later, she did not lose.

Sergey Ashikhmin, like Tatyana Bogacheva, dreamed of performing on stage since childhood. However, unlike his bandmate, he planned to become a professional dancer. Sergey was born on May 18, 1987 in Arkhangelsk. The young man devoted several years to ballroom dancing, and then became interested in the newfangled break dance.

At the age of 16, Sergei went to conquer the capital. In Moscow, Ashikhmin first began to study vocals, and at the same time worked as a model. Having learned about the casting for the Star Factory project, the young man decided that this was the very chance that was given only once in a lifetime, and decided not to miss it.

I came to the "Star Factory" from the city of Adler. This project is not the first serious competition in the girl's life. Since childhood (Julia was born on April 23, 1988), Parshuta has participated in various contests and competitions.

So, already at the age of 11, the girl took third place in a children's drawing competition in France, and also constantly won prizes in ballroom dancing, violin and even basketball competitions. After university, the girl worked as a model for some time, and then decided that she deserved more and went to Moscow for the casting of the Star Factory.

Music

In 2007, the long-awaited seventh season of the musical show "Star Factory" began. The producers this time were and. The prize of the season was a contract with Konstantin Meladze - a great start for young performers.

The first song of the newly-minted group was the composition "Little by little", which the fans of the project heard for the first time at the reporting concert of the season. However, at that time no one knew that the decision to create a new team had already been made.

This news was a pleasant surprise for music lovers. According to the voting results, the singer became the first, while Yin-Yang and the BiS group (which included and) shared the third place. So in the biographies of Artem Ivanov, Tatyana Bogacheva, Sergei Ashikhmin and Yulia Parshuta, a new page was opened.

There were some incidents: in the group's debut video, the name "Yin-Yang" was misspelled - "Yin-Yang". Because of this, confusion began, and the combined disks of the Star Factory came out for some time with the wrong name of the team. According to the participants, by choosing such a name for the project, they wanted to emphasize that, despite internal differences, different characters and musical tastes, they can work together perfectly and create harmonious musical compositions.

Immediately after the Star Factory, the Yin-Yang group, which won the shooting of the video and the recording of the album under the direction of Konstantin Meladze, went on their first tour with the rest of the project participants. Initially, it was planned that the "manufacturers" would perform only in Russian cities, but later the scope of the tour expanded, and novice musicians were able to perform in other countries: Israel, the United States, Spain.

The song "Save me", which at that time became the hallmark of the group, helped to win more and more fans. And immediately after the tour, the team recorded another song - "Karma", for which a memorable video was also shot. In parallel, the group members participated in television programs and various combined concerts. It is not surprising that soon the whole country was singing rhythmic love songs.

The next hit of the Yin-Yang group was the song Kamikaze. This composition was so loved by the fans of the band that it still remains popular. According to rumors, initially "Kamikaze" was intended for the repertoire, but at the last moment the producer decided to give the song to Bogacheva, Ivanov, Ashikhmin and Parshuta.

Another hit of the group - the composition "Do not care" - also occupied the first lines of various chart lists and charts for a long time. This song, according to some reports, even surpassed the success of Kamikaze, and the clip was discussed for a long time in all music programs.

At the end of the same year, "Yin-Yang" once again proved that they deserve to be called pop stars: the new song "Don't Let Go of My Hand" became a New Year's gift for fans. According to the plot of the video filmed for this composition, the participants begin to sing three minutes before the New Year and finish their performance under the celebratory chimes.

Also in 2010, Yin-Yang once again participated in the Star Factory. This time the competition was held between former participants of different seasons of the project. The team had to compete with no less outstanding performers -

Yin-Yang group now

In 2017, Artem Ivanov announced that fans would soon see the updated line-up of the group. Perhaps in 2018 we should expect new hits from the band.

Now you can learn about the band's plans from fan communities on Instagram and other social networks, where fans share photos and recordings from concerts, as well as news about the life of idols.

Clips

• 2008 - Save Me
• 2008 - "Karma"
• 2009 - "Kamikaze"
• 2010 - "Do not care"
• 2010 - "Don't let go of my hand"
• 2012 - "Alien"
• 2015 - “Saturday feat. Yes17"

On May 2, the soloist of the Yin-Yang group Tatyana Bogacheva became a mother for the first time. The singer gave her daughter to her lover, group colleague Artem Ivanov. The fact that the couple will have a girl, the artists learned at a fairly early stage of Tatiana's pregnancy. The graduates of the "Star Factory-7" had enough time to decide which name to choose for the unborn child. Artem had his own idea of ​​how to name the heiress.

“Yes, I unconditionally relinquished the right to choose a name for my daughter. It was very important for me that her name was not associated with anyone. I opened the list of Jewish names and chose the one I liked the most. On the day when we found out that there would be a girl, I came and said: "The daughter will be called Mirra." Tanya at first took it with hostility, ”said Artem.

However, Tatyana did not immediately accept the idea of ​​\u200b\u200ba lover. Bogacheva admits that she was ready to consider other options for the name for the firstborn. However, the chosen one of the singer was adamant and insisted on his own. He managed to convince his beloved that this is the name their common daughter should be called.

“She has Jewish roots. Everything is confusing, but they are there. For some reason, it always seemed to me that my daughter should have a Jewish name, ”admitted a graduate of Star Factory 7.

Tatyana said that she was very worried before the birth. And the fact that Mirra was born a little later than the scheduled date, Bogacheva connects with her fears of becoming a mother. Moreover, until the eighth month, the singer did not go on maternity leave and continued to perform on stage. But during pregnancy, the artist created special conditions for her to feel as comfortable as possible.

Now the couple is enjoying the happiness of being parents, but they still don’t think about the methods of raising the girl. Tatyana appreciates the fact that Artyom constantly helps her in caring for her daughter, and unlike many celebrities who immediately hire assistants, the couple manages on their own.

“While we are afraid to hire a nanny. I can't imagine how such a small child can be trusted with a stranger. My grandmother, my mother, came for a couple of weeks, and this is how we manage on our own, ”Tatiana said in an interview with OK magazine.

Tatyana Bogacheva - pop singer, finalist of the musical show "Star Factory-7", soloist of the group.

Tatyana Bogacheva is a Crimean. She was born in Sevastopol in February 1985. Parents immediately noticed that their daughter was growing up as an artistic and musically gifted girl. Therefore, they took 5-year-old Tanya to a children's opera studio, where experienced teachers gave the girl a voice, taught the basics of vocals, acting and pantomime.

A couple of years later, Tatyana Bogacheva already participated in vocal competitions and song festivals. More than a dozen certificates and prizes are kept in her house.

Vocal lessons in her native Simferopol allowed the girl to easily enter the Kyiv Academy of Culture and Art. Tanya chose the specialty "pop vocal".

In Ukraine, Bogacheva is known as a singer and a bright model. The girl was in a modeling agency in Kyiv and appeared more than once in commercials and posters. Perhaps Tatyana, with her external data, could make a good modeling career. But the girl dreamed of music.

Music

Tanya received such an opportunity in 2007. This year, the creative biography of Tatyana Bogacheva started. The singer passed the qualifying stages of the 7th season of the popular TV show "Star Factory" and got on the project, which gave Tatyana a start in life.

The rating of the seventh season of "Star Factory" turned out to be so high that the organizers decided to hold an international tour, which included visits to Israel, Spain, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States. In 2008, Tatyana Bogacheva and Artem Ivanov were entrusted with the first to perform a holiday anthem specially written on the occasion of the celebration of Family Day in Russia.

And in September, listeners already enjoyed new compositions - "Karma" and "Kamikaze". Video clips were filmed for both hits. The group is invited to the anniversary concert of the Music Box TV channel, and then the video for the song Karma wins first place in the video contest as part of Eurovision 2010.

Then many wonderful new compositions appeared, but the song “Do not care” is rightfully considered the best of them. It became an instant hit, including gaining popularity as mobile content. After the video appeared, the composition was posted on YouTube and received 22 million views.

On the third anniversary of the existence of the group, Tatyana and Artyom pleased the fans with the new single "Don't Let Go of My Hand", the video for which was filmed using New Year's symbols. Three months later, the group already participated in the "Star Factory: Return" - the super final of the show, where the strongest finalists of all episodes were invited. The releases of the songs “Cool”, “Thailand”, “Saturday”, authored by Artem Ivanov, soon followed. In 2016, Tatyana and Artem performed the song "Goosebumps" as a duet.

In addition to participating in the Yin-Yang group, Tatyana Bogacheva was lucky to collaborate with composers Georgy Garanyan during her musical career. A number of joint compositions were recorded with,.

Songs performed by Tatyana Bogacheva were performed at the concerts "Song of the Year", "Big Love Show", "Old songs about the main thing", "Five Stars", "Two Stars", "Minute of Glory".

Personal life

When Tatyana got to the "Star Factory", she had a young man. But the almost closed life on the project, where the participants turn into one family, dictated its own rules. Tanya met Artem Ivanov, for whom sympathy arose immediately. At first, the guy liked outwardly. The singer reminded her, who was the standard of male beauty in Tatiana's youth. Then, getting to know each other better, Bogacheva noted the excellent upbringing and rare intelligence of the guy.

The resulting romance was vibrant, though not problem-free. The organizers of the show and the leaders of the team did not like that feelings appeared between the two participants in Yin-Yang. But the guys did not meet any special obstacles for love.

The novel did not pass even after the end of the show. The personal life of Tatyana Bogacheva and her chosen one has been flowing in the same direction for several years. At first, the couple rented housing and lived in a civil marriage. But in May 2016, Bogacheva and Ivanov turned into a real “cell of society”. The young have a lovely girl, whom they decided to call the unusual name Mirra.

The name for the daughter was chosen by Artem when Tatyana was still at the initial stage of pregnancy. After the birth of Mirra, her photo was immediately decorated with " Instagram» Tatyana, although her daughter's face was hidden for a long time.

Tatyana Bogacheva now

Now Tatyana Bogacheva has begun a new stage in her creative biography - the girl became interested in teaching. In February 2018, Bogacheva was invited to the teaching staff of the Voice "Studio vocal studio, where future pop artists are trained, songs are recorded. The studio also cooperates with MUZ TV-Show, which allows promising students to get the first experience of interacting with the public.

Due to Tatyana's pregnancy and childbirth, the concert activity of the Yin-Yang group has decreased. But for the fall of 2018, it is planned to update the composition and repertoire of the musical group. With the new program, the singers promise to return to the musical Olympus.

Discography

• 2007 - Little by little
• 2007 - Save Me
• 2008 - "Karma"
• 2008 - "Hymn of the family"
• 2009 - "Kamikaze"
• 2010 - "Don't let go of my hand"
• 2010 - "Do not care"
• 2012 - "Alien"
• 2014 - "Thailand"
• 2015 - "Saturday"
• 2016 - Goosebumps

In 2007, Konstantin Meladze created a team with the colorful name "Yin-Yang". The group, whose songs later became hits in many CIS countries, existed in its original form until 2011. Due to disagreements with the management, one of the sweet-voiced singers left the team, but first things first.

How the Yin-Yang project was created

In 2007, the Star Factory-7 project, already beloved by everyone, was launched on Channel One. It would seem, what else can surprise this show? For 7 seasons, it has already become boring to the audience, so the viewing rating has gradually fallen. But it was not there, this time the brothers Konstantin and Valery Meladze undertook to produce the show. After exhausting auditions, the guys moved into a common house according to the old scenario and began to improve their creative skills. The result of the show was to be a contract with Konstantin Meladze.

After several months of the most interesting show, the winner and prize-winners were determined. The victory pulled out and the third place was shared between the duet "BiS" and the quartet "Yin-Yang".

The composition of the group "Yin-Yang"

Four beautiful, and most importantly, motley participants with good vocal abilities liked the inspirer of the project, Konstantin Meladze, and he decided to take them under his wing. For artists who were still inexperienced, this meant large infusions of funds, constant tours, replenishment of the repertoire and growth in the vastness of the domestic show business.

The initial composition of the Yin-Yang group is two girls - and Yulia Parshuta, and two representatives of the strong half of humanity - Artem Ivanov and Sergey Ashikhmin.

Artem Ivanov, a native of the city of Cherkasy, immediately began courting Tatyana Bogacheva on the project, a romantic relationship began between them, which later developed into Artem has a faculty of making intelligent decisions in business, is fluent in several foreign languages, writes poetry and music.

Sergey Ashikhmin is from Tula. He devoted all his childhood to ballroom dancing. At the age of 16, he began to study vocals and entered the Moscow. He passed the casting for the "Factory". Now Sergey is not only the lead singer of the Yin-Yang group, but also a successful designer.

The original composition of the Yin-Yang group included a native of the city of Sochi. Excellent student, activist and sportswoman. Yuliya has been dancing since the age of 3.5 and participates in various competitions. Repeatedly passed to the finals of beauty contests not only in her hometown, but also in Moscow. In 2007-2011 was one of the soloists in the Yin-Yang group, in 2011 she began her solo career.

Tanya Bogacheva was born in Sevastopol. From the age of five she attended the children's opera studio of her native city, studied at the pop vocal faculty at the Kyiv Academy of Arts and Culture. She took part in advertising campaigns on television and in modeling shows.

Team split

From 2007 to 2011, the guys, under the direction of Konstantin Meladze, filmed five videos, constantly toured the country, even had a tour in the USA. During these tours, Yulia Parshuta met her lover. Probably, this fact and the great ambitions of the artist pushed her to leave the team. In 2010, the group was invited to the project “Factory. Return”, from which they flew out immediately after the first competitive day. They say that the result of the performance was affected by constant friction in the team and misunderstandings with the leadership of Channel One.

A few months later, Yulia Parshuta's first solo video was released. In August 2011, she officially left the band. It cannot be said that the departure went smoothly, and, nevertheless, after so many years, the guys who remained in the group recognize Yulia’s decision as the right one, because very often disputes arose in the team.

free swimming

In the group "Yin-Yang" from the quartet was transformed into a trio. Already in 2012, the guys decided to go their own way, and Konstantin Meladze no longer produces them. Over the past three years, the team managed to release several interesting video works, the songwriters were Artem Ivanov and Sergey Ashikhmin. In the future, the Yin-Yang group plans to perform in the old line-up, the names of the new members have not yet been announced, although, who knows, perhaps in the near future the trio will again be reshuffled. In the meantime, the guys give concerts, go on tour and enjoy life.

It was formed on the popular project "Star Factory 7" in early 2007 - the head of the season was Konstantin Meladze. For many years, Meladze was a producer and songwriter. yin yang group. Now the guys are trying to independently write compositions in a given format, without lowering the bar. Recently, a new song was released, authored by Artem Ivanov, called "Cool", the video for this song caused a surge of delight among fans.

Seven years later, the participants Yin Yang"It is difficult to associate with the "manufacturers", but their career began precisely on this very rating project of those years. Now they are stylish, fashionable, beautiful, self-confident musicians with vast musical experience and a busy touring schedule, as well as frequent guests at many social events, presentations and shows.

Artem, Tatyana and Sergey love fashion brands, beautiful clothes, live a colorful life. At the same time, they actively communicate with fans, personally know the representatives of fan clubs and warmly talk about organized meetings. Behind the events yin yang group You can watch it on Vkontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

In this interview, we wanted to look behind the scenes of show business and chat with one of the most popular teams on the Russian scene. We are very grateful to Artem Ivanov, Sergey Ashikhmin and Tatyana Bogacheva for taking the time for a personal meeting and answering a few questions especially for the Russian Blogger.

The TV project "Star Factory-7" has become the starting point of your career. Tell us about this stage of your life.

Sergey:"Star Factory" has become a big bright spot in our lives, which we will remember. On this project, we turned from talented children, in other words, from chicks, into big beautiful birds and ... flew (laughs)

Tatiana: The Star Factory gave us a lot, we remember this period of life with warmth, but it was a long time ago and the impressions have already dulled.

Artem: We are grateful to this project, thanks to it we entered the big stage and still sing. With much more fondness, I remember the casting, because for me it was so new and unusual. The guys have already been to the castings not once, but for me it was the first casting. Emotions were running high and it was cool!

What were you doing before joining this project?

Artem: I studied at the Polytechnic Institute as a mathematician-economist. In the future, I saw myself as anyone, but not a musician. Life, however, ordered otherwise, and it turned out the way it happened.

Tatiana: I studied to be a singer, received a higher musical education, went to auditions to somehow secure my future. So what I'm doing now is my speciality.

Sergey: I was in my second year of college when I got on the project. Before the "Factory" I worked part-time in a student group, where we did good deeds, helped people. (laughs)

How has your life changed after Star Factory?

Artem: We toured for a very long time as part of the Star Factory project by Konstantin Meladze. After a while, almost all of Konstantin's projects from the "factory" were eliminated, and since 2009 group "Yin-Yang" began to perform as a full-fledged group, almost immediately after the release of the song and the video "Kamikaze". It was then that we became recognizable and in demand as an independent team.

What kind of relationship do you have with producer Konstantin Meladze?

Artem: We have a great relationship with Kostya, but he is now carried away by a new project and gives all his strength to it. Konstantin Meladze is currently writing music for The Great Gatsby, directed by Alan Badoev. Polina Gagarina sings in this project.
For now, he's given us the go-ahead in terms of picking songs and running them, as long as the style stays the same. We did not quarrel, did not disagree - we are working.

Before the departure of one of the vocalists, the Yin-Yang group was compared with the ABBA group, and now you have become a trio? Tatyana, isn't it difficult for you to be one girl in a team?

Tatiana: Perhaps we were compared with the ABBA group due to the fact that we had two boys and two girls in the team. Now it’s not difficult for me at all, it’s even easy. Maybe it would be more difficult if I didn’t know these boys, but here are practically native people whom I know well. Plus, we lived in the same house for a long time as part of the project, got used to it, plus we have been working together for many years. So everything is great!

How long have you existed as a trio?

Artem: As a trio, we exist much longer, and the four of us have been for a year and a half. A month after the end of the project “Star Factory. Return "we said goodbye to Yulia.
After the release of the song and video "Kamikaze", we started a new life, as I said, in the composition that you are now watching.

What are the relationships in the group?

Artem: Relations in the group are working, human. We often cross paths on business matters. We write tracks, do shopping together and select costumes for concerts. We sometimes rest together, but more often separately.

How many songs and videos does the Yin-Yang group have?

Artem: Seven clips, if I'm not mistaken, but there are a lot of songs, I didn't even count them, especially if you take into account temporary compositions. Standard program yin yang group, which we perform on stage, usually consists of twelve songs.

Sergey: If in the beginning we had an equal number of fast compositions and slow romantic ones, now we have more rhythmic energetic dance compositions in our repertoire. Our style is changing and, we are sure, for the better.

Are your love songs?

Artem: Not all of our songs are about love, but one way or another they come down to it. For example, the song "Alien" is about love, it would be more correct to say about self-love. In my opinion, this song is about Costa, although he denies it, but my personal feeling of how he perceives himself is embedded in the text of this composition.

What is love for you?

Tatiana: Love is warm feelings for a person that last for years, when you cannot live without a person. He becomes your soul mate.

Artem: Love is when two people, despite the amount of time spent together, manage not to turn their intimate relationship into incest. When close people become so close... I have a favorite saying on this subject: "Love lasts three years, and then incest begins." The main task is to avoid this in a relationship, and if people are able to maintain passion for many years, then this is probably true, great love.

Tell us about a bright story from the concert life?

Artem: When there are a lot of tours, there are also a lot of bright events, and all the adventures become everyday, and you stop remembering them. In fact, there were a lot of funny and interesting things, once even the plane overslept.

Tatiana: I remember in London on Trafalgar Square we performed at the Russian Shrovetide event, Seryozha threw up the microphone during the performance of the song and dropped it - it was very funny. The moment was captured by cameras, and the video can be seen on the Internet.

Sergey: Yes Yes!!! We opened the concert. There were about five thousand people in the square. Our first song sounded, the audience was still lethargic and stood calmly. Plus, we started with a slow song, and after the microphone fell, the people obviously perked up. It looked very funny, at that moment we seemed to melt the ice, and then everything was annealed. We would have warmed up the audience anyway, but here it turned out much faster and more interesting.

Sergey, in 2013 you performed the song "At the Scope" for the TV series. Tell us about this experience.

Sergey:"On the Scope" is a soundtrack to the series "Lector" on the channel "Russia". This is a separate project. I was simply asked to perform - I sang. Then they shot a video using pieces from the series, it turned out well. Famous Russian actors starred in the series: Fedor Bondarchuk, Dmitry Pevtsov, Ekaterina Guseva.

How do you keep fit and beautiful?

Sergey: Now I want to go eat something fatty and unhealthy… Although I try not to eat in the evening. I often deliberately order a lot of food so that I can eat it all. If it was always warm in Moscow, I would walk a lot. And since it's cold here, I don't walk around the city much.

Tatiana: Serezha is so supportive, and Artyom and I go to the gym, do fitness. I limit myself to fatty foods.

Artem: It is very difficult to limit yourself in food on tour, because there is an immense amount of it. Eat, eat, and telling yourself “stop” is the main difficulty. We all eat and drink, but in moderation.

What is your attitude towards sports? What is your favorite sport?

Artem:(whispers) Love games, of course...

Tatiana: I go to the gym, and I like to watch figure skating.

Artem: Shopping at Tanya's is still, of course.

Sergey: You know how shopping legs swing! All shopping centers in Moscow must be bypassed (smiles). I played sports as a child. I was professionally involved in volleyball, I have a rank in athletics, then I started dancing. Now, apart from the gym, running, cycling and rollerblading, I don’t seriously go in for sports.

Have you been to Sochi for the Olympic Games?

Tatiana: We recently returned from Sochi, where we were at the closing of the Paralympics, and before that we were at the opening of the Olympics. We performed our usual program.
At the opening, we performed on the stage of the main airport, and at the closing of the Paralympic Games, also at one of the main venues of Rosa Khutor. Everything was very touching, beautiful, and we are glad that we had such an honor.

Sergey: This is a big event for Russia, and everything was under the control of the police. Accreditation was required at every turn. At the entrance to concert and sports grounds, everyone was searched without exception.

Artem, tell us about the first big work in the repertoire of the Yin-Yang group - the song Cool. Are you the author of words and music?

Artem: Yes. This is the first song we started with the guys like Song of the group "Yin-Yang", the author of which is not Kostya. In my opinion, it is completely in our style, since the team of Konstantin Meladze was engaged in the arrangement. First of all, Sergey Grachev is an excellent arranger. In the video, we made a stylistic story. They launched a song and a video at the same time, which was presented on the country's channels. This is a good warm story, which, I hope, will give people positive emotions, especially at the present time of turmoil that is pouring on us from TV screens. We wanted a little sun and positivity! The clip consists of pieces shot in Los Angeles, near the Indian Ocean, there are also excerpts from our touring life, some shots were made on the phone. Take a look, you'll love it!

I have watched the clip many times. Beautiful presentation! In my opinion, it turned out to be a very warm and bright story. This is the song of the new summer!

Artem: Thank you. We would like to express our special thanks to the director and at the same time the editor of this video, Kadim Tarasov, who collected all the material that we filmed. And we managed to do such an interesting job.

Artem, do you also write songs for other musicians? What are these songs and who sings them?

Artem: Yes, it happened ... I collaborated several times with other artists. I had the song "A5" for Alena Scheller, but this is more of a commercial story. Now I work exclusively with close friends who are interesting. First of all, this is Vitaliy Kozlovsky, a popular Ukrainian performer, an honored artist. In Ukraine, Vitaly is a girly idol, like Dima Bilan is for Russia. He's the epitome of pop culture in a glossy way.