About a decade ago, there was a duo of two Russian girls (called Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina) who pretended to be lesbian and lovers called t.A.T.u. After having had a bit of fun pretending to be lovers during their first record, they released two other records (which never sold very well, which I can only assume is due to the lack of talent from both girls) and then split up after hardly no touring, delayed albums, one of the girls having two babies with two different men and a video where a pregnant woman gets shot, and they both decided to go solo.
I stumbled over this video from Lena Katina, who apparently is well into recording her first solo album, and I wondered: Why did they both say that they didn't want to do anything t.A.T.u, yet Lena doesn't seem to let go of the thought of Yulia Volkova being in a band-ish (or in this case, in a video)?
I decided to compare the two singers solo stuff with each other, and realised that Lena actually has the better voice. Where Yulia Volkova has a raspy voice that shows clear signs of no actual training, Lena has, at least in the video, what appears to be a very clear and strong voice. Yet, if you actually meet t.A.T.u fans, they all seem to be liking the voice of Yulia Volkova the best (at least, that's my experience), so is it about the appearences? Are they only just remembering the voices from 2000/2001 or 2002 (whenever they came out first) or is there something to Yulias voice that I just can't hear that makes it great?
And if you compare the two singers, who is most likely to succeed? Will it be the raspy voice of Volkova, who will most likely not tour (and if she does, she will most likely do it in Russia) or will it be Katina who seems to have the better voice?
Personally, I don't really care. I can tell you now that you've just wasted about 5 minutes reading about a shit-all "analysis" of a band no one cares about, just so you can read the fact that the only reason I uploaded this video is because I really like the egg-shell dress Miss Katina is wearing. She should get rid of the gloves though.
Much love from here!
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