The composition of the vintage group in the year. Anastasia kazaku became the new soloist of the vintage group

Almost sobbing from the "divorce", the pop heroine is preparing for a new breakthrough

Passions are running high: one of the finalists of the ZD Awards is an epoch-making (you can already say so!) For our pop music, the Vintage group, which has repeatedly taken the lead, in last time can become the "Group of the Year" in its golden composition. Anna Pletneva and Alexey Romanof always called themselves " musical husband and wife," left their previous stagemates at the height of their fame to work together, and seemed to form an unbreakable creative alliance. But more recently - 11 years after their crowned connection - the superpop tandem announced their breakup. Pletneva was replaced by four new vocalists, whom Romanof selected, however, together with Anya. The former frontwoman continues her solo career. In an interview with ZD, the artist told why such a breakup strong union what awaits fans around the corner and how she met the new Faina Ranevskaya.

Anya, it is quite obvious that the readers of "ZD", choosing the finalists in the nomination "Group of the Year", voted for the "classic" "Vintage", in which you and Alexei Romanov were one musical entity. On the rise of popularity, the group breaks up. ABBA you are ours!!! Why?

Much to my regret, this story really ended. We made the decision together, although many fans thought that I put an end to it - as the frontwoman of the group. What happened was the logical outcome of what was happening, we simply had no choice. AT recent times everything was like in a marriage that had already cracked, although outwardly it did not manifest itself in any way. Union, personal or creative, cannot last long in this state. If people no longer burn with a single impulse, are not in the same clip, and something has broken inside, then very soon their paths will diverge. Alas, this happened in our case. The fact that people still vote for us as a single creative whole, on the one hand, is insanely pleasant, on the other hand, it even hurts like a knife to the heart, because right now we are saying goodbye to that very amazing energy, to the very team that lived a fairly long and happy life. But, despite any quarrels, short-term grievances between Alexei Romanov and me, I know for sure that only great love to our common brainchild, great pride in it. I speak very emotionally, because feelings overwhelm. And I have a clear realization that we made this whole amazing story together: it would not have been born if our tandem had not arisen.

Back in August last year, you renamed the group: “Vintage” turned into the Anna Pletneva project, and then new members appeared ... Did you carefully plan the separation algorithm?

No. Now from the outside it may seem that all our recent joint actions were a cunningly planned scheme - the video “A Little Advertising”, where we showed ourselves in a coffin, the very words of this song - “leave at least a little love after the dot for memory.” In fact, this was absolutely not the case: we planned to continue joint work but fate decreed otherwise. And, by the way, with the advent of the Anna Pletneva project, the Vintage group has not disappeared anywhere, continues to successfully exist in a renewed line-up. Now there are four soloists in the group - four "bad girls".

- How do you see the phenomenon of "Vintage"? What secrets of success have been manipulated?

We certainly had them, these secrets, but, to be honest, we ourselves could not reveal them to the end. Before the birth of the group, both Lesha and I were not creatively free, each was in his own musical “prison” - I was in the Lyceum group, he was in Amega. Perhaps the fact that we escaped from there, began to go “contrary”, gave a big impetus to further development. It has been 11 years since we created Vintage. At the beginning of this journey, we were called "downed pilots", artists no longer needed by anyone. And we, being proud, stubborn people, decided - "come what may", we felt free and began to break away without thinking about the format, about the trend. We created our own trends. But still, I think the main reason for success was the action of some magical forces in which I believe. And the way they work is inexplicable.

Many Russian artists are still criticized for being on a level below Western artists, and your shows were really high quality. What foreign samples did you focus on?

Lesha and I not only have similar creative stories, we are also the same age, so we grew up in the same era, in fact - on the same music. We caught the turning point when the forbidden became available, Madonna, Michael Jackson appeared on the stage, to whom Vintage once dedicated the song Mickey. These artists changed the minds of people, they influenced us too. In addition, I was a more alternatively oriented girl than Romanov, at some point I went crazy for Björk - I really liked her. I remember the first clips, the first VCRs on which they were recorded. All this could not but leave an imprint, and all this has shaped us as individuals since childhood. But of course we never copied anyone's shows on purpose, that would be too primitive. Sometimes there were some associations, allusions: for example, I was at Lady Gaga's performances several times and thought that in some sense this story is parallel to ours. It seems to me that in the creative world there is a certain unified information field - and a similar energy can manifest itself in different people in different corners earth. This is also such an interesting and inexplicable thing.

- Isn't it chilly now, in the form of a solo performer? With what thoughts does a new stage begin?

Now I feel my power, and this is primarily the power of experience. Of course, that girl 11 years ago and me today are two different person. I feel confident, I know that I can do a lot, and most importantly, I want to move on. In show business, in life in general, everything is not as simple as it seems from the outside. We do not go in a straight line, we rise and fall, and in this situation it is very easy to break down, to lose the desire to do something, to create something new. I still want it, which means I can. In my case, this formula works absolutely.

What bar are you setting for yourself right now?

I have many ideas. I want to do a big solo concert. After big changes much needs to be built anew, in a sense - to start from scratch, but go further and higher. I have a favorite phrase from the book "Through the Looking Glass". When Alice and the Black Queen are running across the chessboard and at some point Alice asks the Queen if they have reached the goal, which, it would seem, is very close, she replies: “Well, dear, in order to move to the next cell, you need to run two times faster". Right now I have the feeling that I have to run twice as fast, make a dash, and I will do it.

Recently, you released a very funny and unexpected clip "Girlfriend", filmed with comedian Marina Fedunkiv. How did this work come about?

it unique story, because we really became friends, although we didn’t even know each other before. We realized that we do not want to stop, we want to rock, we shoot our series, we constantly meet and just laugh together. She, of course, amazing person, not like anyone else. I am very glad that Marina appeared in my life. You know, this is such Faina Ranevskaya of the new time. I always adored Ranevskaya, dreamed of meeting her, and now I met her - in some new incarnation. It's great that everyone liked our duet, although for me it was not a typical experiment, a gift of fate.

- What are the main conclusions made for yourself over the years on stage?

You know, I feel and clearly understand that I am not even in the middle of the road yet. Therefore, can I draw conclusions in another 20 years? Maybe I'll write a book about it. (Laughs.)

In the autumn of 2016, a casting was announced in new composition group "Vintage". During the casting, four girls were selected: Zhenya Polikarpova, Anastasia Kreskina, Anastasia Kazaku and Anna Kornilyeva. Let's talk in more detail about each of them.

At the age of 6, parents brought Zhenya to music school where she studied piano. Zhenya has been passionate about music since childhood - rehearsing in front of a mirror with a comb in her hands to Britney Spears concerts was her favorite pastime, while other children ran around the yard playing robber Cossacks. In 2003, Zhenya entered a pop school, where she began to study vocals. In 2006, Zhenya participated in the casting for the Star Factory 6 project by Viktor Drobysh, but the casting was unsuccessful. Another interesting adventure in the world of music was Zhenya's participation in international competition young performers of popular music New wave 2009". Over time, constant tours, competitions and concerts began to occupy most the time of a little artist, but this did not prevent Zhenya from graduating from a comprehensive school with a silver medal. After leaving school, Zhenya moved to St. Petersburg and entered the St. State University Culture and Arts per faculty pop-jazz vocals. In 2010, Zhenya announced herself as part of the 2Night group. The debut was the song "Forgive me", which became calling card groups. The single “Thinking about you”, written together with DJ Romeo in 2011, became one of the soundtracks of Valeria Gai Germanika’s serial film “ Short Course happy life". In 2015, Zhenya moved to Moscow and began solo career. In winter, Zhenya Polikarpova's first video for the song "Promise" is released. In March 2016, the premiere of the single "Blueberry Nights" took place, the author is the artist and composer Sergey Filippov. In April 2016, Zhenya Polikarpova takes part in Grigory Leps' project "The Highest Standard" on the Russian Music Box TV channel.

As part of the group "2Night"

Pro this girl little information on the internet. Originally from Ryazan. Before the Vintage group, she tried to break onto the stage, participating in many auditions. I also wanted to try myself in the acting profession. Writes songs, plays the piano. Height - 160 centimeters, there are several tattoos. Likes sport.

Anastasia Kazaku (22 years old, born February 20, 1994, married, raising little son, maiden name– Kolchanova)

At the age of 6 she got into the Kinder Surprise show group. There Nastya was taught to dance, sing and not be afraid of the stage. Then there was the Perm College of Music and the first attempt to conquer Moscow. Nastya went to the capital to enter the Tabakov theater school. There, in between auditions, she met her future husband. The guys failed to become students of this university. Two and a half years later, they got married and Anastasia moved to her husband in his native St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, a Perm woman began to sing in a karaoke club. Soon Nastya decided to take part in the show "Voice": “I went to the casting, went through two rounds ... and they didn’t take me”. Then a baby appeared, and soon Nastya decided to try to pass a casting in the Vintage group.

Anastasia with her husband Radu and son Timothy

At work in a karaoke club

Singer-songwriter, self-taught, was born in the city of Vladivostok. The first song was "The Road to Happiness", in total Anna recorded 19 songs own composition and filmed 5 video clips. Recorded cover versions of tracks famous performers, this brought her some popularity on the Internet. She performed in clubs, restaurants, as an opening act before concerts of other artists.

Anna with her boyfriend

Here are four completely different girls united to create new history group "Vintage". Under the tutelage and guidance of Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanof, the girls released the single "Who Wants to Become a Queen" and shot a video clip for it.

Dear gossips, how do you girls? To be honest, they used to cause conflicting feelings in me, but when preparing this post, I revised my attitude towards them. Young, musical, beautiful, creative, not afraid of experiments... Just what our show business and stage need! I wish you good luck girls!

Cetre' witnessed a joyful event - the reunion of the VINTAGE group, which happened on November 01 at the Red Club.

A solo concert of the famous trendsetters of the Russian stage - the Vintage group - took place in the nightclub. For more than three years, the band's fans have not gathered together at venues of many thousands to sing in unison with the absolute super hits of the band, which has already become legendary not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders!

Long before the word "hype" firmly settled in the minds of millions, "Vintage" skillfully embodied in life and on stage all their most daring ideas, delighting numerous listeners and shocking the musical community.

After the announcement in 2017 of the break in relations between Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanov, the group's fans were shocked. Their outrage and despair spilled over into social media. Artists were accused, pitied, supported, loved and hated...

Few realized that "Vintage" came to a milestone that requires a drastic change. The relationship of the musicians was interrupted for a year. They did not meet, did not talk and did not maintain any contact. It took a year for each of them to get rid of everything that sucked into the hole mutual claims and resentment. A year to reset and start moving forward again.

Anna Pletneva:“The moment has come when we did everything: collected all the awards, were in the first places of all the charts! We reached the very top and did not understand where to go next! Then we “buried” ourselves in the video “A Little Advertising” ... I was the initiator to break off these relations, I had to act tough, although it was very difficult in every sense, because we became more than relatives ... A year passed, and we decided again to be together, the wounds healed, everything seemed to be reset. Now I know for sure that sometimes you just need to leave, so that later you can start all over again ... ”

In February 2018, fans enthusiastically greeted the new track "White", which was released with the credits Anna Pletneva "Vintage", author Alexei Romanof. “It is impossible to separate the name of Anna Pletneva and Vintage. They grew together, became one, ”the musicians wrote in a press release for the new composition. The next joint composition "Sunday Angel" was not long in coming.

But despite the fact that the revived creative tandem of Romanov and Pletneva has already brought the first results, the official reunion of the musicians took place yesterday, November 1, at the Red club, where they again took the stage together. This was the only concert, since Alexei no longer plans to participate in the band's concert performances, limiting himself to working in the studio and creating new super hits. The only time the audience was able to see "Vintage" as they knew it all these years, and hear all the most famous songs bands and, of course, absolutely new tracks!

The young singer Anastasia Kazaku replaced Anna Pletneva in the Vintage group.

Perennial soloist popular group"Vintage" Anna Pletneva left the team. She was replaced by a spectacular brunette Anastasia Kazaku.

Thus, the Vintage group has changed its composition, now the faces of the team are: Anna Kornilyeva, Anastasia Kreskina, Evgeny Polikarpova and Anastasia Kazaku.

The producers of the group made such a decision after Anna Pletneva announced her departure.

Spectacular brunette comes from Perm. However, she has long been living and working in St. Petersburg. In music, the girl is a professional - she graduated from a music school in the class of pop-jazz vocals.

The new soloist is married and has a young son.

group "Vintage" in the new composition

The casting took place in the Moscow office of Yandex, it was conducted by Anna Pletneva and Alexei Romanov, who founded the Vintage group 10 years ago.

During this time, she has repeatedly been on the top lines of the charts thanks to the hits "Loneliness of Love", "Bad Girl", "Eve", "Mama America", "Romance" and others.

This summer, Pletneva said she wants to start everything from scratch, so she leaves Vintage. A girl who also managed to be a soloist of the Lyceum. Now he wants to start a solo career.

Well, Nastya Kazaku got a chance to show himself in a popular and well-known team.

According to the spectacular brunette, there was no drama or conflict at the time of her farewell to Vintage. Colleagues in the team reacted with understanding to Anna's decision to perform solo. “When it became known that I had left the group, they began to ask me:“ What happened? Didn’t they share the money?” And I didn’t even have anything to answer. Apparently, for all these years I couldn’t become a person from show business, because I couldn’t come up with a scandal, ”Pletneva said with a smile.

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Alexey Romanov, who created Vintage together with the performer, reacted to her resignation on own will surprisingly calm. “He answered me only one thing:“ Thank God that you suggested it yourself: I didn’t know how to tell you the same thing. ”He felt that I was getting cramped within the group and I was ready to move on,” the ex-soloist explained "Vintage" - In this situation, he behaved like a friend, not like a colleague.

Always dressed in erotic outfits, 39-year-old Pletneva promised that she would continue to be a "bad girl." "This stage image was chosen by me consciously. Fortunately, no one dictated to Lesha and me how to behave, how to dress and what to sing - we were our own producers. I can’t say that the solo singer Anya Pletneva will be very different from the soloist of the Vintage group Anya Pletneva, because it was me too, ”the star emphasized.

However, the singer made some adjustments to her appearance. "Of course, there will be changes, otherwise why was it then to leave the group? I have many serious songs that I have not performed at concerts before, and I want to be heard. This does not mean that I will now sing exclusively lyrical ballads, "I will turn into a kind of Alla Borisovna Pugacheva and become correct. No, I will still remain a hooligan and a "bad girl," the HELLO! magazine quotes the performer.

By the way, earlier Pletneva first admitted to reporters that in her youth she was crazy about Vladimir Presnyakov. At the same time, at that time, Anna did not perceive the artist’s beloved woman, singer Kristina Orbakaite, as a rival. "I saw him on TV and fell in love, despite the fact that I was brutal in musical tastes, I listened to St. Petersburg rock - Tsoi," Nautilus Pompilius ", well, The Doors, Bjork. I was not interested in pop music. But Volodya appeared, and I stopped eating, sleep and breathe without his music,” recalls the artist, “I didn’t perceive Kristina Orbakaite as a rival, she seemed to me a temporary phenomenon in Presnyakov’s life. Intuition did not disappoint.”