Music

Den from Denis, last name Burasnikov, and this Денис Бурашников (1988) does his thing as DenDerty. From Yoshkar-Ola (= Йошкар-Ола), a place you’ve probably never heard of, just like DenDerty. But hear this (and experience the opener).

Ivan Kurochkin and Vitaly Talyzin (from St. Petersburg) make up Electroforez. Sometimes spelled with a “k,” which is closer to the Russian spelling but further from English. In both their music and actual electrophoresis, much happens on its own, requiring few people.

A well-thought-out composition, but Hanna’s mind wasn’t on it. Hanna (or Ханна) has lost her голова (head), turning it into голову. To a ты (you), the самая сильная слабость, strongest weakness, and самая дикая сладость, wildest sweetness. Then this came out, and it all fit perfectly.

Not to be confused with the Korean or Bulgarian Luna, nor with Louna from Moscow, or Luna the Spanish flamenco singer from Overloon. All the light on the Ukrainian Kristina Viktorovna Gerasimova (1990), from Kyiv but born in Dresden (East Germany), and as Luna/Луна sings in Russian.

Girl group with a changing lineup. In Russian, the name is Серебро, but the spelling in Latin letters is common. It means silver. From Wikipedia: “a Russian trio that placed third at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song Song #1.”

Grivina (also known as Dasha Grivina) comes from Abakan, located in Southeast Siberia. She is still young (born in 2000) but has come a long way. Her music (like her lyrics) isn’t highly sophisticated, but that’s not a requirement in this genre. 222K followers on Instagram; Grivina has come from afar and is going even further.