Джизус – Girl in the Class
Джизус (Djiezus, Jesus) is the name under which Vladislav Kozhikhov Dmitrievich (1997, from Kirov) creates music (or expresses himself musically). He’s not one to go unnoticed, as both the name and the person behind it make sure of that. And if not, there’s always Instagram.
Kurt Cobain
It’s not like he keeps his name a secret. It’s the title of a track by Джизус (or Dzhizus). Hear/see Kozhikhov Vladislav Dmitrievich (2019) on YouTube (or listen on Spotify) since it’s not allowed here. И я лишь хочу вам помочь, как мне помогал Курт Кобейн: I just want to help you, like Kurt Cobain helped me. It’s a lot about helping. There’s also an animated version.
Best Girl
Also from 2019 is Девочка в классе (Girl in the Class). You were (ты была) the best girl in the class (самой лучшей девочкой в классе) and in the school (в школе). But ты менялась на моих глазах: you changed before my eyes. И ты мне не верила: and you didn’t believe me. There’s also English in the lyrics – words the real Jesus would never say (explicit lyrics).
Didn’t Understand
The beauty of perhaps another girl is sung about in Ты ничего не поняла (You Didn’t Understand, 2019). Ты красива, как зима: you’re beautiful like winter, and я тебя поцеловал: I kissed you. But she didn’t get it, hence Почему в тебя влюбился, why I fell in love with you. Not everything in the lyrics is romantic. Also shown in a lyric video.
Догорай/Рассвет
More recent is a performance on Evening Urgant (2020), with Догорай and Рассвет, which sounds very different here.
The most recent is Marlboro Gold, which also has a lyric video.
Bio and Portrait
- Джизус до того как стал известен (Djiezus before he became famous, 2019, 4 min)
- Кто такой Джизус и почему его все хейтят? (Who is Djiezus and why does everyone hate him? 2019, 8 min)
- Старый Джизус vs новый Джизус (Old Djiezus vs New Djiezus, 2019, 6 min)
- Факты о Джизусе, которые вы точно не знали (Facts about Djiezus you definitely didn’t know, 2019, 15 min)
- Кто такой Джизус? Краткая биография исполнителя (Who is Djiezus? A brief biography of the artist, 2019, 4 min)
Short bio also on Genius.com.
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).
See also
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
More
Music
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Raw Anti-Putin punk from
Nizhny Novgorod /
Нижний Новгород. Loosely based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited.
From the green city of
Zelenograd /
Зеленоград. Dreamy indie-folk with a melancholic undertone. Created by
Mikhail Rodionov (1992).
The alarm blares (Ревёт тревога), the road awaits (ждёт дорога). They are many (Их немало), we are few (нас немного). We are in an unjust world (Мы в несправедливом мире) tin wolves in the shooting range (Жестяные волки в тире).
The word offret is Swedish and means ‘sacrifice’; the band Offret is Russian and makes heavy music. The link between the word and the band: a
1986 film in Swedish by the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky.
A band from Saint Petersburg that makes a kind of post-punk/indie-pop. Not for long yet, so not much material yet. However, they already have a few very successful tracks with original music videos. До свиданья, дорогая is the
Russian title for the film
The Goodbye Girl (1977), but it has nothing to do with it.
