Monetochka (Elizaveta Gyrdymova)
When it comes to Monetochka (translated as Little Coin), the conversation quickly turns to her voice. Elizaveta Gyrdymova’s (Yekaterinburg, 1988) voice is on the higher side. Not everyone is fond of it, while others love it. Meet Monetochka, the popstar fast becoming the face of young Russia (Russia Beyond, 2018).
Balloon
Her voice was also mentioned on Вечерний Ургант (December 2018), where host Ivan Urgant says у вас очень красивый голос, you have a very beautiful voice. Monetochka then inhales helium from a balloon to lower the pitch. Even she is surprised by the result.
Tired of rap
Before that, she mentions that да, люди очень устали от рэпа, people are very tired of rap, and now they want something fresh and more positive.
She did, however, collaborate with a rapper. With Noize MC, she made Чайлдфри (Childfree, 2017). Lyrics and info on Genius.com, also see Reproduktor.net. And in 2020, Живи без остатка and Коза. Here she talks about him in 2017.
Decorative Arts
Monetochka appeared on the same show earlier (May 2018), but without the balloon, performing with a band,
Каждый раз and in 2020
Крошка. Both are from her new album
Декоративно-прикладное искусство (2020).
Reviews can be found on
Intermedia and
The Flow.
Coloring Books for Adults
Before that was Раскраски для взрослых (2018), about which Meduza wrote A 19-year-old musician just released the best Russian pop album of the year. Seriously.
From that album: Нет монет, Нимфоманка, and Каждый раз.
Нет монет
Also live at
On Air (2018)
Lyrics
Нимфоманка
A
special version (Lenta.ru, 2018) at club 16 Тонн, where she also performed
in 2017, though less solo at that time.
Lyrics
Каждый раз
Fan-made lyrics video by Sunflower Daria (2018). Also check out her
Ночной ларёк (fan lyrics video).
There’s also a lyrics video for
Падать в грязь.
More Monetochka
- Гори гори гори (2019), also a clip by Inotcreative
- Запорожец (2018)
- Последняя дискотека (2018)
Interviews
- Монеточка – новая жизнь, новый дом, новый альбом (вДудь, 2020, 102 m)
- Вписка и Монеточка – про Славу КПСС, феминизм в России и лучшее свидание (Вписка, 2018, 43 m)
- Монеточка о том, что связывает ее с Гнойным, Noize MC и Рубчинским (TV Rain, 2017, 13 m)
Find out what’s inside Monetochka’s bag with Что в сумке у певицы Монеточки? (Vogue Russia, 2020, 7 m). Read Meet Monetochka: this teenager’s songs went viral. Don’t be fooled by her sweet voice (The Calvert Journal, 2016).
Twenty-two in 2020
22 things I learned in 22 years, in 1 minute.
Update/new
Monetochka is
married (2021)
Папина любовница (2020)
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.
last updated 11-02-2021
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