Ukrainian rapper Alyona arrives in Lithuania Alyona – about a friend who died and volunteered in the war | Names
Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona visited 15min In the studio and during the interview, she remembered that it was in Lithuania for the third time. The first sang on the stage, which was built on the train platform, and the second at the Loftas Fest.
“Both times I didn’t have time to explore the city, to communicate with people. This time I came to Lithuania for two days, so I will be able to do it, ”said Alyona Alyona, who gave a performance at the music club Line Up on Thursday evening.
In addition to concerts, Alyona Alyona gave an interview to the portal 15min and met with other volunteers.
He was in no hurry to flee the country
During the conversation, the rapper remembered that fateful morning when I learned that Russia had launched an attack on Ukraine.
“I was asleep, but at half past five or six in the morning, my friend Marina called me and asked if I had heard of the war. He then ordered to load the bag for running. I later heard the sounds of explosions and realized that war was indeed going on, even though a month before the political road, it was claimed that nothing would happen.
I spent two or three days in Kyjiv and then went to my parents, which I hadn’t seen since January. I planned to return to Kyjiv again, but it closed due to the war, so I stayed with my parents and started volunteering there, ”the portal said. 15min reported Alyona Alyona.
The woman spent a lot of time in Ukraine. Although they were invited by foreign musicians to come to her on the first day of the war, she refused and decided to stay in her war-torn country.
“Every week, many musicians asked me how I was doing and whether I was ready to run to Europe. But I thought the people who were with me in the village needed it. After all, not everyone can go abroad.
People who look at me feel like I’m not running anywhere. It gives them hope because I’m not afraid I’m with them. I also didn’t know how I could take a microphone when people die in my country.
A lot of volunteers understand that everyone can do that and volunteer in medicine, in the military. But not everyone can pick up a microphone and fly to Europe when it invites you.
So I realized I had to drive and help with dissemination of information, donations, volunteering. I would like to thank all the countries that help us with medicine, the army, the victims. I think not all volunteers hear gratitude from Ukrainians who are far away.
I would also like to bring hope to those who are not in Ukraine. I have already given to those who are. And others need to know what’s going on in Ukraine because they’re safe here and may not think it’s needed enough.
I think I’m ready to pick up a microphone. That is my power. “It’s something I can do,” she said.
She gained pharmaceutical knowledge by volunteering
Alyona Alyona has a lot of followers to reduce her social networks, so she has connected people who need something with those who have it. He also shared interviews with Ukrainian and foreign journalists.
“I gave five or six interviews a day. In the evenings my tongue was very tired, it was hard. The problem with my eyes started because I spent about nine hours a day in front of the phone screen, ”he recalled.
Eventually, the performer realized it was wrong to be closed all the time. So he went out to volunteer directly.
“Pharmaceutical volunteers offered to help me because I stopped transporting medicine to our region. Only a volunteer could go to the point and bring the medication to our region.
Our pharmacy was the only one in the whole rural area because it did not work in the nearby villages. I took the medication to our pharmacy for two weeks. We sorted them out later because we got thrown into a pile. I now know the drugs and their packaging well.
Later, the situation with medicine improved and I switched to an active volunteer center. We did hideouts, helped the soldiers with medicine, did patriotic things, and the like. the volunteer center is in dire need of donations, so I thought I would come to Europe and tell you about it.
My life, now I have a new profession, I can work in pharmacy. It’s easy for me, I have a good memory, ” 15min the interlocutor spoke in the studio.
He left Ukraine after his friend’s death
Some time ago, Alyona was also searching with a painful loss. Russian soldiers killed a good acquaintance of the performer, with whom they were the godparents of one child.
“I’m 30, and he’s 32. We were good friends, he was from my environment. It was a big blow to me. He was a good man, had no children yet. It’s hard for me to understand why they took his life. He was a good man. Had enough family – five sisters and a brother. He wanted to defend them, but he died, ”the rapper shared his grief.
The friend who killed Alyon Alyon was motivated to do even more than she does now. True, after her friend’s funeral, she made the decision to travel to Europe.
“Maybe I could go to the army and help even more. To save lives not only medicine but also directly. I quickly made the decision to travel to Europe. Immediately after the funeral, I realized I had to leave.
I don’t have the strength to attend another funeral. Many of my neighbors went to war, I don’t have the strength to see even more deaths. I don’t know how it will be in the future. The war is not over yet, but it will end someday. We believe in that, ”the performer hoped.
A familiar gay couple went to get married in Ukraine
Alyona Alyona has acquaintances and is good – she gets along well with one gay couple. They even went to get married in Ukraine because they feel freer there and think that all Ukrainians are more European than Russians.
The rapper is now how these friends of her are helping Ukraine – according to the performer, everyone is doing what they do best.
“During the war, many LGBT people wore uniforms and went to war to free our people from Russian troops. Friends are in dire need of the menu as are the artists. They know how to paint.
They were not happy in that country because they were not free. This is very difficult. They came to Ukraine because same-sex marriages are allowed there. In the capital you can walk freely, no one presses. In Ukraine, much freer than in the past, “he said.
About Russia: “We used to consider each other brothers, now we don’t”
Musician 15min during an interview in the studio, he also made no secret of the fact that a song had previously been written in Russian, but has not done so for some time. Russian-speaking Ukrainian.
“I started creating ten years ago. My entire hip-hop community was on the Russian social network VKontakte. They were my main friends because the neighbors didn’t listen to that kind of music.
In 2014, I found a Ukrainian community that listened to and created a Ukrainian rap. Then I decided to change the language because I found someone who would listen to it, who needed it. I realized that I no longer want to create music for Russian fake people, with whom I communicate only through VKontakte.
I started creating Ukrainian rap even before I became popular. I think 2014- a great opinion about Russia. we considered each other our brothers, now they are not, ”said the Ukrainian singer.