15 hits under which Russia realized itself in the summer
Traditionally, we sum up the results of the summer of the main hits – in terms of widespread coverage this year, such a list turned out to be much more difficult.
The main chameleon of our pop scene has not tried anything in recent years: burst into the 17th Independent fight with Oksimiron, Levan, stars and no-names, read Detroit about opps in the company of new faces of ru-rap, put on leather and played rock, but did not forget about the charts, giving them exactly what they usually ask for. For example, the song “We Gotta Get Love” – in the press release for the track, they even specifically wrote that Creed offered to make a hookah rap. It seems to work.
Anna Asti “Bar”
The giants of this streaming, the kings of the airwaves, the hegemons of corporations and the rulers of minibuses, coasts and cafes Artik and Asti dramatically split into two entities: Artik found a new Asti, old Asti sparkled more than ever and destroyed all opposition on the pop scene in the summer. The music media didn’t have much to say. As a result, he said: finally, this bearded man is no longer with his rap!
Rhetorical question: when is the authoritarian regime of deep house?
A touch to the picture of the summer hegemony of Anna Asti – even the king of the stage obediently partook of her bright radiance.
Markul, Tosya Chaikina “Arrows”
The tragically ringing winter pop garage “Arrows Fired in the Heart”, like Tosya Chaikina’s entire career, turned out to be brilliant and grasping, but unfairly underestimated by the mass listener. It turned out that everyone can decide on a big name in credits – Markul burst onto the track and brought his verses: now he didn’t hide from the song, he didn’t hide. And for Tosya, I want to be humanly happy and believe that this is just the beginning.
Shaman “I’m Russian”
If Leonid Parfyonov manages to make “The Other Day” for 2022, then all the songs from this list have about zero chances to get into this list. Other than that, that documents the back.
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Aarne, Bushido Jo, ANIQV “Closely”
The London-based Romanian beatmaker gathered Russian rapper friends and made the state representative hodgepodge of the Russian language of recent years, fulfilling the wet dream of any beatmaker. And together with Markul and Tosya Chaikina, he involuntarily started a garage trend – thanks to the song “Closely” with Bushido Jo and Anika. Recently, it has become more and more difficult to reconcile a musical telegram with a teahouse, acoustics in the hands of a car, and a JBL speaker when drunk – this is a rare case by today’s standards when it turned out.
Macan “Stay”
Macan is a typical hitmaker of recent years: on streaming there are numbers with six zeros, but no one knows how their owner is found out, or even how his name is read. Makan? Matsan? Fig understand!
This does not prevent you from rocking the basins and lifting boyish rap from your knees. Macan is a multidisciplinary kid: he can read about benz, turn on a bull, and tighten about love. “Stay Somehow” is an example of a lingering song according to the precepts of the great band Kavabanga, Depo, Kolibri. He is about the fact that boys can actually suffer. And girls go to their concerts.
Race “Let’s buzz”
While you are listening to a peppy reggaeton with a fly away to a deep house, the summer silence seems to start smelling of a lakeside fire and sausages, which are already sweetly hissing from the bases on the grill for a promotion from the Red and White store.
DJ Smash is a real shady giant pop scene that has managed to taste the sweet spirit of oil Moscow and painlessly fit into the new streaming reality, giving it what it requires.
Then why shady? Here, for example, a fit with Artik and the new Asti – it’s convenient to listen and consider DJ Smash without credits: it sounds quite like an ordinary song of Artik and Asti.
Jackone, AVG, Macan “The Youngest”
Together with boyish rap, the instrumental accompaniment of habit returns – booming bass, low BPM and lonely piano: it seems that even the charts are tired of trap-authoritarianism.
Alex Ataman, Finik “Oh, they forgot”
Two people from Ulyanovsk considered the success of “Raspberry Berries” and “Federico Fellini”, took “folk” melodiousness and courtyard romance in the spirit of the “Factor-2” group and hit the jackpot. The further you go from Moscow, the more often you will hear “Oh, they forgot” from the cars.
Islam Itlyashev “Ai-yay-yay (Wild)”
The rise of hookah rap paved the way to the top and the average Caucasian ass. Its great success was limited to individual examples like the canonical “Black Eyes” or “We’re Going to a Neighboring Village”, while the genre itself did not particularly go beyond the borders of the Caucasian republics. The situation has changed: Islam Itlyashev and Sultan Laguchev are all-Russian stars, and it is interesting to talk about this from the point of view of the prospect of decolonization of music in Russia.
Morgenshtern*, Niletto, The Limba, Bumich “How much does love cost”
The main musical foreign agent of the Russian Federation is now more often observed in connection with the foreign agency and other misfortunes, but the music can also be revealed – at least a slightly sad summer house hit with Limba, Niletto and eSports star Bumich.
“Three Days of Rain” “Me and Loneliness”
A year and a half ago, Gleb Viktorov did not look like a young rock pig, but now it was he who headed it. “Me and Loneliness” is a ready-made case on the topic “how to fly into the cards with rock”.
Limba “Secret”
Limba is almost single-handedly responsible for the state stylish pop music chart in English right now – “Secret” elegantly brings to the fore elastic bass, seduces with a refrain and beautifully inherits the A-Studio group from the time of Batyrkhan Shukenov.
*The authorities of the Russian Federation consider Morgenstern an external agent, and Meta (Instagram) an extremist mixture.