t.The.T.u. (Russian: Тату) occurs as Russian pop music duo consisting of Lena Katina and Julia Volkova. Them girls were marketed as a lesbian couple, but their sexual orientation was the subject of good deal speculation, until around December 2003 it admitted on Russian television that they were non inside the sapphic relationship together & it got been exploited as a marketing strategy devised by Ivan Shapovalov. It is ill-famed for shocking a public & trying to break taboos.

__TOC__ A members of the duo come:

Elena Sergeevna Katina (Елена Сергеевна Катина), or Lena Katina, born October 4, 1984, in Moscow, Russia. She is the youngest of trio kids born to Sergey Vasilyevich Katin, a illustrious Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina. Yuliya Olegovna Volkova (ЮлиÑ? Олеговна Волкова), or Julia Volkova, born February 20, 1985, also within Moscow, Russia, is the lone girl of Oleg Volkov and Larisa Volkova.

Origins

A original t.The.T.u. construct was developed by the previous Russian little one psychologist & marketing executive, Ivan Shapovalov (Иван Шаповалов), who has get the record producer.

Katina & Volkova knew every more prior to starting t.The.T.u.; two sang in the popular Russian children's pop chorus, Neposedi (Ð?епоÑ?еды), from which Volkova was allegedly banned for "inappropriate behaviour" (Volkova it used to be that implied that it was because she experienced molested a more girls in the chorus; down the road she said it was for smoking, sucking down & swearing. Neposedi denied that she was expelled). Shortly when Volkova left Neposedi, Katina did a equivalent.

Shapovalov originally chose Lena Katinthe at a casting around 1999 to sing a song all about the war around Yugoslavia. Late, he decided to form the duo & added Yulya Volkova (world health organization experienced been in the equivalent casting when Katina). Each were Fourteen at a period. Shapovalov has claimed that a idea for t.The.T.u.'s image was his. Elena Kiper, Shapovalov's previous lover & originally deputy manager of t.The.T.u., says that a idea was hers. She fell asleep at her tooth doctor's, experienced a dream where she kissed a second woman & awoke remembering the words "Ya soshla s uma" (meaning "I've lost my mind"), a title of a song she so wrote the lyrics for that became t.The.T.u.'s number 1 only. Kiper has too stated that their ideas for the class action's image were influenced per 1998 Swedish film Fucking Åmål, directed by Lukas Moodysson. Shapovalov & Kiper later on fell out on top his non-payment of her royalties.

Originally, t.The.T.u. was known as ТÐ?ТУ (Giant armadillo). Once it became popular outside Russia & it was found that there was already an Australian band thereupon title, a spelling was changed to t.The.T.u. outside Russia. These are however on occasion written in the Latin alphabet as Taty or Tatou. the original title comes from either a collocation of "ta" & "tu" [pronounced 'too'], ii forms of the Russian feminine demonstrative pronoun "ta" in its nominative and accusative cases. It may be translated when "This female [does something to] that female." A West was told that it intended "This girl loves that girl", however actually around Russian a title was taken to indicate "This girl fucks that girl".

Public image and international success

A b& is known for acting irreverently and with an insolent attitude towards a click. "People either love us or hate us", said Katina, "but no one ignores us". Further than one of their cd own been banned; e.g., a videos for the hit song "Prostye Dvizheniya (ПроÑ?тые движениÑ?)/Simple Motions" shows how else elementary moves come universally within my experiences, such as swallowing water system, reading the book (which is what Katina does when you took virtually all of the videos) or even masturbating (which is what Volkova does during virtually all of the streaming videos).

A video clip for t.A.T.u.'s number 1 individual (Ya Soshla S Uma (Я Ñ?ошла Ñ? ума)/I've Wasted a Mind) - the original version of their English song "All the Things She Said" - was prohibited by MTV Russia (after unbanning it won Population's Selection Award at MTV's Russian Awards) & per BBC and others. It shows the babies dressed up in high school outfits (similar to the Catholic school uniforms that are most common fetish items), behind prison bars, screaming out in pain, mendicancy for their parents' forgiveness, trying to dislodge a blocks, & kissing passionately. At a more side of the blocks, older population & peers stare at the children within disapproval. At a prevent of the streaming video, Katina & Volkova turn as much as & leave hand around hand. A closing shot shows that a disapproving crowd come a ones lined higher behind a barbed-wire fence, around how else, imprisoned in their have minds.

When tremendous profits inside Russia in 2000 and 2001, in 2002 t.A.T.u. discharged 200km/h in the Wrong Lane, an English-language version (co-produced by Trevor Horn) of their Russian debut album. A debut English-language album sold all over 5 million copies in the world.

Sequentially to play higher a sapphic angle of their image, virtually all of their performances normally involved at least a single case where it kissed passionately. This work was unremarkably censored if a duo appeared in Our contries tv program.

the lyrics & cd of their songs suggested that a girls were within a sapphic relationship. Periodically around interviews it stated that it were around realistic around the sapphic relationship, typically generating outrageous details of their supposed sex life, however additional commonly, questions therein counsel were evaded by statements, like "Don't be afraid to be yourself, don't be afraid to love", or even that it did non prefer labels.

t.The.T.u. delineated Russia at a 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, considered the favourites to win. Volkova did non participate within rehearsals because of inflamed vocal cords & their performance turned bent on exist as rough in initially, however ended fairly swell. t.The.T.u. would keep close at hand won Eurovision in case does'nt for the British telephone votes non existence counted,so it left Eurovision when Tertiary officialy. & late declared "Eurovision is for beginners...since were famous everywhere, we didn't need to win"

Revelation, schism, and future

Around December 2003, "The Anatomy of t.A.T.u.", mass produced per documentary film director Vitaly Mansky, appeared on the Russian television channel STS. Within it, a girls stated that it were non lovers, never got been & that a sapphic image got been just about marketing. Katina said that she believed that what she was knock off t.The.T.u. was the large sin & she often saw the priest all about it. Volkova said that prior to t.The.T.u. she got never thought just about girls therein way, however when you took t.The.T.u. she experienced fallen soft on sustaining an additional girl, although a physical aspect got non developed beyond caressing. Volkovthe besides stated that she got experienced an abortion earliest that season, every bit experienced been reported inside a select few newspapers inside February 2003, & that she got it used to be that taken diacetylmorphine for a bet.

Inside spring 2004, Katina and Volkova left their manager Ivan Shapovalov when it were supposed to exist as recording their 2nd album because it believed that a quality of the poop was as well moo. It got the locate Universal Music Russia, however their freshly manager Boris Rensky (world health organization was erst Shapovalov's business partner) negotiated the newly locate Universal Music International. A recently contract is for Quartet other albums (which includes Dangerous & Moving).

Around Will 2004, Volkova announced that she was pregnant using long-period swain Pavel (Pacha) Sidorov's tyke. She gave birth to her number one tyke, Viktoria, in September 23, 2004. Volkova split higher sustaining Sidorov within spring 2005. Volkova didn't stay lone for long - when recording the fresh album for t.The.T.u. she began running out sustaining the man of affairs sleep in Los Angeles known as Tigran, world health organization is of Russian & Caucasic descent.

In June 3, 2005, t.A.T.u. performed the brand freshly song, ОбезъÑ?нка-Ð?оль (Obezyanka Nol'/Monkey Zero) at a Russian Muz-TV Awards. This song is from either t.The.T.u.'s forthcoming 2nd Russian album, Люди-Инвалиды (Lyudi-Invalidi/Handicapped Population).

t.The.T.u.'s 2nd English album, Dangerous and Moving, was released in October 11, 2005 in North Us, & in October 10, 2005 in the rest of the world.

A foremost individual from either a Dangerous and Moving album is All About Us, written by Billy Steinberg and The Veronicas - a Duo of twin sisters, Jess & Lisa, from either Brisbane Australia. Billy Steinberg is the human responsible numbers of 80s hits, including Madonna's Like A Virgin and the Bangles' Eternal Flame. A streaming video for the individual was shot by Hollywood director James Cox (Wonderland) and may be viewed at a official English site. A album besides features Sting playing bass on the track Friend or Foe, which was written per Carpenters' Richard Carpenter.

A 2nd lone was ab initio attend exist as Dangerous and Moving but there has been a vary of plans. Instead, Friend or Foe will be t.A.T.u's next individual. A music cd is shot in 16 to 18 October.

Quotes

"''I think parents will understand that we don't give a fuck.''" - Lena Katina inside t.The.T.u.'s behind-a-scenes locate Yulia + Lena come t.The.T.u..

"We never were lesbians, to be honest." - Lenthe Katina around an locate by owning Izvestiya (a Russian newspaper). A locate was published in 2d of September, 2005. Translation taken from either http://tatysite.net.

"''Our first video was about to love between two girls... We do not pretend to be lesbians -- we've never said we were. Julia just had a baby and currently has a girlfriend, and we've both always had boyfriends. We share a special bond." " - Lena Katina. Taken from Reuters.

"“I believe mortal good wrote that (Julithe) has the girlfriend, however she has the beau, & she has a infant girl.�" - Lena Katina. Interview with MTV UK.

"Around Russia i look fallowing a blind & a aged however i personally don't send a babies to Eurovision, that seems to become the example inside Germany!''" - Yulia Volkova on 2003 Eurovison's German entry.

"''She looks such as she's worn retired further men within her life than i have vodka bottles. I would click her now a edge of the bed.''" - Lena Katina also on 2003 Eurovision's German entry

International Discography

Albums
2002 200 по вÑ?тречной 2002 200 по вÑ?тречной (2nd Edition) 2002 200km/h in the Wrong Lane #13 US (Gold), #12 UK (Gold) 2003 Remixes 2005 Dangerous and Moving 2005 Люди Инвалиды (to be released)

Singles
'From 200 по вÑ?тречной:''' 2000 "Я Ñ?ошла Ñ? ума (I personally've misused the mind)" 2001 "Ð?аÑ? не догонÑ?Ñ‚ (Non attend get united states of america)" 2001 "Xxx Минут (Half-hour)" 2003 "Ð?е верь, не бойÑ?Ñ?, не проÑ?и (Don't trust, don't exist as afraid, don't ask)" 2003 "ПроÑ?тые движениÑ? (Elementary motions)"

'From 200km/h in the Wrong Lane:' 2002 "All The Items She Said" #20 US, #1 UK, #1 Australia 2003 "Non Gonna Acquire Me" #7 UK, #11 Australia 2003 "Xxx Minutes" (promo only) 2003 "How else Soon Is Today?" (cover of The Smiths' song) #37 Australia

'From Dangerous And Moving (to be released) (2005): 2005 "All About Us" #8 UK, #9 Kanazawa Hot 100 2005/6 "Friend or Foe"

From Люди Инвалиды (to be released) (2005):' 2005 "Люди Инвалиды" (to be released)