Singer Alla Pugacheva commented on the words of her colleague Stas Mikhailov: “the departing artists will kneel before Russia.” The star recorded a video message speaking in a deliberately hoarse, “senile” voice.
“Stasik Mikhailov, what’s the matter with you? It’s me, the silent singer, old Alla Pugacheva. Yes, I would kneel in front of you, but my legs are not the same. Why are you afraid? – turned to Mikhailov.
“Normal people won’t go back there, so go ahead, make money while you can. And if I come back, God, I will say what I think,” added the People’s Artist.
March 5 Mikhailov in an interview “Komsomolskaya Pravda” He stated that artists who allowed themselves to say “unpleasant things” about Russia were “not acting entirely correctly.”
The journalist asked the singer whether she had time to listen to Pugacheva’s new song and whether she thought that “now she should release new compositions.” To this, Mikhailov immediately attacked the artists who left Russia with criticism, saying that he had not listened to the song.
“Every artist is made by people. The artist himself is nothing. Nothing. None. The indication is that they came to his concert, bought tickets, so the artist exists. “Once again, people love it,” he emphasized.
According to Mikhailov, stars of show business who no longer understand that “Russia made them important and recognizable people” will not exist “as individuals.” “Secondly, a simple thing: they will still crawl on their knees, stand next to Russia and kiss her feet,” the singer concluded.
“In times of need”
Founder and producer of the Gorky Park group Stas Namin believesPugacheva now lives worse than before her departure.
“I think he is in a very difficult situation right now. He lives much worse than here, much worse than many of you here. I visited him in Israel three days before this whole story started,” he said at a press conference in TASS.
Namin also added that in the current situation, “it’s best to live here.”
According to the producer, the decision to leave Russia was made not by the prima donna herself, but by her husband Maxim Galkin (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent).
“Now he has a special situation – he loves for the first time… What happened: the initiative belonged mainly to Maxim, he made such a decision. It cannot destroy the family,” Namin said.
New song
3 March singer launched A new song, the lyrics of which he wrote together with Konstantin Gubin. Before this, Pugacheva had not recorded a song for five years.
In the new composition, the artist urges his chosen one “not to worry about her” and notes that she is “calmer towards him than ever before”, and also admits that he “doesn’t want to change anything.”
“Don’t worry about me, I’m ready for any fate. You can’t change what God gave you and you can’t change yourself,” says one line in the song.
On the same day, the artist promised his fans to release other new compositions for his birthday (he will turn 75 on April 15).
“Thanks to the authors – Konstantin Gubin for the music and Alla for such a heartfelt text. Have a nice holiday! Sing, my God! Singer Philip Kirkorov, who was previously involved in the “naked party” scandal at the Mutabor club, welcomed the release of a new song on social networks.
After a while, posts about a new composition appeared from the accounts of Pugacheva’s ex-husband. deleted.
In the spring of 2022, Pugacheva and Galkin went to Israel with their children. Since then, the comedian, who grew up in Odessa, has never been to Russia. The prima donna has visited her hometown three times, most recently in November 2023.