The holiday comes to you: how the New Year's show "VK under a fur coat 3" was filmed

Basta and Eva Polna, Seville and Mikhail Shufutinsky, Khlib and Alexander Revva, Lolita and MONA, Polina Gagarina and MIRAVI, Artemy Lebedev and Garik Kharlamov - duets of the most seemingly incongruous artists await this year's audience of the New Year's show "VK under the fur coat 3". This time the organizers refused from intricate concepts and at the request of the audience filmed, as they say, "a bright cool concert with good music". It is just the right time to start the New Year mood, because the third "VK under a fur coat" comes out on December 27, opening a series of holiday shows. Izvestia was among those who plunged into the atmosphere of garlands, snow-covered Christmas trees, glitter and confetti on the set of the program a little earlier.

Basta and Eva Polna updated "Winter in the heart"

An inconspicuous pavilion in the north-west of Moscow, but inside all the colors of garlands on rows of Christmas trees, artificial snow flakes falling from under the ceiling, spotlights, flashing in the corridors of artists and show business stars in elegant costumes. Polina Gagarina, Lolita, Seville, Eva Polna, Basta, Mikhail Shufutinsky - life inside the gray buildings is boiling from the very morning until deep into the night, because here they shoot the New Year's show "VK under a fur coat", already the third in number, but one of the first in the marathon of holiday programs to which viewers spend the next year. The premiere of "New Year's fire" from VK will take place on December 27 at 20:25 Moscow time.

Last year, "VK under the fur coat" was held in the format of a musical movie. Its plot referred to Eldar Ryazanov's "Carnival Night", only as a result, the audience saw unexpected duets of experienced stars of the stage and young artists. Basta sang the song "We can't live without each other" together with Lev Leshchenko, and Vladimir Presnyakov recorded a fit together with SODA LUV. Globally, the concept of the third "VK under a fur coat" has not changed, the audience is also waiting for duets of seemingly the most incongruous Russian performers. This time it will be a spectacular concert, without a clear script line.

- "Shuby" is different in that every year we follow the trends and tendencies, the perception of our audience. And this time we realized that our audience wants to watch just a cool concert and listen to good music. We decided to meet them so that people could enjoy the beautiful and spectacular show that we will shoot," Zoya Novikova, Deputy Senior Vice President for Special Projects at VK, told journalists.

Its creators call the interaction of different generations of artists within one show a great event in itself. This year musicians recorded eight compositions especially for the program. Some of them are new readings of long-known hits.

Lamps are burning in the filming pavilion, behind the long silver curtains there are still artists-singers, behind the improvised windows-screens there is a blizzard, and in the heart - winter. Snow Queen Eva Polna is in the center of the podium recording a cover of her own band's song "Guests from the Future". But in the duet with her not "My Michelle", very successfully re-sang the composition "Winter in the heart", but Basta. The musician himself during the recording of his part of the show asked outsiders to leave the set, probably the audience is waiting for a big surprise. Recording an updated version of the hit of the 2000s Vasily Vakulenko (real name of the rapper) called the duet of dreams.

- I've been a big fan of Eva Polna all my life, so this is a joy for me," the musician told reporters.

Valeria and Iosif Prigozhin's gender party

No less of a surprise was the appearance on the set of a large family of Valeria and Joseph Prigozhin. Between rehearsals and takes of "VK under a fur coat" Basta held a gender party for Valeria's youngest son Arseny Shulgin and his wife Liana Volkova. The young couple is expecting their second child, so they asked their favorite artist to participate in the announcement of the sex of the baby. None of the relatives, including the future parents, he usually does not know. Countdown and volleys of blue confetti - it will be a boy.

"2024 is the Year of the Family after all," joked Iosif Prigozhin.

- I was even moved to tears," Valeria shared. - The only thing is that I was sure it would be a girl, but I wanted a boy, because we already have one girl. Perhaps, this is the most memorable event of 2024. And the main thing is that all this happened at the end of the year.

However, the surprises did not end there either. The most unexpected performances awaited ahead, and perhaps the most unobvious was the duet of Mikhail Shufutinsky and Sevil. The author of the most autumnal song performed together with the lead singer of Artik & Asti group one of the most winter compositions - "Winter-Cold" by Andrey Gubin. Shufutinsky himself in a conversation with journalists noted the high professionalism of his partner and even admitted that he was a little worried: the chanson legend was afraid to let the artist down.

- Seville is wonderful. And although we have not performed together before, she is a super professional. And this is despite the fact that she is still very young. She's a real and class actress. Second, she's a really good singer. But that was already clear to everybody a long time ago. So I was very easy, comfortable and convenient with her, - said Shufutinsky.

Another interesting combination is Lolita and MONA. In contrast to the majority of artists in white outfits, both singers entered the frame in black suits. Lolita admitted that she had long dreamed of participating in a collaboration with a young performer, but the experienced singer was no less worried than Shufutinsky.

- Mona is a great professional. For me it's not just an honor, it's a very difficult job. I rewrote the track three times, I was very afraid. At one point I even wanted to say that I wouldn't do it, because I didn't reach it. I calmed down when Mona called me and said: "What a great song you did." So it was easy for me because they supported me. They realize that I'm a coward by nature, I have this feeling of not fitting in with the professionals of today. But it's still a very good kick, - said Lolita.

The authors of "VK under the fur coat" are sure that it is possible to combine absolutely any artists with each other in creativity. The most "flour" duet - the group "Bread" and Arthur Pirozhkov, aka showman Alexander Revva, re-sang "Cold Moon" Shura. Naik Borzov and Thirteen Karat proved that Yuri Shatunov's "White Roses" can also sound good in a rock arrangement. "The song has got a wild energy and passion. It's hard to spoil a hit, we tried to bring our own breath into it," Borzov noted. Valeria's "Metelitsa", which was performed at the show by Yulia Savicheva and MUKKA, also acquired a rock sound.

- I insisted that it was also something in the style of rock. Although initially Serafim (Sidorin, real name MUCCA) wanted this song to be in a pop arrangement. I can finally unleash my whole rocker soul with a man. The new youth rock wave I really like," said the singer.

Polina Gagarina said that she takes part in "VK under the fur coat" not for the first time. This time she performed a heartfelt and "Again a snowstorm", the second part of the duet was singer MIRAVI. It is not the first time for the performers to share the same stage, MIRAVI performed as a warm-up act at Gagarina's big concert in Luzhniki this year. The singer called the same concert one of the main events of the passing year 2024, and also said that she is preparing something grandiose for fans. But all announcements the performer urged to wait already in the new, 2025 year.