You can't show your heart: SHAMAN presented a song for "Intervision"
The twentieth anniversary MUZ-TV 2025 LEGEND Award was held in Moscow. But they weren't waiting for her because of the prizes. The main announced event was the premiere of SHAMAN's new song, and this is not just a fresh composition, but a smash hit that the singer will perform in the Intervision contest. Izvestia attended the ceremony and was among the first to hear Maxim Fadeev's composition for an ambitious project in the wake of Eurovision.
SHAMAN came with Mizulina
Saturday, June 7, was hot in Moscow, especially near the Live Arena, where fans of Russian pop music or Yaroslav Dronov personally gathered in the morning, a few hours before the start of the concert. The ticket to the VIP-parterre cost 60 thousand. The leftovers on the day of the ceremony were sold at a 15 percent discount. And they sold the leftovers to the gallery for 15 thousand rubles.
At 3 p.m., the artists began to arrive for the ceremony. Fans greeted them on the red carpet, holding homemade posters with the names of their idols. One by one, Lera Kudryavtseva, Vladimir Marconi, Mia Boyka, Yana Churikova, Nikolai Baskov and Artyom Shalimov joined the fans.
The largest army of fans was waiting for the Russian representative at Intervision'25, that is, SHAMAN. As soon as he appeared on the path in a tuxedo on the arm of Ekaterina Mizulina, who was wearing a black floor-length dress, the crowd screamed, screamed, and then began to sing "You are mine" and "I am Russian." The girls in kokoshniks with portraits of their favorite artist were so excited that they were afraid for them. It seemed that fainting spells of happiness, tantrums and seizures were about to begin. Another, also quite numerous, group of Sergey Lazarev's fans competed with a large army of SHAMAN fans in terms of emotions. They could be recognized by the yellow flags.
On the eve of the MUZ TV award, composer and music producer Maxim Fadeev unexpectedly declassified the main intrigue for everyone: which song SHAMAN will perform at the first International music competition "Intervision", where he will perform from Russia. To be honest, everyone was sure that the secret would remain until the performance itself and that the audience would find out everything right at the ceremony. Fadeev decided not to wait. The song, as it turned out, is called "Straight to the heart," and it was written by Fadeev himself. According to his idea, performing the ballad, SHAMAN appears in a completely new style. According to the author, the composition was originally written without understanding who would perform it.
Musician and producer Maxim Fadeev
— It was a pleasure for me to do this job, because the task was not easy. And when there is a challenge, I love it very much," Maxim Fadeev told the official Intervision'25 telegram channel.
After learning that SHAMAN would be the performer, Fadeev decided to leave the original version unchanged. The composition has a high vocal range. This allows the Drone to demonstrate its skills in live performance. This announcement fueled the expectations of the public, it was interesting to see what kind of unusual role Dronov would have now.
SHAMAN's repertoire, as you know, includes Maxim Fadeev's song "Dancing on Glass." Performing it, he danced on broken glass without shoes. What other feats are you ready to perform for the sake of Fadeev's song, we asked him?
"Yes, I've already worked with Maxim Fadeev's works," SHAMAN confessed to Izvestia. — Regarding the song "Dancing on Glass" — if you've been to at least one of my concerts, you know that it completely changes the atmosphere in the hall from the first notes. Maxim has a special vision for each artist he collaborates with. And working with him is always very creative and interesting. You grow professionally in this kind of work. Maxim Fadeev's music is unique.
When asked why he did not write a song for the contest himself, SHAMAN said that for "Intervision" exactly the kind of music that Fadeev came up with was needed — a little unearthly, but with a Russian scale.
— The song "Straight to the heart" is exactly like that, I really believe in this song! — the artist added.
SHAMAN has a large army of fans in Russia. But at Intervision, according to the rules, this army will not be able to vote for him. Will SHAMAN be able to convince foreigners to cast their votes for the Russian participant? Will they understand the song in Russian?
"The point of the Intervision contest is to show how beautiful our language and music can be,— SHAMAN replied. — I've long dreamed of having songs in Russian listened to, loved and sung all over the world. But even if you take into account your worries about whether the song will be understood in Russian.… Music is a universal language, it doesn't need translators. Music is able to express things that cannot be said in words, but which cannot be kept silent. Our contest song "Straight to the heart" turned out to be surprisingly tender and very sincere. I am sure that she will reach every heart on the planet.
What is the song "Straight to the Heart" about?
According to the artist, he usually writes, produces, arranges, sings, creates an image for songs. And at Intervision'25, SHAMAN is just a performer. The song is Fadeev's words and music, the image is created by stylists, the number is directed by the director. "My task is to present it well, to perform it as an artist," says SHAMAN. — For the first time, I'm just a performer. It's unusual, because I usually have the last word, but here it's necessary to find compromises, options, a lot of coordination, which number, how to sing. Well, nothing. We can handle it."
Before the performance, Dronov changed his clothes and went on stage at the Live Arena all in white. The artist was accompanied not only by his own musicians, but also by a string quartet of cellists, plus backing vocals with a folk sound. The song is about love, of course. Energetic, passionate, persuasive. For example, with lines like:
I'm not silent, I'm sorry.
If you can't, just let go.
And you told me right to my heart.:
"I can't forget those letters, no."
Or like this:
This love has shattered my dreams —
Fragments from the spring.
And this love that I believed
And I trusted you with everything, my love.
Singer Dima Bilan and singer Marie Crymbreri, who won the Best Video award with the clip "It's My Life"
In addition to presenting the hit, the artist was nominated for the MUZ TV award "Best on the Net". A year ago, SHAMAN was nominated in the same category for "Breakthrough of the Year". But he was recognized as a "New Legend" after receiving the first plate with a golden apple. And he came to the MUZ-TV 2025 LEGEND Award ceremony with the appropriate status. This time, Vanya Dmitrienko got the plate. On the other hand, the nomination for the "Intervision" is perhaps more honorable than a single award.
Meanwhile, Dima Bilan still remained the champion in the number of dishes from MUZ TV. There are now 22 plates in his set. This time he won the award for duet with Marie Crymbreri in the nomination "Best Video" for the song "It's My Life".
If earlier Russian pop culture largely imitated Western colleagues and styles, now artists singing about Russia are among the idols. The main hit of the award was "Mother Earth", to which rich Russians dance in luxury western resorts, sung by Tatiana Kurtukova with a male choir.
AY YOLA, a band from Bashkiria, a musical project inspired by the epic "Ural—Batyr", appeared on the stage of MUZ TV as a special guest. Dima Bilan sang their hit with the musicians.
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