Among the star’s creative achievements are five full-length albums, two concerts, four collections, a video album and the side project “YАВь”, as well as more than three dozen music awards, including the Golden Gramophone, Tophit Awards, Muz-TV, YUNA, many nominations, the title of singer of the year and the most rotated performer.

Her super hits “Forever”, “Provence”, “Near You”, “Let the Music In”, “You Know” (ft. Burito), “Warming Happiness”, “The World Opens Up” occupied the top lines of various charts. Critics called her "a pretender to the throne of popular music" and "the first lady" musical art, comparing with Adele.

Childhood

It is not surprising that little Lisa also had good hearing and musical abilities. From elementary school, she performed in the school choir group, and as a teenager began studying singing at the Palace of Pioneers.

At 11 years old, from light hand Some of her witty friends gave her the nickname Yolka. According to one version - because of the roughness, according to another - because of the love of bright clothes and accessories.

The girl was lucky with her family. When she turned from a sweet angel into a wayward maximalist teenager who needed to constantly protest, they loyally accepted all her initiatives, including piercings and extravagant hairstyles. She dyed her hair in unimaginable colors and even shaved her head.

In 1996, the mother of the future singer had another man. She left the family, and the daughter took pity on her father and stayed to live with him. Soon Lisa had a half-sister, Zhenya. According to neighbors, the woman rarely visited eldest daughter- At first I took care of the baby, and later I worked a lot: I was on duty at the hospital, I taught.

KVN

Singer Yolka in KVN (team Chamber No. 6)

After graduating from school, the girl entered the faculty of academic singing at the Uzhgorod Music College and, according to some sources, did not enter; according to others, she studied for six months, but dropped out due to difficult relationships with teachers.

After this, Elizaveta happily plunged into the unique KVN life with night parties and tours in the company of guys like her, unconventional, extraordinary, witty, who knew how to make funny jokes and puns.

But KVN did not provide an opportunity to earn a living, and Lisa got a job at the Medellin cafe, where subsequently many visitors specially came to drink coffee from the famous barista from Ward No. 6. In the early 2000s, based on their team, a national team of Uzhgorod and Vinnitsa was created, and it had television broadcasts and games in the First League. In total, Yolka participated in television comedy games for about seven years.

The beginning of a creative journey

Their group successfully performed in their city and went on tour. In 2001, they went to the Belokamennaya capital for the largest hip-hop festival at the time, “Rap Music.” The idea of ​​its creation belonged to rapper and producer Vlad Valov, known as SheFF. He highly appreciated the work of Yolka and her group and organized a presentation for them, but it did not impress his colleagues, so the collaboration stalled.

But in 2003, Valov wanted to create something “revolutionary” (in his own words), and he remembered a singer from Uzhgorod that interested him, called and invited her to come. By that time, Yolka’s group had broken up, so the musician’s offer was very opportune. She signed a contract and began working under Valov’s mentorship.

The first result of their creative union was the composition “Words Spoken by You,” which was included in the unique collection “Girls Attack,” where all 16 presented tracks in the style were performed exclusively by women. At that moment, the producer suggested that the ward change her pseudonym or perform under her real name, but she insisted on the usual “Yolka”.

A year later, she sang the song “Bitch Love” at an evening in memory of its author, rapper Mikhei, which has been organized annually by his colleagues since his death in 2002. Then the vocalist recorded the composition “City of Deception” by Valov, which was in hot rotation on stations, instantly became a hit and brought the performer the title of “discovery of the year” according to Radio Maximum.

Yolka – Bitch-love

In 2005, the talented Ukrainian’s first studio album, “City of Deception,” was presented, cementing her success. It included the songs “Dust”, “Girl in a Peugeot”, “Vanity” and other compositions of different styles, but they all had one thing in common - the gorgeous vocals of a charismatic performer. She received a lot of positive reviews for her work and was nominated for an MTV RMA Award for Best Rap. The author of most of the songs presented was her extraordinary producer.

In 2006, a new single “Student Girl” was released, as well as the singer’s next solo disc called “Shadows”. NewsMusic considered that it did not create such a sensation as the first one, but in an enthusiastic review of Tektonika they emphasized that it instantly brought the darling of millions “to the forefront of Russian performers.” Most of the compositions for this album were composed by Valov.

Yolka – City of Deception

During the same period, she voiced the role of the central character – a karate-skilled pie delivery girl – in the domestic adaptation of the American comedy-drama cartoon “The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood.” In the original version, the cartoon character speaks in the voice of Anne Hathaway.

Despite the fact that Yolka’s producer was Valov, who is called the father of Russian hip-hop, Yolka is not close to the rap genre:

[About the opportunity to record a rap song] I already had one, on a show with the Big Russian Boss. We love, we know how, we practice - that’s probably all. This is flirting with youth. Like: “Guys, I’m still relevant. Do you want some tricks?" But this is not my cinema, not my culture.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew every day. The songs included in the disc were actively rotated on radio stations, clips on TV channels, and the melody “Man Lives” was even present as the title song in the play “Suppress and Excite” at the Et cetera theater by Alexander Kalyagin.

Interview with Yolka

In 2008, she earned a nomination for Muz-TV in the category “ Best Hip Hop project". In addition, in the same year, the performer recorded the song “Freedom” in her native Ukrainian language, and three of her collections were released: “Remixes”, “The Best Hits” and “Duets”, which included a collaboration with Albert Krasnov (pseudonym Al Solo) work "Happiness".

Career blossoming

Fans expected new round in the vocalist’s work, an updated image and amazing achievements. She signed a contract with the Velvet Music production center and began collaborating with Liana Meladze (sister of Valery and Konstantin Meladze) and Alena Mikhailova.

In 2010, Yolka joined the judging panel of the Ukrainian vocal show “X-Factor”, and her famous composition “Provence” appeared on radio stations, the author of which was Ukrainian musician Egor Solodovnikov, and the producer and one of the arrangers was star composer Konstantin Meladze. A charming voice, charisma, and a magnificent melody ensured the track top positions in the charts, and the singer was included in the top 10 most successful representatives of show business in Ukraine (according to the Focus publication), three nominations for the Muz-TV award, and the RU channel award. TV in the “Best Song” category.

The composition was included by Time Out magazine in the list of “Hundred Songs That Changed Our Lives”, by the publication Afisha – in the list of the most striking pop hits of the last two decades, by the newspaper Kommersant and the online publication Elephant, it was called “an absolute and the biggest Russian hit of 2011.”

Yolka – Provence

The following singles, recorded in collaboration with composer Solodovnikov, “On the Bolshoi”, also became number one hits on the Russian radio charts. hot-air balloon" and "Near you." And in November, the artist’s fourth studio album, “The Dots Are Placed,” was released on the Velvet Music label, which attracted attention with its softer sound, where harmoniously intertwined different genres. According to many critics, the album became an event in the country’s musical life and the singer’s bid for “all-Union domination.”

When preparing new material, the performer worked for the first time with a dozen new authors and arrangers, at different studios, and enthusiastically experimented with styles. In addition to the above hits, for this album, which included 13 songs, a duet was recorded with the famous artist Pavel Volya called “Boy”. Spectacular videos were shot for it, as well as the songs “Chains and Tapes” and “Throw It Down.”

Yolka ft Pavel Volya – Boy

Among the numerous awards received by Elka for this record was the prestigious title of “Singer of the Year”, the second “Golden Gramophone” for the composition “Provence”, the inclusion of the track “On a Big Balloon”, which topped the playlists of Tophit radio stations for eight weeks in a row, in the list of title songs of the year. In 2012, the singer was nominated for the Muz-TV Award in four categories (among singers, duets, songs and albums of the year), and won in the “outstanding performer” category.

In March, Yolka gave her first solo concert in Kyiv, to which her relatives came from Uzhgorod. The singer decided to leave the judge’s chair on the Ukrainian “X-Factor”, focusing on creativity.

At an April performance at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, she presented two new songs - “Higher,” another hit with music and lyrics by Yegor Solodovnikov, and “I Want,” which became the title musical theme of the film “Love with an Accent” and won the RU.TV award a year later. in the category "Best Soundtrack".

In the summer, at the age of 56, the singer’s father died. IN last years During his life, he worked as a trainer in a sports club and died of a heart attack after another lesson.

He left laughing. He just sat down, laughed and died. This happened after training. I only cried a little, because it’s very selfish, it’s about self-pity. I feel a connection with him all the time.

In 2013, couturier Vyacheslav Zaitsev called the singer a style icon, adding that he adores her marvelous voice and stunning image. Among her works of that period, listeners remembered the cheerful composition “Body ofigelo”, written by the author of “Provence”, and the video for it, as well as the single with the song “Higher” and the video clip. Together with Noize MC, she recorded the recitative “We Can’t Understand,” and with rapper Zhorik, “New World.”

Yolka - The body went nuts

In November, in the October Palace of the Ukrainian capital, a very personal performance by the artist took place from a series of informal “Quiet Concerts” filled with emotions and incredible energy, held in a confidential, almost family atmosphere.

2014 turned out to be an extremely productive year for the artist. She presented two hits and videos for them at once: “Everything depends on us,” included in the soundtrack to the film “A Gift with Character,” and “You Know” (together with the group Burito), named by Afisha magazine the most popular song of the year.

Christmas tree ft. Burito - You know

The singer took part in a charity concert in Moscow, and at her solo concert she presented four new compositions - “Kohati” (which means “Love” in Ukrainian), “Morev Inside”, “Passerby”, “Draw Me the Sky”. For the last of the songs mentioned, she received a laureate diploma at the Song of the Year festival. In addition, Yolka released the collection “Fake Love”.

Critics also recognized the singer’s fifth album “#Heaven,” which appeared in 2015 and became one of the best-selling discs of the year, as a quality work. Its unusual name is the hashtag with which Yolka posted photographs of the sky taken during her travels. The album included previously released popular songs “I Want”, “Fly, Lisa”, “Everything Depends on Us”, “You Know”, “Draw the Sky for Me”.

Christmas tree - Fly, Lisa

During the same period, her concert album “#2” was released, containing 16 compositions of different styles. Among them is the song “Morev Inside”, which received the status of “Song of the Year” and was performed in the romantic comedy “Without Borders” by Rezo Gigineishvili. The director, who also shot a magical video for this song, noted that Yolka won “limitless people's love", she "has sincerity, light and great love for her work and for the listener." Among the singer’s seven awards in 2015 were the “Golden Gramophone” for “Provence” in the “Best of the Decade” category, the title “Singer of the Year” and the title of the most rotated performer.

The following year brought the delightful artist another title of “Singer of the Year” and an award from Russian Radio – Golden Gramophone. But this time - for the composition “Warming Happiness”, created in a creative tandem with Yegor Solodovnikov. In addition, she recorded the song “Be with me” (with BANEV!), “Chance” (with L "One), as well as “Forever” by Stanislav Butovsky. Lisa sang it in the summer at a concert in the Moscow Hermitage Garden and in the TV show “Evening Urgant.” Later, a music video for this composition was released.

Christmas tree ft. L"One - Chance

In the same year, Yolka “performed cherished dream”, namely, created with her long-time idol, the lead singer of the group “Mumiy Troll” Ilya Lagutenko new option composition “Don’t part with your loved ones”, sounded in the fifth part of the popular New Year’s franchise “Yolki”. The artist was delighted with the offer to sing such touching and subtle poems by Alexander Kochetkov in a duet with “a holiday man in a film by such a director!” [meaning Timur Bekmambetov – approx. website].

In 2017, Yolka delighted fans with a new song by composer Solodovikov, “Let the Music In.” Its premiere was timed to coincide with Valentine's Day and performed in the capital at the Big Love Show festive concert. Later it was also heard in entertainment program « New year's night on the first".

In September, her new single “The World Opens Up” was released, which brought her another Golden Gramophone. The performer accompanied him with the words that you can talk about happiness and love in different ways, the main thing is from the heart.

During the same period, the singer became a producer and judge of the international vocal competition “You’re Super!”, held for talented children without parental care. The competitors - pupils of boarding schools, orphanages and foster families aged from 7 to 18 years - came to the Russian capital from different corners post-Soviet space. The pop artist emphasized in an interview that each of the project participants had difficult stories behind them. She tried to fairly assess their abilities, support, give advice, find Nice words, and not just feel sorry. But in the end, I myself learned from them - friendship, anti-stress, endurance.

In January 2018, the pop singer presented the song “On the Knee” and performed at the LiveFest festival, held in Sochi at the Rosa Khutor resort. In March, her big solo concert took place at Moscow's Crocus City Hall. She performed the compositions “Wow!” and “Drop It”. And the hits “Warming Happiness”, “Chocolate”, “Bell of Heavenly Distances” were sung along with her by numerous fans who knew the lyrics by heart.

In September 2010, Yolka married a simple guy from the Moscow region, Sergei Astakhov. They met in their youth, on vacation in the Odessa region, and 6 years later they accidentally crossed paths at one of the parties in Moscow, began dating, and then living with his parents.

He did not work anywhere, his father also did not have a permanent income (he had seasonal income - he dug wells to order), his mother was sick a lot, and all the worries about providing for the family lay on the shoulders of the artist. According to fellow villagers, she installed gas and heating in their house and helped complete the garage.

Later, she made her husband her administrator, bought land near their village, in Sergiev Posad, and began building their own home for them - a cottage with an area of ​​500 square meters. But in 2016, construction stopped, she fired her husband from his position and stopped publishing them on social networks joint photos. There is no official information about their divorce.

In 2019, the artist published a photo with her adult daughters Valeria and Alexandra. According to some reports, Sasha participates in advertising projects and does charity work, collaborates with one of the shelters in Minsk, and Lera is a student in the capital High school economy. However, many fans do not believe that Yolka has children, since in an interview in February of the same year, the singer stated that she does not have children: “I do not consider myself childfree. I don't have children for certain reasons."

Singer Yolka in a discussion about the right to have or not have children

The artist regularly focuses the attention of her subscribers on helping homeless animals. She participates in the activities of the Gift of Fate foundation, where they try to find shelter and owners for dogs and cats, organize exhibitions, charity events, and engage in educational work.

The pop star continues to experiment with her appearance. Her hairstyles are the stuff of legends. In 2010, she stopped eating meat and immediately lost several extra pounds. She became acquainted with special literature on vegetarianism, and is now sure that man is not a predator by nature. The singer is very fond of mushroom and sour cream dishes, popular in her homeland (in western Ukraine), as well as potato and flour dumplings.

She considers Moscow her home and loves to walk through its parks and streets. True, she misses her mother in Belokamennaya. She also more than once called Uzhgorod the most beloved, dear and beautiful city on Earth. The singer never talks about politics, allegedly because she doesn’t understand anything about it.

Singer Yolka now

YAAV – One warrior in the field

Before the release of the disc, the artist stated that she “really doesn’t want to mark time” and that her real musical breakthrough will happen only when she begins to “express herself.” The compositions included in the presented album reflect the sensual, personal side of the star, “opening up new facets of her.” In addition, Yolka released a joint single “In Each of Us” with her longtime good friend Artem Pivovarov. They recorded the song remotely. They worked in real time, but in different cities.

During the same period, her track “On a Little Planet” appeared, as well as a music video for the song “I Miss You” and a stunning video for the lyrical Ukrainian-language ballad “Come on, fly”, created together with the Kyiv group Dilemma and filmed in an unusual location - indoors flooded with neon light.

In May 2019, Yolka went on tour across the United States and Canada, performing four big concerts in New York, Chicago, Toronto and Miami. In September, the singer made a pleasant surprise to millions of her fans by publishing a video for the song “I Stay,” which was filmed in Manhattan.

Specialized websites call the music performed by Yolka smart and modern, which is not embarrassing to listen to. Even the singer’s fan club is not like everyone else’s; it is peaceful and calm. Its members do not try to tear a piece from their idol.

The first wave of fans are already adults, one even became a member of the Yolka team. And at the same time, the artist maintains a distance, especially from the press. He also does not refute “the nonsense that journalists sometimes write,” because he is disgusted with such manifestations and does not want to focus attention on them.

Childhood and youth

Elizaveta Ivantsiv (the real name of the singer Yolka), the future star of the Ukrainian and Russian pop scene, was born on July 2, 1982 in western Ukraine, in Uzhgorod.

Yolka grew up in a family where everyone is connected with music in one way or another: her music lover father collected jazz records, her mother played several musical instruments, and older generation- grandparents - sang in a folk choir. And Lisa, like many vocal children, was also enrolled in a choir from childhood, and then in a vocal circle at the local Palace of Pioneers.

As a teenager, Elizaveta became interested in soul and rap music, and her proximity to Eastern Europe allowed her to attend continental and world-class music festivals, and Ivantsiv constantly expanded her knowledge of music. First stage skills young artist gained experience by participating in KVN during my school years. Then they began to recognize her in her hometown: the team in which Lisa was a member was popular.

After school, Yolka decided to continue her vocal training and entered the School of Music, but stayed there only for six months. The singer admitted that she did not get along with the teachers, and therefore chose to leave educational institution before they try to kick her out.

Perhaps this was due to the girl’s informal appearance for a provincial town: even since school years Lisa experimented a lot with her appearance and clothes, decorating herself with piercings and tattoos, wearing bright makeup - “war paint”, and shaved her head. In general, she stood out strongly against the background of her more moderate peers.

Music

Yolka’s musical biography did not begin with breakthrough success. In the mid-90s, Lisa joined the rap-R"n"B group "B&B", where she sang backing vocals. The group did not gain much popularity, but was known among fans of Russian-language rap.

In 2001, the team went to Moscow to the RAP MUSIC festival, where they took a prize. It was then that the talented guys were noticed by rapper and producer SHEFF, in the world - Vladislav Valov.

It is unknown why the acquaintance did not develop into a creative union even then. Vlad contacted Yolka only 3 years later, when the singer had already parted with the group and abandoned her dream of entering the professional stage.

“At first I decided that it was a joke, a practical joke,” the singer later admitted. Confidence in the seriousness of intentions appeared when a ticket to Moscow arrived from Valov’s company in the name of Elizaveta Ivantsiv. Yolka arrived in the capital of Russia and at a concert dedicated to the memory of Yolka, she performed the song “Bitch-Love”. After this, the girl performed at the Megahouse rock festival. Contrary to the singer’s fears, the audience greeted her very warmly.

In the same year, CHEF signed a contract with Yolka, seeing a future star in her.

Among other things, Vlad suggested that the singer change her pseudonym or even go on stage under her passport name, but received a decisive refusal.

“Since I was 11, everyone has called me Yolka, even my mother. I almost don’t respond to my passport name,” she later said in an interview.

In November 2005, Yolka’s first solo album “City of Deception” was released - by name main composition, which was presented to the general public back in the summer of 2004 and quickly became a hit (for it, Radio Maximum named Yolka the discovery of the year).

The lyrics for most of the songs were composed by Vlad Valov, who also wrote the music and arrangements. "City of Deception" turned out to be a very diverse album with references to many musical genres, from hip-hop to reggae and soul. Critics rated this experiment positively; Yolka was even called “the hope of pop music” and nominated for the “Best Rap” award.

Yolka's next successful single was the song "Girl Student", which was broadcast on radio "Europe-plus" and on several other stations. Its popularity grew every day, and in the same year Yolka consolidated its success by releasing the album “Shadows”. It supported the theme of the previous disc and did not achieve such overwhelming success, but it expanded the singer’s repertoire with quality content. As in “City of Deception,” most of the compositions were by Vlad Valov.

In 2007, the singer's first and only video album was released. However, Yolka continued to willingly shoot videos for musical compositions.

In the 3rd album, released in 2008, critics noted changes in musical style singer, and Yolka herself admitted that she tried to make “This Magnificent World” brighter and more positive than her previous works. Although it was not without an ironic social theme: the song “Handsome Boy” was remembered and loved by the public, including its caustic, sharp lyrics.

This was the last album in which Vlad Valov was the songwriter. Yolka decided to change her style and did not renew her contract with the producer. The singer noted that she was glad to have the opportunity to expand her horizons and work with other authors and composers. In particular, she had the opportunity to collaborate with the Meladze brothers.

In an interview, Yolka said that a conversation with Radio Alla prompted her to make radical changes. In her characteristic straightforward manner, the Prima Donna advised her young colleague to think about expanding her stylistic boundaries and entering the big stage.

Yolka chose the Velvet Music company and began collaborating with Liana Meladze and Alena Mikhailova. The same label released the next album, “The Dots Are Placed,” which was distinguished by its soft, pop-music-like sound. It came out in 2011.

The songs “Provence” and “About You” became hits, for which Yolka received a number of awards, including the second “Golden Gramophone”. In this album, the singer also sang a duet with the famous Russian showman. To work on the album, the performer attracted a dozen authors, experimenting with unusual styles, even bossa nova. The composition “On a Big Balloon” topped the playlists of Russian radio stations operating on the Tophit system for 2 months.

This period entailed not only experiments with style, but also a rapid growth in popularity: Yolka began giving numerous concerts throughout Russia, and tickets for the artist’s performances began to sell out in the first days of sales.

The changes also affected the singer’s stage image: on the X-Factor show, viewers saw Yolka in an elegant dress for the first time, and journalists immediately noted how graceful and feminine she had become. Yolka explained the changes in her image by internal changes:

"Me on stage is a concentrate of me in real life."

In addition to musical popularity, the singer gained fame as an example of style.

Yolka presented her next collection album, “Fake Love,” in 2014. It included tracks recorded under the direction of Vlad Valov, but not released in previous albums, as well as several songs from past discs. At the same time, the singer released compositions recorded on Velvet Music, including popular song“You Know,” performed together with the group, for which she received prestigious awards.

Yolka presented the album “#SKY” in February 2015. Unusual name, as the singer said, is a hashtag that she likes to use in in social networks when he posts photos of the sky. Critics noted the singer's characteristic stylistic diversity and responded to the album as a strong, high-quality work.

This year is also rich in awards. The composition “The Sea Inside” received the status of “Song of the Year”, and the artist herself became “Singer of the Year”. A video for the song was shot and used as the soundtrack to the film Without Borders.

2016 is also full of recognition. The song “Warming Happiness” received the prestigious Golden Gramophone award, and Yolka herself was again recognized as singer of the year, this time according to the RU.TV Award and Russian Music Awards. The author Egor Solodovnikov wrote the hits “Let the Music In” and “Fly, Lisa” for the artist, which took first place in rotation in Russia and the CIS countries.

The performer of non-model appearance (height - 162 cm), but with a festive pseudonym, in the company of vloggers, starred in a New Year's advertising video for Coca-Cola.

At the end of this year, a miracle happened in Yolka’s life - she sang a duet with her longtime idol. As the performer herself admitted, she loved the singer’s work even when she was not even Yolka. Fans heard Lagutenko and Yolki’s joint song “Don’t part with your loved ones” in the film from the popular New Year’s franchise “Yolki,” the fifth in a row.

In February 2017, the artist gave a solo concert in Moscow, at Crocus City Hall.

In Alexei Popogrebsky’s series “” about young Soviet diplomats, the song “And I’m Not You” was performed by Elizabeth. The musical accompaniment for the film was written by Anna Drubich, the daughter of the actress and director.

In September, a new single “The World is Opening” was released, which Yolka commented with the words that every person talks about happiness and love in their own way, and the day they live is an interesting path. The singer's duet with Garik Burito has been advertising the services of the mobile operator Megafon since the end of 2017.

In the same year, the artist became a member of the jury of the competition “You are Super!”, held by the NTV channel for talented pupils of orphanages and foster families. Previously, the singer met with the producers and made sure that the project did not speculate on such a sensitive topic as orphans.

Personal life

Disliking the yellow press, Yolka strives not to disclose details of her personal life. “I live with a cat,” the singer jokes.

It is known that Elizaveta is married to Sergei Astakhov, who does not belong to the creative community. Yolka celebrated her wedding in secret; she also did not introduce her husband to the press. As the singer claimed, she has a strong and happy marriage. However, in 2016, numerous rumors appeared about the artist’s imminent divorce.

Journalists found out that the couple will not complete construction Vacation home, and everyday problems began to destroy the family, and joint photos disappeared on social networks. In addition, Ivantsiv fired her husband from the position of personal administrator. The man has no other profession; according to rumors, Sergei did not bother himself before marriage permanent job. Yolka herself does not comment on this information in any way, and it is unknown how the relationship between the spouses is developing now.

Elizabeth takes care of homeless animals. IN "Instagram" singers periodically make posts with calls to adopt a dog or cat, to participate in charity event. A schedule of upcoming tours, photographs from rehearsals, concerts, and travel are also published there. And no more. Elka said that images of places and people that are dear to her will not appear in the public domain. And the stronger the feelings experienced, the less likely their objects are to appear on the Internet.

For the safety of her loved ones, the singer deliberately avoids conversations on topics about which she understands nothing. This also applies to socio-political life, in which “putting in your two cents” becomes comme il faut.

“I don’t like rudeness and familiarity just as much as I don’t like blind adoration. I’m talking about basic and very clear things, for example, respect. When there is no respect, I become uninterested."

But Yolka boldly posts the results of experiments on her appearance on Instagram. Legends are made about the singer's hairstyles. And the photo, where the artist had a bob haircut and dyed her hair blonde, provoked compliments from her colleagues and the lead singer of the group, Katerina. Yolka came for the next Golden Gramophone in a new look - with cropped bangs and modest makeup.

Christmas tree now

In 2018, Elka implemented a number of projects. During the New Year holidays, she recorded a video for the song “On the Knee”, in which the main role was played by a red cat, as well as actress and TV presenter Evgenia Sinitskaya and model from Belarus Alexander Litskevich.

Velvet Music, without false modesty, called the song “Make Love” the main hit of the fall, since Elka performed the composition in an unexpected collaboration with Zvonky. The singer has already sung the song “Save Me” with Andrei Zvonky, a participant in the “Voice” show. And with Digga this was the first experience.

Soon the audience will be presented with updated version the song “Home”, included in the album “#SKY”, and a couple of months later - a video of the same name.

In the fall of 2018, a single was released “for good sadness, with which it is good to wander in thought and not rush into answers” ​​- “Where are you.”

Discography

• 2005 – “City of Deception”
• 2006 – “Shadows”
• 2007 – “Points-Cities” (single)
• 2008 – “It’s a Wonderful World”
• 2011 – “The dots are in place”
• 2012 – “Quiet Concert”
• 2013 – “Fly, Lisa” (single)
• 2014 – “Fake Love”
• 2015 - #Sky
• 2016 – “Forever” (single)
• 2016 – “Be with me” (single)
• 2017 – “The World Opens Up” (single)
• 2017 – “Let the Music In” (single)
• 2018 – “On the Knee” (single)
• 2018 – “Make Love” (single)

The city of Uzhgorod on July 2, 1982. It so happened that the girl’s whole family is musical. My grandparents sang in the Transcarpathian Choir, my father collected jazz music, and my mother plays three musical instruments. Such an atmosphere in the family could not but leave its mark on the choice future profession little Christmas tree. She began her singing career in the school choir, then continued in the vocal circle at the Palace of Pioneers. Also, since her school years, she participated in KVN, where she mainly sang. Surprising and astounding the public was my favorite pastime. future star. Everything was put into action - and appearance, and the manner of performing songs. Relatives supported Elka. Looking at her successes, they said that Lisa would definitely become a pop star.

Career

In 2001, the musical group performed at international festival Rap Music in Moscow, where producer Vlad Valov drew attention to the singer. He offered to help the album group. True, this did not happen. “B&B”, and Elka herself at that time decided not to continue her career as a singer. She got a job as a waitress in her hometown. She would have continued to accept and deliver orders in the cafe if not for the persistence of Vlad Valov. He called the girl, offered cooperation and invited her to Moscow.

In 2004, Elka performed at a concert dedicated to the memory of Micah. She sang his song “Bitch Love.” Soon the singer’s composition “City of Deception” began playing on radio stations. It became a real hit, occupied the top lines of many charts and brought Elka popularity and love from fans. The artist herself once admitted that “City of Deception” is her favorite song, since it was written about herself.

With each new song, Elka's popularity grew more and more. Compositions « Good mood", "This great world”, “Girl Student”, “Handsome Boy”, “Provence” and are now heard by fans of the artist’s work and not only. Musical works Christmas trees are nominated and receive awards at prestigious competitions and awards, such as MTVRMA, Golden Gramophone, Muz-TV, RU.TV, Glamor Awards, etc.

Among other things, the artist voiced main character cartoon "The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood." And since 2010, she has produced the X-Factor talent show in Ukraine.

There are probably few people today who have not heard popular musical compositions performed by the modern Russian pop star, Yolka. The bright singer, unlike others, won the love of fans and the respect of colleagues. Did she achieve this easily? What past helped her create her present?

The name Elki can now be found in the first lines of popular charts. Her compositions “Provence”, “On a Big Balloon”, “Near You”, “I Want to Fall in Love” are sung by fans throughout her native country and far beyond its borders.

Elka's childhood

The singer was born in the very beautiful Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod. From the first days of her life, the girl’s parents were confident in her great future and called her “little star.” Elka was introduced to music by his father, who was a fan of jazz music and Russian rock.

Talent development

In her youth, the girl sang in the school choir, and later attended a vocal club. She was even a member of the KVN team of the city of Uzhgorod under interesting name"Ward number 6." As a teenager, Elka became interested in rap music, and in the mid-90s she became a backing vocalist for the group “B&B”. On music festival rap artists in 2001, producer Vlad Valov noticed the potential of the shocking girl, but offered to sign a contract only 3 years later. At that time, the group as such no longer existed, and Elka actually abandoned her childhood dream of becoming a singer - she

Education of a future star

The Christmas tree is finished high school Uzhgorod, and higher education I never received it. She entered a music school, but she failed to graduate. According to Elka, she did not have a good relationship with the teachers of the educational institution, so she decided to leave the school before she was expelled. However, this fact from her past did not prevent her from creating a bright present.

At the dawn of her popularity, the name Elka raised many questions among her fans. Of course, everyone understood that this was a pseudonym. Many people were wondering what Yolka’s real name was? And why did she choose her stage image just such a strange name?

Singer Elka: real name

The interesting thing is that she did not choose her pseudonym on purpose. This happened when she was eleven years old. That's what a friend accidentally called her. And the nickname “stuck” to the girl so much that even her parents began affectionately calling her Elochka. Many forgot that Elka’s real name is Elizaveta Ivantsiv, even she herself stopped reacting to it long ago, and only the father sometimes took offense at his daughter’s friends and acquaintances for this.

It must be said that such a stylish stage name played an important role in the singer’s career. Elka's real name would hardly have allowed her to achieve such popularity. The bright and laconic pseudonym, combined with the energy and originality of its owner, was immediately remembered by the listeners, forced to pay close attention to her, and then to fall in love with her for a long time.

The singer's personal life

She never talks about what happens to Elka behind the scenes. For her, this is a matter of principle. The singer believes that personal life- this is something that should always remain inaccessible to curious journalists. According to her, this is the only way to maintain personal happiness. It should be noted that Elka does not suffer from “star fever”, she remains the same a simple person, despite the fact that it is on the crest of fame. This is probably why her fans love her so much.