Olga Seryabkina about leaving the group SEREBRO: “Everything comes to an end someday”

Olga Seryabkina - singer, dancer, poetess, songwriter of Lolita Milyavskaya, Nargiz, Emin Agalarov and, of course, hits of the group SEREBRO, many of which became business card team. Olga has been in the group for more than 10 years, and it’s hard to imagine SEREBRO without her. It is not surprising that when a couple of years ago Olga began to develop her own solo project, in which she performs under the pseudonym Molly, fans of the band became worried: is she planning to leave SEREBRO? This year Olga released new song“If you don’t love me,” which she performed in a duet with Yegor Creed, and in June she presented the English-language single Fire, which successfully launched on iTunes. Having decided that such a focus on a solo career could still mean Seryabkina’s departure to solo sailing, HELLO.RU asked Olga a question that interests her fans directly.

Olya, tell us about your plans. Are you planning to leave SEREBRO?

A question that is quite popular now. I can say for sure that one day this will happen - one hundred percent, because everything comes to an end. But I don't know when exactly. I can say that I am not one of those people who is in a hurry. I like not to think ahead now. And I don’t have the feeling that I want to be alone. On the contrary, I really value the time I spend in the group - despite all the talk and rumors that something is wrong with us, that we have hazing... In fact, all this is nonsense. For me SEREBRO is not work, it is life. SEREBRO is a living organism and most of my heart. Therefore, I don’t know when my departure will happen, when I will deal exclusively solo career, and I don’t want to think about it. IN this moment I don’t tour fully as a solo artist. But I’m thinking about starting to combine them after some time. I'm interested in trying to perform both as Molly and as the lead singer of the group.

Once Maxim Fadeev noted on his Instagram that a group of three soloists is the most unstable, in such groups the composition certainly changes. How do you feel about such changes?

A team of three people is really difficult. When there are three of you, you need to take into account the opinions of all three, compromises are necessary. But everything depends on the human factor: in one version of the composition it is unstable, not strong, but in another the group can exist for quite a long time. I love our team. And it's incredibly interesting. Being a musician is absolutely creative profession, life is inevitably oversaturated with events. For me everyone new round life in SEREBRO is always an adventure, and I really love these adventures. Now we have a very well-coordinated team. The girls and I understand each other perfectly, and this is exactly the state of stability that I was talking about. The three of us are comfortable and, I hope, this state will last long enough.

It seems that in Maxim Fadeev’s music label all the artists are friends. Here at the MUZ-TV awards SEREBRO soloists you were noticeably happy for Nargiz, who received the award, and she for you. Is it corporate consciousness, or are you so close to each other?

This is not happening on purpose - we really are friends. We are friends simply because we are all united by our love for Max’s music, love for our team, and we always treat each other with warmth. Max often gathers us together for some joint barbecues or picnics when he has free time from touring. And this is for real. When Nargiz won, I was incredibly happy for her, because I know how important it is for her, because I feel like this is my victory, because we are one team. Moreover, our company is now expanding, there are more and more artists, and I have already become friends with many. For example, Yura Semenyak is the lead singer of the group KET MORSI. I love him, talented musician! And Tumar from the CARTEL group. In general, we are all a great force and practically one family.
Olga Seryabkina (MOLLY)

In February you released a collection of poems. What was the impetus for their publication?

I periodically published my poems on Instagram, read comments from people who wrote: they like what I do, it’s close to them. I wanted to share this further, and at some point I decided that it was time to release a book. I admit, I’m incredibly pleased that I even had to print additional circulation, because the first one sold out quickly. This suggests that the book needed to be released. In general, poetry for me is such a subtle art, my favorite. I like to find an exact definition for something barely noticeable. internal state. At this moment, you feel as if you couldn’t take a deep breath for a long time, but suddenly you did it. When I write, I definitely need to be alone so that no one disturbs me, and this is an amazing state.

Let's get back to your solo career. The song "If you don't love me" can also be performed by the group SEREBRO. But Fire is something completely new, more reminiscent of the music of Ayo, Asa or Imany. What key will the first solo album be in, if it is planned?

"If You Don't Love Me" Max and I wrote a few years ago. I remember I was flying to Chita and it was then that I wrote one verse and chorus - “If you don’t love me, then I don’t either, if you forget me, then I will too.” I showed the lines to Max, and for a long time we didn’t understand what to do with this song. I don't agree that this song is in the SEREBRO style - in my opinion, it's just the opposite. We didn't think it was right for the band, so we didn't release it. The song just lay there and waited in the wings. The text of the chorus is similar to a children's rhyme. That’s what Maxim told me: “You wrote a children’s song.” And this song was lying “on the shelf”, and then we somehow met on tour with Yegor Creed, I intuitively gave him a demo, and, apparently, Yegor realized that he should not miss this song.

I can say one more thing about the Fire track: it’s a confession to a man. I really like the song, I like to confess to people how I feel. At this moment some kind of magic happens, I call this state deep sea - deep sea. I like to confess my feelings to a person, I like to talk about everything openly. Even though there have been situations in my life where I have been hurt because I have an open heart, I still believe that this is the best and most indescribable state - when you can talk about what you feel.

Returning to the topic solo album, I won’t hide: I’m really working on it and on songs - both for the SEREBRO group and for the MOLLY project. At the same time, a solo album is not an end in itself for me. You can have 155 albums, but they will be just a number that will mean nothing to anyone, or you can write one, but people will listen to each song separately and all the songs together for at least another 100 years. So, this is exactly the kind of album I want. That's why I need more time. I already have a lot of songs that are ready for an album, but I’m in no hurry. I want something whole to come out, and it shouldn’t be thoughtless. I am against empty, empty songs. I am against action for the sake of action, without meaning.

The most popular question, but it’s impossible without it: what’s going on in your personal life?

I had very different periods in personal life. Now is the time when I like someone, but he doesn’t know about it. Usually I take the initiative myself: if I like someone, I go forward, and the man, as a rule, is the first to know about it. I'm not arrogant, but active. And now I like the person, but he doesn’t know about it, maybe he doesn’t even know, and I don’t want him to know. This is very different from how I behaved before. In general, this is my kind of game. She inspires me and let it be that way for now. I want this person to notice me and take the first step, if it is mutual. Maxim Fadeev and Olga Seryabkina

You are surrounded by fans and fellow musicians, but you have said more than once that Maxim Fadeev is for you special person, more than a producer. What did you mean?

He is mine best friend. At the same time, I separate friendship and work. When Maxim makes a remark to me or voices some request, I always make sure that he does not repeat it twice. Max is an absolute authority for me, and I don’t see anything wrong with that. It’s just great love, respect for the person who did everything for me. There were situations when I acted differently - not as he told me, but then every time I regretted it, thinking that I should have done as he advised. Max can always count on me in any situation - this applies to both work and human communication. We are friends, we have been working for more than 10 years, and, so to speak, we live our great creative family, and that means a lot.

I hope that I will never let Max down. And what I say now, I also openly say to him. He changed my life. Every time I write a song with him as a co-writer, I approach it with the same reverence as the first time. It still seems incredible to me, and I am very grateful for the opportunity he gave, for what we create together and for the fact that he always hears me. I am very grateful to him for raising me to be a person who thinks and feels music.

It happens like this: you come up with something, plan it, start implementing it, and then hop - and everything doesn’t go according to plan, but it turns out even better than planned. This is exactly what happened to the composer and arranger with his production project - the group “Silver”.

Compound

The idea of ​​creating a female pop group, different from other similar pop projects, came to the mind of a participant in the second “Star Factory”, curated by Fadeev. As the producer himself admitted in an interview, it was initially planned that the group would be focused on the Asian music market.

The first composition of the group "Silver": Elena Temnikova, Olga Seryabkina, Marina Lizorkina

The first line-up was formed by 2006. First, Temnikova invited a backing vocalist to the group, who at that time was working with another student of Fadeev. Max himself found the next participant via the Internet - she was a Moscow artist. With this lineup, the girls recorded and performed until June 2009 - then Marina was replaced by a girl from Balakovo.

In 2010, rumors appeared about the departure of its founder Elena Temnikova from the group. There was a rumor among fans that the conflict with the producer was to blame, which arose because of the lead singer’s affair with Fadeev’s brother. But the rumor was not confirmed, and Elena remained to delight her fans (and not only) with her vocals.

The next reshuffle occurred in September 2013: Karpova left the group, and new soloist"Silver" becomes a native Nizhny Novgorod.

A year later, Temnikova finally left the group - the contract was nearing its end, and the girl did not want to renew it. Elena's place was taken by a girl born in Podolsk.

In March 2016, in the official public page of the Serebro group, "In contact with" information appeared that the team was looking for a replacement for Daria Shashina. April 13 of the same year last name and first name new member group became known to the audience - Shashina was replaced. Last changes in the composition occurred already in November 2017.

Music

Initially, the Serebro team was planned as an English-language group for China, Japan and some other Asian countries. However, everything changed the moment a familiar producer from Channel One found out about Fadeev’s work and asked him to nominate girls for a competition dedicated to the selection of Russian representatives at Eurovision 2007. Max agreed reluctantly.

Little-known singers from “Silver” beat even such favorites as “Band’Eros” and “Beasts” in the competition, and as a result flew to Helsinki (Finland) to represent their country at the international music competition. With their song “Song#1” Seryabkina, Temnikova and Lizorkina took third place, losing the first two to participants from Serbia (Maria Sherifovich) and Ukraine ().

When the girls returned home with “honorary bronze,” their track “Song#1” was already playing on the radio. Also in rotation was the Russian-language version of the song, which in a short time reached the top of the charts, and not only Russian ones: “Song #1” became popular in Switzerland, Denmark, Latvia and even in the UK.

In the wake of popularity, two more previously recorded songs were released - “Breathe” and “What’s Your Problem”. As a result, “Silver” becomes the best debut of 2007 according to MTV Russia Music Awards, and also the best selling Russian group of the same year according to the World Music Awards.

The beginning and middle of 2008 are associated with two songs and videos - “Opium” and “Why”. Toward the end of the year, the group released a new single, “Say, Don’t Be Silent,” which already took first place in the charts in December. Also in 2008, “Silver” received an award from the MTV Russia Music Awards in the category “ The best group" In honor of this event, the girls presented their new track “Sound sleep” right at the ceremony.

The girls' debut album was released only at the end of April 2009. It was called “Opium Roz” and included 11 compositions. The authoritative publication Billboard dubbed “OpiumRoz” the most long-awaited release of 2009.

Towards the end of the year, with a renewed lineup, the group recorded the song “Sladko”, which a little later topped the “100 Most Rotated Songs” chart. At the same time, the Serebro group was involved in large musical events countries: “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone” and “ New wave».

Group "Silver" in Billboard magazine

In November 2010, in honor of the release of the new composition “Let's Hold Hands,” Temnikova, Seryabkina and Karpova posed for the cover of Billboard. Also, several photos ended up inside the magazine.

The year 2011 was marked by the hit “Mama Lover”, as well as its Russian-language version “Mama Lyuba”. In addition to the video on YouTube and performance at concerts, this composition was also performed in the domestic comedy film (“Gorko”, “”) “The Best Day”. In addition to Olga Seryabkina, the film starred, and a number of others no less famous artists.

The girls spent 2012 in Mexico, participating in the El Gran Concierto festival and filming the program “Vacations in Mexico.” Inspired by the color of the country, the group wrote the song “Gun”, as well as its Russian version “Boy”. Returning home, “Silver” presented new composition on the show " Evening Urgant" A little later, a second album was released, named after last year's hit "Mama Lover".

In honor of Valentine's Day 2013, the group released the track "Sexy ass". It did not become as big a hit as many of the group’s previous songs, so another composition, “You Are Not Enough,” was soon released.

The fate of this song was more successful - “You Are Not Enough” took an honorable first place in the charts of Russia, Ukraine and even Poland.

In 2013, the singers visited China, where they presented the song “Mi Mi Mi”. The composition with simple lyrics simply captivated listeners, and not only in China. According to statistics, greatest number downloading songs from citizens of Japan, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Ireland.

The hit of 2014 was the song “I Won’t Give You Up.” After Temnikova left the group and Favorskaya appeared, another one was recorded interesting composition- “No more needed.” The following year gave fans of the Serebro group two more songs - “Let Me Go” and “Confused”. Videos were shot for both compositions and aired on music TV channels.

On May 27, 2016, the girls released their third album, “The Power of Three.” Unlike the previous two, this one featured tracks created with the participation of other musicians and performers - DJ M.E.G. and Yellow Claw. Critics and fans noted that the album was essentially a release of the previous singles under one cover.

Towards the end of the year, the girls pleased their fans with two new tracks and videos - “Chocolate” and “Slomana”. The last composition was inspired by the emerging problem of the so-called “death groups” (communities in in social networks, inclining children and adolescents to suicide).

At the beginning of 2017, the Serebro group released the video “It Will Pass,” based on the composition of the same name. A little later, the girls became the face of the chain of perfume and cosmetics stores Sephora (owned by Louis Vuitton), whose products appeared in the following video works of the team.

Group "Silver" now

2017 was marked for the group by appearing on the Big Show Russian Boss" - a popular satirical program broadcast on YouTube video hosting. Also this year, such hits as “Love Between Us” and “In Space” were released.

New line-up groups "Silver": Ekaterina Kishchuk, Olga Seryabkina, Tatyana Morgunova

Among latest news – another replacement performers. On November 17, the casting ended, as a result of which a young (born in 1998) resident of St. Petersburg became the new soloist. According to the information provided in the group, Morgunova will replace Polina Favorskaya, whose contract expires in 2017.

Discography

• 2009 – “Opium Roz”
• 2012 – “Mama Lover”
• 2016 – “The Power of Three”

Clips

• 2007 – “Song No. 1”
• 2007 – “Breathe”
• 2008 – “Tell me, don’t be silent”
• 2008 – “Opium”
• 2009 – “Sweet”
• 2010 – “Not the Time”
• 2011 – “Let’s hold hands”
• 2011 – “Mama Lyuba”
• 2012 – “Boy”
• 2013 – “Frenzy”
• 2013 – “You are not enough”
• 2013 – “Mi Mi Mi”
• 2014 - “I won’t give you up”
• 2015 – “Confused”
• 2016 – “Let Me Go”
• 2016 – “Chocolate”
• 2016 – “Broken”
• 2017 – “It will pass”
• 2017 – “Love Between Us”
• 2017 – “In Space”

Today Polina announced that she wants to move on. She published a large post on her microblog and asked that every person feel her words.

Favorskaya admitted that when she was accepted into the team, she was the most happy man in the Universe. But then she realized that she had found herself in the most hellish period of the group - she had to endure terrible persecution from fans.

“But thanks to this, now there is little that can unsettle me and throw me off course. I have become very strong! Thank you for this,” wrote Polina. - But I couldn’t have survived all this without my girls: Olya and Dasha, who supported me and taught me, taught me every step! How to behave on stage, how to give interviews and much more. The first performances were like a fog, I didn’t understand anything, as I remember. But it was this support that helped me not to break, but to grow and become who I am now. Then, standing confidently on stage, the tour began. Tour life- this is generally a separate topic for a whole post. But I will say one thing: we went through fire, water and copper pipes, between the three of us there are thousands of memories that are now carefully stored in the form of photos and videos on our phones. Then the time came to part with Dashik. It’s always difficult to let people go, but you have to understand that if life has arranged everything this way, then it has to be so. And Katyukha burst into our lives. Bright, lively, beautiful, and also takes amazing photos! Katya is different, she brought into SEREBRO (for me) a street, kind of mood. And it was very cool, with her our tours became more exciting and reckless, which sometimes I was not very happy about, because I really like to sleep on tour. It’s very difficult for me to write about Olya, because this person gave me so much... How many nights did we spend talking, lying on the bed in hotel rooms? Can't count. These conversations will forever remain only between us. Our dreams and secrets. I really want everything to come true for Olya. She's incredible."

Next, Favorskaya came closer to the main thing - she stated that back in May she felt changes, and then she visited Bali and finally began to feel that she needed to change something in her life. Having traveled to Cambodia, where she meditated every day, the singer’s heart opened to her, and she understood everything.

“I want to know myself. Get to know your body and mind. Learn to listen to your heart always! Because the heart is the only true guide when you know how to use it! I want to go through various practices! I want to go to India, Tibet, Peru! But this is impossible to do in a group! For 10 days of vacation a year,” Polina complained. “With these thoughts, I spent the remaining days of my vacation, thinking about how to tell Maxim Alexandrovich about this. Will he understand me? Will you feel it? Having gathered my courage upon arrival, I told him everything... I did not expect that everything would go like this... I was met with such understanding! He told me that it’s very cool when such thoughts come to you at that age. And he said that I should definitely do this. My uncertainty in my own thoughts quickly disappeared, and I realized that I was on the right path. Yes. I'm leaving. No matter how painful it may sound. But please support me. You have no idea how difficult such a decision is. Music is my life".

Left the group "Silver". In order to understand everything correctly, let us turn to the statements of the singer herself, which she made in her interviews.

Status

To answer the question of why Temnikova left the Serebro group, we need to understand how the split in the team began. The vocalist confirmed the information about her dismissal from the group. Soon after, the search began for an artist to replace her. At the same time, she was obliged to work out all previously planned concerts. The vocalist herself does not know the reasons for her dismissal. She was simply notified of this change. No one gave an explanation for this. The version that Maxim Fadeev fired the participant because of an affair with Artem, his brother, is an invention of the vocalist herself. In this way, she is trying to explain, first of all, to herself the behavior of the producers.

Inadmissibility of privacy

To understand why she left the Serebro group, you should know about the peculiarities of the participants’ contract. In particular, it is necessary to find out whether the document contains a clause that prohibits girls from getting married. Such a restriction exists in contracts with soloists of many modern groups. However, the vocalist notes that the group “Silver” in in this case is an exception. Each of the participants was in a relationship with the chosen one. Including Elena herself, who had a boyfriend for a long time. Participants are allowed to have children and get married. However, Maxim Fadeev once noted that you should never mix love and work. According to our heroine, violation of this particular prohibition was the reason for her dismissal. Artem is an employee of the production center, he writes music and creates arrangements for artists. It was with him that our heroine entered into a relationship. There is a possibility that Maxim Aleksandrovich was informed about this. The soloist admits that at that moment they were just beginning to “love” and they had not decided anything yet. They were friends for seven years.

Self-interest

Some critics, when asked why Temnikova left the Serebro group, answer that she initially sought to use her relationship with the producer’s brother for personal career advancement. The vocalist herself denies this version. She is very upset by such assumptions.

Future

To complete the picture, it is necessary not only to answer the question of why Temnikova left the Serebro group, but also to understand what she is going to do next. Soloist for a long time I hoped that the story of the dismissal was just a flash of anger, and Maxim Fadeev would change decision. But in practice it turns out that there is no way back. The vocalist admits that she doesn’t quite understand the “star manufacturers” who are offended when they hear that they are just cogs being churned out on an assembly line. According to our heroine, in practice this is exactly what happens. She admits that without Maxim Fadeev she would be nothing. Initially, any of the contenders could have taken her place. She considers herself nothing more than a project of Maxim Fadeev. She understands that without a producer she will be lost. Therefore, she does not plan to study music on her own, but intends to devote herself to studying psychology or history. Our heroine is incredibly interested in both sciences. The girl wants to find a job in another field. He notes that he will really miss touring, the accelerated pace of life, flights and hotels. According to the vocalist, Maxim Fadeev communicates with Artem and the relationship between the brothers is not spoiled. However, the producer does not discuss the topic of her dismissal. Now you know why Temnikova left the Serebro group and how her life turned out after the project.

(until October 2018), currently under construction solo career under the pseudonym Molly and writes poetry.

Childhood

Olga Seryabkina was born on April 12, 1985 in the very heart of Moscow - on Taganka, in the family of Yuri and Lyudmila Seryabkin. My father was a military man, and my mother was an engineer. The girl's grandparents lived with them. She also has younger brother Oleg.

From the age of six Olya studied ballroom dancing. Already at this time, she demonstrated strength of character and time after time refuted the doubts of teachers, who at first did not believe in the baby’s success in the choreographic field. “When I first came to the dance, they didn’t want to take me - they decided that I didn’t have a sense of rhythm,” Olga recalled. But later she proved the opposite and even became the coach’s favorite. At the age of 12 she became a master's candidate in ballroom dancing.

The girl managed to combine dance classes and almost excellent performance at school. In her final certificate she had only three B grades, although, as Seryabkina admitted, she had a clear inclination towards humanitarian subjects - Russian, English, literature, but in the exact sciences she sometimes had to “negotiate” with teachers. Not with bribes, but with activism - Olya was the first in everything related to amateur performances and school self-government. In her free time she loved to write poetry and small scenes which she acted out in front of her parents.

At the age of 17, Olga graduated from school and began studying linguistics at the Institute of International Law and Economics. She was one of the most promising students of the course and after graduation she became a certified synchronized swimmer in both English and German languages. But by that time she already knew for sure that she would not work in her specialty

Creative path

In 2002, first-year student Olga, who had been involved in ballroom dancing all her life, took an RnB class. She liked it and decided to continue working in this direction. Soon she starred in Dima Bilan’s video “Mulatto” (the girl behind the bar).

In 2004, Seryabkina was invited to a thematic festival, where she met dancer Ilshat Shabaev. He appreciated Olga’s abilities and invited her to be a backup dancer for singer Irakli Pirtskhalava, a graduate of the second “Star Factory”. At one of the first rehearsals, Seryabkina met producer Max Fadeev. He asked the girl if she could sing, then she, overcoming her embarrassment, showed her poems to the producer. Then Fadeev revealed his cards: he was recruiting for a new project girl pop group and invited Olga to audition.

Started in 2006 painstaking work over the song material, images of the participants and the concept of the group, which, in addition to Olga, included “manufacturer” Elena Temnikova and Maria Lizorkina. A year later, the group took third place at the Eurovision Song Contest. During this period, Seryabkina first tried herself as a lyricist for a group. After participating in international competition The girl group woke up famous.

Now Seryabkina’s songs are performed not only by the participants of “Silver”, but also by the group “China”, Yulia Savicheva, Glucose. For 12 years, Olga worked fruitfully in Fadeev’s group, constantly delighting fans with new hits. After Elena Temnikova left the group in May 2014, unofficial leadership in Serebr passed to Seryabkina. She won the love of the audience not only with her powerful energy, but also with her frank images - by that time Serebro began to focus on the sexuality of the participants.

In September of the same year, Seryabkina began to build a solo career, not forgetting, however, about “Silver”. Her debut as an individual artist, under the pseudonym Holy Molly (later shortened to Molly), was a duet with DJ M.E.G. "Kill Me All Night Long" Subsequently, she repeatedly delighted fans with new singles, incl. recorded together with Gnoiny, Yegor Creed, Big Russian Boss.

Molly (Olga Seryabkina) ft. DJ M.E.G. – Kill me all night

In December 2015, viewers met Seryabkina the actress. She played one of the key roles in the comedy “The Best Day.” Her heroine is provincial singer Alina Shepot, who crashed into the car of policeman Petya (Dmitry Nagiyev).

Olga Seryabkina – Green-eyed taxi (the best day)

In 2017, the Eksmo publishing house released Olga Seryabkina’s poetry collection “One Thousand M,” which included 54 poems. “...A subtle feminine world, where every reader will find himself - wounded, in love, desperate, inspired,” stated the annotation accompanying the book.

Personal life of Olga Seryabkina

Seryabkina’s personal life gives rise to a lot of rumors and speculation. So, oh non-traditional relationships All the media wrote about Olga Seryabkina and Lena Temnikova: the girls often kissed in public, which shocked those present.

And although these actions had one goal - PR, Olga once told reporters that she was bisexual and in her youth she had affairs with girls. For this, the deputy: “Watch today a special issue of the chart that Olezha and I held in our new status as a couple in love.” However, Oleg's complicated personal life casts doubt on the veracity of their romance.

Like every person, Olga has her own hobbies and oddities. For example, Seryabkina is unreasonably afraid of dolls: this disease is called pediophobia. Along with this, Olga is passionate about cars and loves to drive around the capital at night. Experimenting with one’s own appearance is the silver girl’s favorite pastime.

Olga Seryabkina today

In October 2018, Olga Seryabkina announced her departure from Silver. The singer’s contract with the group is valid until the beginning of 2019.

She is not leaving Fadeev’s Malfa label – she will promote the Molly brand under his name. The singer also promised the imminent release of her debut solo album and new material for "Serebro".