The pair continued to perform together until when both went their separate ways to pursue solo careers, with Julia releasing her single All Because Of You, which peaked or should we say In , Julia and Lena reunited briefly to perform at the Russian Olympic Games and afterwards, went on to record a single together. However, after further conflict, the single was released as a 'collaboration' rather than by the girls together as Tatu.
While Lena went on to continue performing for years afterwards, Julia tragically developed thyroid cancer, causing her to lose her singing voice. These days, Julia is enjoying life with her two children and two dogs. She lives quite the jet-setter life and has been flying across the globe to the likes of Germany and LA, oh, and she loves a good 'ole Tatu throwback on her Instagram, too.
Lena started singing at just eight years old, performing in a Russian children's act before she then met Julia in Neposedi. After their fleeting stint at the top of the music charts, Lena pursued her own music career, and reached the MTV Russia top 10 for her, err, interesting single Never Forget. After her solo music video was a success in Russia, Lena continued to release singles and covers, but revealed later that year that she was struggling to find representation. In , after she and Julia had reunited at the Olympic Games, Lena accused her former bandmate of blackmailing her and the band supposedly went their separate ways though both continued to cross paths In , Lena released an eight track album, Mono and later that year she divorced her husband Sash Kuzma.
Now, Lena enjoys life with her son and from the looks of her Instagram, she's still quite the big shot in Russia. Two female singers kissing in a video. What could possibly be memorable with that? It must be t. For a moment in , Russian duo t. Lena Katina b. That is the video did, not the song! Julia and Lena met in when they joined the group Neposedy, which also included Sergey Lazarev , who would later go on to represent Russia at the and Eurovision Song Contest.
The album would go on to sell over a million copies in Russia and now that the girls were becoming household names, it was time to capitalise and get writing for a follow up. The world outside Russia was oblivious to that fact but what was picked up on was the video, engineered by the girls manager Ivan Shapovalov.
It caused a storm and enormous critical outrage in many countries for promoting underage lesbianism with many banning the video and even the song. When that happens, it can only lead to one thing. Volkova and Katina were chosen, and t.
Image: Getty. Katina defended Shapovalov in a interview with The Telegraph. Despite initially claiming to be lesbians in real life, Katina later explained she and Volkova were playing a role, as if in a movie. But she thinks t. They kept recording, and were particularly successful in Japan. The duo split in Volkova launched a solo singing career, starred in a horror movie, Zombie Fever, and got into shoe design. In , she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Volkova says cancer surgery damaged her vocal cords, and it took more surgeries over the space of several years for her to fully recover.
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