Sergey in the UK

So its about time I did a post about the lovely Sergey Lazarev, and what better excuse than the exciting news of a UK album release. Sergey Lazarev started his career in Russia as part of a boy-band duet with Vlad Topalov called Smash!! (two exclamation marks compulsory). After splitting up in 2005, the boys went they're separate ways and Sergey has since release two fabulous albums - Don't Be Fake and TV Show. His first singles Eye of the Storm and Lost Without Your Love were just the beginning. His first major hit as a solo artist came in the form of Just Because you Walk Away, which he went on to re-release with a russian version and remixes. You can watch the Russian version, below;

The other most notable single on the first album is a track called Fake, apparently written by Ben Adams of A1 fame (who has also written many of the songs on Sergeys second album). It has rather naff lyrics, but is actually very catchy. It has an equally naff video, which you can find here. After this success, he released a cover of Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz, which was a huge hit in many countries, and even became a club hit in the UK. This is found on the second album along with the song TV or Radio, which pokes fun at reality TV. Sergey has had experiences with this first hand after coming second in the Russian Dancing on Ice, and winning the Russian Circus with the Stars. You can find many clips from both of these on youtube, my favourite of which is below;

The latest single, Girlfriend, has also been very popular in Russia, topping many charts. Plans have been put in place to release this as a single in the UK, along with a scheduled album release. Some of Sergey's past singles have been released on iTunes in the UK, including Shattered Dreams and Everytime, but I for one am very excited about the idea of buying a full album from Sergey.

He's been doing some small shows in the UK in the lead-up to the album release, and over easter I met up with him to conduct a little interview for our radio show. I've uploaded the interview here in case you missed it. More recently he came over for Gay Pride in Birmingham, and also did a show in London where Raj of EQ has a more up-to-date interview with the man himself about the album plans. So hurry over to www.electroqueer.co.uk where you can read the interview and listen to a kick-arse remix of Girlfriend. Since it is going to be released here in the UK, its only right I post the video to it here too.

It appears I have a lot more to say about Sergey than I realised, but I promise this is the last of it. Other than the new UK album release, Sergey is currently busy promoting High School Musical in Russia, for which he did the dubbing for Zac Efron's character. It aired in Russia recently, and the promotional video has been released. Below is the Russian version of We're Breaking Free. I have never watched all of the English version, but will no doubt listen to all the Russian versions of the songs (dont think I can stomach the whole programme).