Igor Krutoy shares secrets of success and about new talents of the New Wave
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This autumn for Igor Krutoy is the prime minister's time! Recently, the audience appreciated the clips for the songs "Umbrella" and the song for Irina Allegrova, and now comes "Station" - video of the winner of the "New Wave" Alex Lim. On stage, he declared himself the song Cool – the dream of any artist. Gazetametro.ru spoke with the composer.
Igor Yakovlevich is interested in the fate of the participants of the “New Wave”, because he is an ideological inspirer and producer. “It is very important for me to know how their lives, their careers, are going. I'm interested in them doing well. This is the best advertisement for the project. This attracts new participants, they are eager to enter the competition. After all, the “New Wave” at one time gave us Sergey Lazarev, Polina Gagarin, Irina Dubtsov, and Nyusha. There were successes, and I want it to resume – there were new stars, new songs.
He also discusses the possibility of the appearance on the stage of artists of the level of Philip Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontiev, noting that in terms of musicality you can find equals, but the scale of talent – no. He believes that the success of Pugacheva and Leontiev was due to a certain historical period.
Krutoy admits that he does not consider himself the “coolest” composer, emphasizing the existence of many talented and popular authors, such as Lena Agutin, Igor Matvienko, Igor Nikolaev.
He also responds to criticism of New Wave, noting that new stars are not born every day and that the federal channel needs high ratings provided by popular performers.
He talks about the preferences of his daughters (who like to listen to rap) and how he is experimenting with new genres. In addition, he shares his impressions of criticism of his music, especially from his family, affectionately naming his wife, who appreciates his song “I love you to tears”, performed by Alexander Serov. He also talks about friends and collaborations, including a long-term collaboration with Irina Allegrova.