According to musicians and fans, Ukraine’s independent scene grew a lot after Russia invaded the European country
Even with the country at war, Ukrainians continue to use music as resistance and even as an escape tool for this critical situation in the history of Ukraineinvaded on a large scale by the Russia on February 24, 2022.
On the Al Jazeera website, in an article written by Nils Adlerthe journalist spoke with some musicians in the country and how their career changed with the arrival of the conflict – and the fans and public started to value music more.
“Young people didn’t appreciate music the same way before the war,” he said. Boghdan Sulanovvocalist of the heavy metal band YAD. “Our band always sings about our problems and right now that’s what we want to survive.”
As an independent musician, Sulanov works as a software developer: “We all need to work, but we also need energy, and that can come from music!” The report also spoke to Bohdana Nykyforchynsinger of YAD 35 years old who is still firm with his career.
I’m eight months pregnant and my dream was to go up to that stage. When the second song started, I felt all my emotions bubble up. My hormones are all over the place!
Already Marishka Chichkovaorganizer of the event that YAD played, even though he is not a heavy metal fan, he explained how these events are very important. “It’s also a release for the musicians; that’s really important too,” he said. There has been a good rise of the underground and independent scene in Ukraine, in cities like Lviv It is Kievmainly.
This movement impresses the public and fans. Second Max Antoniuk, a 30-year-old music lover, there has been “an explosion of musical creation” since the beginning of the war. He explained how many musicians wanted to sign contracts with some major label, but Ukrainian artists currently “produce music without commercial interest,” which adds a lot to the independent scene.
Engineer who learns to play the guitar with one of the members of the YAD, Denis Levchunets commented on trends in Ukrainian music changing since February 24, 2022. “Now our existence is threatened, themes have changed, language has changed.”
Many artists who used the Russian language before now use only Ukrainian.
Source: Rollingstone
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