Луна (Luna) 3x

Not to be confused with the Korean or Bulgarian Luna, nor with Louna from Moscow, or Luna the Spanish flamenco singer from Overloon. All the light on the Ukrainian Kristina Viktorovna Gerasimova (1990), from Kyiv but born in Dresden (East Germany), and singing in Russian as Luna or Луна.

 

Multiple Genres

Besides being hard to tie to one country, it’s impossible to pin her to a single genre. It’s categorized as dance/electro because of Дельфины (2019), Free Love (2017), and Огонёк (2017). Also to elevate this section musically, at least. Тропик Козерога (2019) doesn’t seem meant for dancing at all, though Luna herself does something that comes close. Мальчик, ты снег (2016) is also very calm. Luna, freshly awake again.

Often, it’s somewhere in between. A beat with undertones, something sultry or a bit melancholic. That’s when it becomes a Грустный дэнс (Sad Dance, 2016).

 

Чужие Люди (Strangers, 2020)

Мы вас не поняли, мы вас не поняли. Чужие люди на нашем проводе.

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Сижки (Cigarettes, 2019)

Он курит свои сижки, а я живу отдельно. Осталось только небо, для полёта только небо.

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Спящая красавица (Sleeping Beauty, 2018)

Пока мой принц не разбудит меня. Спящая красавица я.

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More about Луна (Luna)

On YouTube, you can also find Самолёты (2017), Jukebox (2017, also on Вечерний Ургант on 27-11 that year), and Бутылочка (2016). More music on Spotify and Apple Music, more Луна via Instagram and VK.

Reading: Nice to Meet You: Ukrainian Singer Luna on The Shining and the Importance of a Smile (Interview Magazine, 2020) and Meet Luna, the star of the Ukrainian musical revolution (i-D/Vice, 2016).

 

Most of the music here is also in an R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release).

See also Best Russian Music and Russian Song Lyrics.