#im not gonna maintag any not war related posts but feel free to ask more

[varezhka]

thanks for the reply! since you said other topics are ok to ask about: what kind of music is popular (as in, playing on the radio or that a lot of ppl will know) in russia, specifically russian music? what do you like to listen to?

when im talking about russian music im talking about music in russian language: not all of the mentioned artists are russian themselves

russian music is quite literally exactly the same as english music with some additives: a lot of pop, a lot of hip-hop. our pop music is divided by being old pop and new pop: something like kirkorov, pugachyova, baskov etc. are old pop, while little big, dora and artik&asti are new pop.

russian hip-hop is HUGE and it is also somewhat divided into being conventional (songs about love and personal issues) and about social problems. the most listened to russian artist on spotify is considered a rap artist (at least i believe Miyagi is the most listened to). conventional artists: basta, timati, miyagi, morgenshtern. social artists: kasta, husky, oxxxymiron, face. somewhat both: scryptonite, boulevard depo.

russian rock and sub-genres are a the most socially accepted genres to love i think. the artists also sound very different from western rock. kino is a classic band, zemfira, bi-2, pornofilmy, electroforez.

there is also russian folk such as melnitsa, some korol and shut and green apple who is an awesome young artist and it revolves around folk stories and imaginaries (not always slavic)

there are some russian "exclusive" genres i would say such as chanson - its derived from french but became a genre that is mostly about life of a criminal (mikhail krug, butyrka and vorovaiky are the biggest artists i think). kalyanniy rap (oh "hookah rap") is also hard to describe to an outsider (miyagi, konfuz). there is also a more poetic type of hip-hop which i think is essential to listen to if you want to understand russian music (makulatura and maslo chernogo tmina). also ethnic caucasian music is great and i love it and more conventional pop-type songs are russian-wide classics (brodyaga by elbrus djanmirzoev)

also its very important to mention artists such as Aigel or IcePeak, they are very socially driven at the same time creating great music which i cant really place into one genre

here is my russian playlist bc i actually listen to everything i listed and more