C = Capricho
J = Julia
If they’re lesbians, if they are really in love with each other, if the kisses they share are for real, only Julia and Lena, the girls from the russian duo t.aT.u, may know. They say there’s no reason to lie about such a subject ?but many people think their affair is pure gimmick.
Truth or not, more than 4 million copies of 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, the girls first album, has been sold around the world, in between so many chitchat.
In a interview through e-mail ?they don’t speak english so well and need a translator in some questions -, Julia talk about the passion for her friend, the relationship with the fans and the hate of some parents, who think their daughters are turning into lesbians cause of the duo.
CAPRICHO : I’ve read many explanations for the t.A.T.u. word meaning. What it means?
Julia: Something like “This girl loves that girl?
C: In All the Things She Said you sing: “They say it’s my fault, but I want her so much...?It was how you’ve felt? Did you feel guilty for the love you felt for each other?
J: Well, the song really reflects how we felt when we realized what was going on between us. There was so much pressure, people with disgusted expression on their faces and fingers pointed at us, like we were criminals. It was difficult in the beggining. But talking about this in a song was the best we could’ve done. I think we speak for many girls that feel guilty and just don’t know why. Girls that suffer a lot for this.
C: Many teenagers feel attracted to a girl-friend and get scared. What would you tell them?
J: Nobody should feel guilty or scared when that happens. What we realized after we started travelling many countries is that this is more commom than what we imagined. It doesn’t matter if you are in Russia, Germany or in the USA. The girls that come to see us performing and get to talk to us at the backstage have similar stories on how they feel. They ask us for advices but we are too young also! Maybe, the best thing to do if you feel attracted to your friend, is to calm down and not to think that you’re a lesbian and that this is a curse. Friendship between girls is the most ordinary thing in the world, and sometimes it may happen an attraction to a friend. After all, everybody has a best friend, share secrets and talk about privacies with her.
C: In an article from the british tabloid News of the World, Anton Krulev, whose says he is an ex-boyfriend of you, declared that you play the lesbians just to get famous and earn money. How you reacted about this?
J: We’ve learned soon that, when you get famous you lose control on what people say about you. I know Anton and we’ve stayed together a couple of times, but he never was my boyfriend...
C: Have you imagined that this kind of thing would happen?
J: To be true, I never imagined this would happen. At some point you don’t know anymore where people take some informations from! We try to ignore and concentrate on our everyday, which has been intense. There’s no time to think about the rumours!
C: How old you were and how was your first kiss?
J: I can’t clearly remember, but I think I was 12. It was with a boy from school. It was good, a new thing, but he wanted more than I.
C: How old you both (Yulia and Lena) were when you lost the virginity? Was it wit a boy?
J: My very first time was at 14 with a boy. In Russia these things happen really early, cause sexuality isn’t a big tabu like in others countries. I don’t wanna answer for Lena, but it happened also early to her.
C: To a Germany newspaper, you said that you and Elena make love three times a day and that is much better than with a man. Why having sex with a woman is better than having sex with a man?
J: It was something I said some time ago and it’s incredible how people keep on asking me about this. I think I should have stayed quiet! It isn’t always that things goes like this, in this rhythm. Lately, we both just work.
C: How have your parents accepted this wide open love, french kisses at performances and videos?
J: I can’t say that it was easy, nor for me, nor for Lena. But our parents are conscious that we know exactly what we want. My mum even saw the recording of the ATTSS video.
C: Is there much jealously between you two?
J: No.
C: Have you already dated or would you date a fan?
J: We never thought of something like this! I can’t see our fans in another way otherwise being people that identifies with our work. This is really delicate. We receive lots of calls from mothers and boys quite angry telling they wanna kill us, cause their daughters and girlfriends had turned into lesbians after seeing our video. Sincerely, I think that the simple fact of watching a video doesn’t define anyone’s sexual orientation.
C: You’ve never assured you are lesbians, just that you are in love with each other. What is lesbianism to you?
J: I don’t know how to explain, but it’s exactly how we feel. Maybe lesbianism is a too powerful word and we want to leave our possibilities open.
C: At EMA’s you were victims of Alex Band’s (The Calling) indelicacy. He wrote in the band’s website: “Those retardeds were driving me insane. They don’t speak english, so me and Aaron took advantage to insult them and they didn’t understand a thing? How you felt when you found this out?
J: I think Alex was quite rude, things haven’t gone exactly as he said. I don’t have to hide that we spent about six months in US learning to speak english and recording our album, it wasn’t easy, but we were very dedicated and nowadays we feel much confident with the language!
C: Who was the nicest (celebrity)you’ve met?
J: Eminem, at MTV Music Awards. He’s is very funny!
C: Is it much different to sing in russian and in a language you still don’t manage right? Is the emotion different?
J: The matter was the initial difficult on pronouncing a different language, which happens to any artist who sings in another language. But with so many performances we are already quite used to it.
C: The fact of being russian and having grew up in a country that passed for all that its passed, takes it to more politicized and conscious lyrics?
J: Of course, cause the reality there is much rough, the troubles are really big. We have much luck of reaching sucess with the music and being able to travel a lot, but when we want to be home, it’s to Russia we go.
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The poll:
Marketing?
Julia e Lena are really in love or it’s nothing more than gimmick? See the results:
55% thinks their affair is only gimmick
45% thinks they are really lovers
(poll answered by the mag readers)
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