Maruv

Anna Borysivna Korsun (Ukrainian: Анна Борисівна Корсун, Russian: Анна Борисовна Корсун; née Popeliukh; born 15 February 1992), known professionally as Maruv (stylized in all caps), is a Ukrainian singer, composer, poet and producer. She lives and works in Kyiv.[2] Korsun used to be part of the band Maruv from February 2017 to March 2018. It was the successor of the band The Pringlez. Later, Korsun gave an interview in which she explained that from then on she works on her own under the pseudonym.[3]

Maruv
Background information
Birth nameAnna Borysivna Popeliukh
Also known asShlakoblochina
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992
Pavlohrad, Ukraine
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2013–present
Labels
  • Warner Music Russia[1]
Websitemaruvofficial.com

Biography and creativity

Early life and The Pringlez period

The singer was born as Anna Popeliukh in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad. In school she studied music and dance. In 2014, she graduated in a non-musical subject from the Polytechnic Institute in Kharkiv. Despite this, Popeliukh participated and reached the final of the contest The Voice of Ukraine. She is married to Oleksandr Korsun, whom she met while studying at the institute. Oleksandr was the PR manager of The Pringlez. The team included a drummer, guitarists, a songwriter, and also a photographer and sound engineer.

In 2015, the group represented Ukraine at the New Wave competition. In addition, one of their songs – "Easy to Love" – made it to the final of the Ukrainian selection for Eurovision 2016.[4]

2017: Transition to Maruv and first album

In 2017, the band changed its name to Maruv. In addition to this, the group members decided to change the concept of their work. The old group name was left in the past, as well as their pop-rock performance style. They decided to leave behind their “teenage” creativity, and adapt a modern and popular style. In May 2017, the band released its debut album, Stories. It includes seven tracks written in three languages – Ukrainian, Russian, English. On 23 September 2017, the band presented the album at a concert at their hometown of Kharkiv.[4]

2017–2018: Maruv & Boosin and Black Water

In 2017, Korsun met guitarist, DJ, and performer Mikhail Busin (also known under the pseudonym BOOSIN). Later, Korsun and the Busin co-created a label called Zori Sound. They realised that their voices were in harmony and decided to work further under the name of Maruv & Boosin. Their first joint song was "Spini". Later, they recorded a second joint song, "Drunk Groove", which became famous, even hitting the overseas charts. The track was released on 15 December 2017. Korsun was the author of the text, and Busin authored the music.

Maruv performed "Drunk Groove" at the opening of Muz-TV 2018. They gave a concert on 10 June in Moscow to mark the opening of FIFA World Cup 2018. The performance took place on Sparrow Hills.[4] On 30 July 2018, they released a follow-up single to the lead track "Drunk Groove", titled "Focus on Me".[5] It is the second single from their album Black Water, which was released on 28 September 2018, as a visual album.[6]

2019–present: Eurovision Song Contest and withdrawal
Main article: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

On 23 February 2019, Maruv won the final of Vidbir for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 .[7] Her win was marred by controversy about her concerts in Russia.[8] The rights to her Eurovision song, "Siren Song", belong to the Russian record label Warner Music Russia[9][10] and the label had organised her first ever solo concert to be held in Moscow at Izvestia Hall on 6 April 2019.[11] After it became clear that she would be performing in two concerts in Russia the following months, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Vyacheslav Kyrylenko stated that artists who toured Russia or "did not recognise the territorial integrity of Ukraine" should not take part in Eurovision.[8]

During the final, when asked on stage whether Crimea is part of Ukraine, she replied affirmatively,[12][13] but when asked if Russia was an aggressor, she replied: "If the country has a bad president, that doesn't mean that all the people who live there are evil".[14] After the show, when Ukraine's Channel 24 asked her to describe what was happening in Donbass and her position towards it, she replied:

This is a very difficult question for me to answer, because my relatives have lost their homes there and it is very difficult for me to talk about it. But I want peace to come at last and all this to be over.[13][15]

On 24 February the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA: PBC) offered Maruv a contract; one of the terms forbid her to hold concerts in Russia.[16][8] Maruv saw no harm in performing in Russia claiming “performing concerts is my way of bringing peace,” later she confirmed she was willing to postpone her concerts.[8] Maruv stated that the issue of not touring in Russia was not critical to her, and the major disagreement was about other conditions of the contract which she described as a cabal. She said that she is a tax-paying citizen of Ukraine and genuinely loves her country, however she is not ready to turn her participation in the contest into the "promo-action of Ukrainian politicians". "I am a musician, not the baseball bat on the political arena", she said.[17]

The next day it was revealed that UA: PBC and Maruv were not able to reach an agreement on her participation in the contest.[18] Ukraine withdrew from participating in Eurovision 2019 as a result of the controversy, which they had been tipped to receive a high score.[19]

Personal life

Anna Korsun is married to Oleksandr Korsun.[4]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Stories (2017)
  • Black Water (2018)

Extended plays
  • Hellcat Story (2019)
  • Fatality (2020) (as Shlakoblochina)

Singles
List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UKR
[20]		 BUL
[21]		 POL
[22]		 RUS
[23]
"Сонце" 2017 ———— Stories
"Let Me Love You" ————
"Спини" ———— Non-album single
"Drunk Groove"
(with Boosin)		 1881 Black Water
"Focus on Me" 2018 1——2
"Black Water" ———112
"For You"
(with Faruk Sabanci)		 9——43 Non-album singles
"Siren Song" 2019 28—1
  • NFPF: 3× Platinum
"Mon Amour"
(with Mosimann)		 ———56
"Mezhdu nami" ———225
"To Be Mine" ———— Hellcat Story
"Don't Stop" ————
"Don't U Waste My Time" ————
"If You Want Her" ————
"Novaya sila kiski"
(as Shlakoblochina featuring Fearmuch)		 2020 ———— Fatality
"Samoletnaya"
(as Shlakoblochina)		 ————
"I Want You" ———8 Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Awards and nominations
Award Year[lower-alpha 1] Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
M1 Music Awards 2018 Herself Best Alternative Artist Nominated [25]
Breakthrough of the Year Nominated
"Drunk Groove" Dance Parade Won
2019 "Siren Song" Dance Parade Nominated [26]
MTV Europe Music Awards 2019 Herself Best MTV Russia Act Won [27]
Yuna Music Awards 2019 Herself Breakthrough of the Year Won [28]
Black Water Best Album Nominated
Maruv & Boosin Best Duet Won
"Drunk Groove" Best Video Nominated
Best Song in Another Language Won
Best Electronic Song Won
2020 Herself Best Performer Pending [29]
"Siren Song" Best Song in Another Language Pending
Best Electronic Song Pending

Notes
  1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
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References
  1. "Maruv – Home Page". Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "MARUV – Facebook page".
  3. "Maruv & Boosin".
  4. ""MARUV & BOOSIN who is it?"". Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. ""MARUV singles"". Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ""Black Water album"". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  7. Van Lith, Nick. "Maruv wins Vidbir 2019 and will represent Ukraine with "Siren Song"". escxtra.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. "Ukraine's Maruv wins Eurovision national selection, sparking controversy (VIDEO)". Kyiv Post. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
    "MARUV have been set a number of conditions, among which no touring in Russia". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  9. "Права на пісню MARUV для Євробачення належать російській компанії – соцмережі (фото) – новини суспільства". УНІАН. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  10. "Maruv выпустила песню для "Евровидения" (Слушать)". 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  11. "Maruv готовит первый сольник в Москве". 21 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  12. "Out Of Tune With Ukraine? 'Unpatriotic' Pop Diva Dropped From Eurovision". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  13. "MARUV о войне в Донбассе, "русский мир" проник в украинские выборы – топ-5 видео недели". Channel 24. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  14. "Out Of Tune With Ukraine? 'Unpatriotic' Pop Diva Dropped From Eurovision". Radio Free Europe. 26 February 2019.
  15. "Хочу чтобы наступил мир и чтобы наконец это закончилось, – MARUV о войне в Донбассе". Channel 24. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  16. "Никаких гастролей по России: MARUV поставили условие для участия в Евровидении-2019". Lifestyle 24. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  17. "То, как поступили с Maruv - образец того, что собираются сделать на выборах" ("The Way Maruv was Handled is a Sample of What They are Planning to Do and the Elections"), strana.ua
  18. Agadellis, Stratos (25 February 2019). "Ukraine: MARUV will not fly to Tel Aviv; country's Eurovision act unknown". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  19. Savage, Mark (27 February 2019). "Ukraine's Eurovision woes deepen". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  21. https://www.prophon.org/charts/17-aug-2018
  22. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  23. Artist – MARUV
  24. "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2019". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  25. "«M1 Music Awards. 4 сезони»: названо найкращих у 2018 році українських виконавців". m1.tv (in Ukrainian). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  26. "М1 MUSIC AWARDS 2019: СПИСОК НОМІНАНТІВ НА ПРЕМІЮ..." novy.tv (in Ukrainian). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  27. "THESE ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THE 2019 MTV EMA". mtvema.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  28. "Стали відомі номінанти музичної премії YUNA-2019". slukh.media (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  29. "Премія YUNA-2020 оголосила номінантів: дивіться список і слухайте плейліст". slukh.media (in Ukrainian). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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