{"id":63936,"date":"2026-03-19T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versii.net\/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b7-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b8\/2026\/63936\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:36:34","slug":"this-monstrosity-prikhodko-honestly-explained-why-she-doesnt-translate-songs-into-ukrainian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wiki\/2026\/63936\/","title":{"rendered":"“This monstrosity.” Prikhodko honestly explained why she doesn’t translate songs into Ukrainian."},"content":{"rendered":"

The artist spoke about the difficulties in creating new hits and her creative pause <\/p>\n

Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko considers translating old songs a betrayal of herself. She has put her career on hold and openly explained the reason for her decision. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The artist shared this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.<\/p>\n

More interesting:<\/strong> Prikhodko lost her temper and walked away due to disputes over the Russian language
\nWhy Prikhodko doesn’t translate songs<\/p>\n

The singer does not want to change her old hits, as they “will never sound like they originally did.”<\/p>\n

“These are my compositions, written back then. They had their time, they worked. This is memory, this is history, I can’t just get rid of it,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

She views song translation as a way to remind people of herself.<\/p>\n

“Why should I change them now? To remind people of myself? I don’t have such a developed sense of inflated ego and importance that I would distort my songs, because that would be grotesque. They will never sound the way they originally did,” she said.<\/p>\n

Prikhodko on Russian-language songs (photo: RBC-Ukraine)<\/p>\n

Separately, the singer shared the story of the track “Lyubila,” which she did release in a Ukrainian version. She did this in memory of her friend and manager Grigory Krasnitsky.<\/p>\n

“He died in my arms in Truskavets during my concert. He dreamed very much that the song ‘Lyubila’ would be in Ukrainian. But I told him that it would never happen,” Prikhodko said.<\/p>\n

“On March 25, 2023, he died at the concert. This text fully belongs to him. This was his dream. Unfortunately, he never heard it. But in memory of him, I did this,” the star added.<\/p>\n

“Part of my creativity has indeed died now”<\/p>\n

Prikhodko admitted that at this stage, she is facing difficulties in developing her music career.<\/p>\n

“The Ukrainian language is not that popular in the post-Soviet space. Part of my creativity has indeed died now. I can’t afford to sing in Russian,” she explained.<\/p>\n

The artist emphasized that she could perform songs in Russian, but she currently does not derive pleasure from it.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t suit me, it’s not interesting, and it doesn’t resonate. The songs that made me famous, I don’t perform them. Do I regret it? No, I don’t regret it, because they have been sung, they exist. It’s still my past, and I can’t escape from it,” she clarified.<\/p>\n

Prikhodko does not want to sing in Russian (photo: RBC-Ukraine)<\/p>\n

“I can’t write a single song”<\/p>\n

The star candidly stated that writing songs in Ukrainian is very difficult for her.<\/p>\n

“It’s not my native language; I wasn’t taught to speak it. I never heard the Ukrainian language. We studied Russian literature and language, Ukrainian history, and the Ukrainian language. But in school, everyone spoke Russian,” she said.<\/p>\n

The only thing the singer remembers from Ukrainian is the program “Territory A.” That’s why it is not easy for her to create today.<\/p>\n

“I don’t understand how to write in Ukrainian. I still can’t do it. I know how to sing Ukrainian folk songs. But how to write them musically\u2014I have no idea. I still haven’t found that key. I can’t do it,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

She can write a song in Russian in five minutes, but in Ukrainian, “the rhyme just doesn’t come together.”<\/p>\n

“I walk around frustrated, and I’ve been frustrated since September, probably. I can’t write a single song. I just can’t do it. I say, ‘If I can’t do it, I’m not going to force it. I’ll just put it on pause,'” the artist noted.<\/p>\n

Prikhodko is not ready to release subpar music. Instead, she finds other ways to be useful.<\/p>\n

“I also can’t deceive my audience and release a song just to release it… If I can’t, I’ll help in other ways. I’ll help with collections, I’ll do repairs, I’ll come and sing. But if I can’t do it right now, I don’t intend to deceive people,” she emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Even more interesting: <\/strong><\/p>\n

How Prikhodko took down Elena Mandzyuk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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