Childhood and youth
Kristina Gerasimova (at the time of her marriage - Bardash) was born on August 28, 1990 in the German Democratic Republic, where her father served at that time. The family lived in the town of Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) for about two years, after which they moved to Ukraine. The Gerasimovs settled in Kyiv.
Singer Luna
Together with her younger sister Alina, Kristina studied at school No. 53 in Kyiv, having time for choreography classes after school. In elementary school, Christina attended folk dancing, and later ballet, which she studied for 6 years. Then the girl changed dancing to music. At art school for two years she studied solfeggio, vocals, attended a choir and took guitar lessons.
Kristina Gerasimova
At the age of 12, I went to a children’s camp in Cuba on a voucher. For the girl, this was the first experience of a long stay away from her parents, which she did not fail to take advantage of. In an interview with the Ukrainian publication Umbar.com.ua, Christina admitted:
“I was cunning in front of my parents, pretending that everything was fine with me. But I didn't actually go to school. I had complete nirvana there because of the songs and lyrics, and at that moment I realized that my soul lies in creativity.”
However, Christina did not immediately take up her own project. The girl entered the Faculty of Journalism and, in parallel with her studies, helped realize the creative potential of other artists.
Luna on the set
Gerasimova acted as a photographer, director, poet, as well as a model and actress. She can be seen in the videos for the songs “You are so beautiful”, “Let’s forget everything”, “Beat”, performed by the group Quest Pistols. Christina also shot videos for the group “Nerves”, performers Julia Nelson, KATYA, Noggano.
Biography
early years
Christina Gerasimova was born on August 28, 1990 in the city of Chemnitz, Dresden district (GDR) into a military family[2][4]. Christina has a younger sister Alina. As a child, Christina studied vocals, solfeggio and piano at a music school, and in her youth she studied journalism at the university [5] [ unauthorized source?
].
2015-2016: “Mag-ni-you”, “Sad Dance” and first successes
On May 20, 2020, the presentation of the debut album “Mag-ni-you”[6] took place in Kyiv, which debuted in the top 20 iTunes of Ukraine[7]. On May 23, the album of electronic artist Shumno “Snowfall” was released, where Luna took part in the recording of vocals for the song “Wake”. After this, the autumn tour “Eclipse” took place, during which Luna performed in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Riga [ source not specified 332 days
].
2017 - present: "Liberty Island" and "Enchanted Dreams"
On October 27, 2020, the name of Luna’s future album became known - “Freedom Island”[8]. The album was released on November 17, 2017, the track list included eight songs. “Freedom Island” was an integral part of the duology. The second part of the album, which was called “Enchanted Dreams”[9], was released on October 24, 2020 on Luna’s label - Luna Prod. The album included 11 songs. The album's producers are Kristina Gerasimova and Alexander Voloshchuk. The album debuted on the Russian iTunes chart in 2nd place, and in 1st place on the Ukrainian iTunes chart.
Moon in media and advertising
During her creative career, Kristina Gerasimova appeared in the press many times. One of the first publications to write about her was Vogue
[10] and iD[11], who named her in 2020 the star of the Ukrainian musical revolution.
Over the course of several years, Luna appeared in hundreds of publications in the media and on the Internet[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][ 24][25]. The singer also appeared on the covers of such magazines as Numéro
, BLVD., Stolnik, SNC,
Vegeterian
, etc.
In 2020, Luna was interviewed by Ivan Dorn. The interview was published on the website of the magazine “Interview”[26].
Luna’s partner and sponsor is the Apple Music service (as part of cooperation with Apple, Kristina Gerasimova was the face of the company, and also shot the “Jukebox” video entirely on an iPhone).
Despite the fact that Luna avoids television shows, on November 27, 2017 she was invited to the “Evening Urgant” show. In the show, the singer performed the song “Jukebox” live[27].
On December 26, 2020, Luna was the heroine of the TV show “Here and Now” by Mikhail Kozyrev, in which Mikhail interviewed Luna extensively, and also called the singer and her video “Ogonyok” the musical discovery of the year[28].
In November 2020, Luna gave an interview to Tatler
, in which she spoke about the existence of the “Moon” musical project, which she positions as a creative association. There, the singer announced that she had changed her surname to her maiden name: “Luna Gerasimova again”[29].
On February 14, 2020, The Flow portal released the film “Singer Luna is Successful,” which, in addition to a long interview, presents video footage of her concert tour[30].
In March 2020, Luna took part in the information campaign “#DrawYourValues” of the non-profit non-governmental foundation BYHMC (Memorial) with the slogan “Vіdstoyuy rіvnіst” (“Defend equality”)[31].
Moon and fashion design
Luna participates in advertising and often appears as a guest model. She also had or has advertising contracts with clothing brands ANOUKI, Vagabond, Puma, Yves Saint Laurent, Wolford.
On September 3, 2020, as part of the Mercedes Benz Kiev Fashion Days, a collection of collaboration between Ukrainian designer Liliya Pustovit and the Ukrainian brand TAGO was shown. The designer was inspired by the music of the 1990s and Luna's debut album, as a result of which quotes from her songs could be found on T-shirts, jerseys and sweatshirts.[32]
On July 8, 2020, a collaboration between Luna and Ukrainian designer Anton Belinsky was announced. The collaboration LUNA x Anton Belinskiy created a collection of streetwear with prints and symbols of the Moon[33].
Moon in cinema
On November 22, 2020, the dramatic film “Tosses” directed by Ivan Tverdovsky was released in Russia, the official soundtrack of which included three songs by Luna: “Free Love”, “Choker” and “Boy, you are snow”[34][35].
On April 1, 2020, an episode of the “Gogol” project (a series about Nikolai Gogol), entitled “Well of Blood,” was aired on the TV-3 channel (Russia). For this episode, Luna recorded the song "Bloody Well"[36][37]. The song was included in the official soundtrack “Music from the film series “Gogol”,” which also features songs by such artists as Loboda, Sergei Shnurov and B.G.[38]
Personal life
Christina was married. Her ex-husband is producer, co-owner, member of the Mushrooms group Yuri Bardash. The hit “The Ice Is Melting” is dedicated to the Moon.
Luna and Yuri Bardash
In 2012, the couple had a son, George. At that time the family lived in Los Angeles. Christina describes this period of her biography contradictorily:
“I have just begun my adult life. And all this came at me. This is all great, but this America is still around, and I just found myself alone with myself and my calling to be a woman. I butted heads for a while because I wanted to remain a girl who could go to discos, smoke, party... I threw objects out of the house, screamed for the police to come and take me to the madhouse, and could run naked into the street. But that's okay, I'm not ashamed of it. I had to get over this trash."
Luna's life returned to a calmer direction after writing her first album. As the artist admits, she was referred by a friend. The girl became interested in the connection between humans and natural cycles, the cosmos, and ways to manage their energy.
Luna with her ex-husband and son
In 2020, it became known that Christina and Yuri Bardash divorced. The husband accused his wife of infidelity, but later deleted the angry post from social networks. The couple's entourage told the press that discord was brewing in the family due to Yuri's inappropriate behavior. After the divorce, Christina returned her maiden name. According to the latest data, the singer has a lover, but she is in no hurry to name him.
The girl devotes at least four hours a day to herself every day, which is divided equally between meditation and sports. This energy recharge allows you to combine the role of a mother with performing on stage. Christina has given up alcohol and is trying to stick to a healthy diet.
Biography of Singer Luna
Singer Luna (Kristina Gerasimova, at the time of her marriage she performed under the pseudonym Bardash) is a Ukrainian singer whose musical career, which began with posting songs on YouTube in 2014-2015, reached the peak of popularity in the period 2016-2018.
Kristina Gerasimova - singer Luna
Attractive appearance, pleasant voice and nostalgic performance style, characteristic of pop music of the post-Soviet space of the 90s in modern processing, allowed the performer to gain wide popularity among an interested audience.
Moon now
Kristina Gerasimova lives with her son in Kyiv. The singer considers the capital of Ukraine more comfortable in terms of rhythm than Moscow.
“Everything is smooth in Kyiv,” Luna said in an interview with Meduza. – I have my center, you can get around it all on foot. Here I have a rehearsal, here the child goes to the pool, here to school.”
Moon in 2020
Luna is an active Instagram user. Photos appear almost daily. Christina admits that the attention of the audience is also an energy boost. The girl is pleased with both positive and negative comments.
Biography[ | ]
Early years[ | ]
Christina Gerasimova was born on August 28, 1990 in the city of Chemnitz, Dresden district (GDR) into a military family[2][4]. Christina has a younger sister Alina. As a child, Christina studied vocals, solfeggio and piano at a music school, and in her youth she studied journalism at the university [5] [ unauthorized source?
].
2015-2016: “Mag-ni-you”, “Sad Dance” and first successes[ | ]
On May 20, 2020, the presentation of the debut album “Mag-ni-you”[6] took place in Kyiv, which debuted in the top 20 iTunes of Ukraine[7]. On May 23, the album of electronic artist Shumno “Snowfall” was released, where Luna took part in the recording of vocals for the song “Wake”. After this, the autumn tour “Eclipse” took place, during which Luna performed in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Riga [ source not specified 333 days
].
2017 - present: “Liberty Island” and “Enchanted Dreams”[ | ]
On October 27, 2020, the name of Luna’s future album became known - “Freedom Island”[8]. The album was released on November 17, 2017, the track list included eight songs. “Freedom Island” was an integral part of the duology. The second part of the album, which was called “Enchanted Dreams”[9], was released on October 24, 2020 on Luna’s label - Luna Prod. The album included 11 songs. The album's producers are Kristina Gerasimova and Alexander Voloshchuk. The album debuted on the Russian iTunes chart in 2nd place, and in 1st place on the Ukrainian iTunes chart.
Moon in the media and advertising[ | ]
During her creative career, Kristina Gerasimova appeared in the press many times. One of the first publications to write about her was Vogue
[10] and iD[11], who named her in 2020 the star of the Ukrainian musical revolution.
Over the course of several years, Luna appeared in hundreds of publications in the media and on the Internet[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][ 24][25]. The singer also appeared on the covers of such magazines as Numéro
, BLVD., Stolnik, SNC,
Vegeterian
, etc.
In 2020, Luna was interviewed by Ivan Dorn. The interview was published on the website of the magazine “Interview”[26].
Luna’s partner and sponsor is the Apple Music service (as part of cooperation with Apple, Kristina Gerasimova was the face of the company, and also shot the “Jukebox” video entirely on an iPhone).
Despite the fact that Luna avoids television shows, on November 27, 2017 she was invited to the “Evening Urgant” show. In the show, the singer performed the song “Jukebox” live[27].
On December 26, 2020, Luna was the heroine of the TV show “Here and Now” by Mikhail Kozyrev, in which Mikhail interviewed Luna extensively, and also called the singer and her video “Ogonyok” the musical discovery of the year[28].
In November 2020, Luna gave an interview to Tatler
, in which she spoke about the existence of the “Moon” musical project, which she positions as a creative association. There, the singer announced that she had changed her surname to her maiden name: “Luna Gerasimova again”[29].
On February 14, 2020, The Flow portal released the film “Singer Luna is Successful,” which, in addition to a long interview, presents video footage of her concert tour[30].
In March 2020, Luna took part in the information campaign “#DrawYourValues” of the non-profit non-governmental foundation BYHMC (Memorial) with the slogan “Vіdstoyuy rіvnіst” (“Defend equality”)[31].
Moon and fashion design[ | ]
Luna participates in advertising and often appears as a guest model. She also had or has advertising contracts with clothing brands ANOUKI, Vagabond, Puma, Yves Saint Laurent, Wolford.
On September 3, 2020, as part of the Mercedes Benz Kiev Fashion Days, a collection of collaboration between Ukrainian designer Liliya Pustovit and the Ukrainian brand TAGO was shown. The designer was inspired by the music of the 1990s and Luna's debut album, as a result of which quotes from her songs could be found on T-shirts, jerseys and sweatshirts.[32]
On July 8, 2020, a collaboration between Luna and Ukrainian designer Anton Belinsky was announced. The collaboration LUNA x Anton Belinskiy created a collection of streetwear with prints and symbols of the Moon[33].
Moon in cinema[ | ]
On November 22, 2020, the dramatic film “Tosses” directed by Ivan Tverdovsky was released in Russia, the official soundtrack of which included three songs by Luna: “Free Love”, “Choker” and “Boy, you are snow”[34][35].
On April 1, 2020, an episode of the “Gogol” project (a series about Nikolai Gogol), entitled “Well of Blood,” was aired on the TV-3 channel (Russia). For this episode, Luna recorded the song "Bloody Well"[36][37]. The song was included in the official soundtrack “Music from the film series “Gogol”,” which also features songs by such artists as Loboda, Sergei Shnurov and B.G.[38]
Music
Christina recorded her first demo when she was 14 years old. While studying at school and then at university, the young Ukrainian wrote poetry and music, but did not consider it necessary to demonstrate her creativity to the public. The first performance took place only in 2020: the artist took part in Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days, and a year later she presented her first album “Mag-ni-you”.
The scale of the first concert made too strong an impression on the performer: Christina took a break from creating songs and focused on performances. Following the capital of Ukraine, the concerts of the “Eclipse” tour took place in Riga, Yekaterinburg, and Moscow.
Moon - "Ogonyok"
In the songs of the first album “Boy, you are snow”, “Bottle”, “Bambi”, the melancholic mood and pop sound in the style of the 90s, characteristic of Luna’s work, were immediately identified. Critics compare her music with the work of Linda, Natalia Vetlitskaya, and the group “Guests from the Future.” The singer herself names Glass Animals, Lana Del Rey, Bjork, Anzhelika Varum, the groups “Malchishnik”, “Guests from the Future”, and Shura among her favorite performers. Luna also sympathizes with Russian rock - the groups “Nautilus Pompilius”, “Agatha Christie”, “Moral Code”, Zemfira. She defines her genre as “soulful pop.”
At the end of 2020, Luna released the mini-album “Sad Dance”. The album made a successful debut, taking first place in iTunes Ukraine and second in iTunes Russia and iTunes Armenia on the first day.
In 2020, the performer released her second album, “Freedom Island.” Of the eight tracks, three were presented earlier during the year - “Bullets”, “Ogonyok”, “Friend”. The video for the song “Ogonyok” turned out to be the most popular video in Luna’s assets: more than 50 people were in the frame. In 6 months, the video collected a million views on YouTube. The songs Jukebox and Free love became hits.
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It is noteworthy that in the first videos, Luna not only thought through the plot and style, but also tried to control the technical side:
“On the set of “Bullet” I really gave it my all, because I thought through every shot, went to the rental store, chose lenses, a camera, set the light - in heels, then climbed into the frame.”
Subsequently, the singer agreed to delegate these responsibilities to directors. This, however, does not exclude Luna’s participation in creating the script and developing the characters.
In 2020, the singer’s songs “Boy, You’re Snow,” “Choker,” and Free Love became part of the official soundtrack to Ivan Tverdovsky’s film “Tosses.” Also, her composition “Bloody Well” was performed in one of the episodes of the “Gogol” project, dedicated to the great writer.
