“Don’t wait for the bell to ring for you”: Maxim Fadeev told how he lost 90 kilograms

Biography

Maxim Fadeev is a producer, songwriter, arranger and composer, as well as an actor and director. The desire to perform himself was discouraged in his youth. Then the current owner of the MALFA label made Linda and the Serebro group, Nargiz and Glyuk'oZu, Pierre Narcisse and Yulia Savicheva stars of the stage. Now a number of performers are pinning their hopes on the music guru, whom, hopefully, the public will hear about again.

Childhood and youth

Maxim’s family included a great-uncle who was a poet, a grandmother who was a student of Lydia Ruslanova, a father who was a composer, and a mother who was a singer. And in such an environment, the hooligan boy’s creative biography might not have worked out, since the instrument - the guitar - was handed to him as punishment after another prank. But at the age of 15, Fadeev became a student at once in 2 departments of the music school - piano and conducting-wind.

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At 17, the guy experienced clinical death - after training in the gym, a heart defect worsened. In an emergency, the doctor performed direct cardiac massage. Maxim met his savior 30 years later in the studio of the TV show “Tonight”.

Later, Fadeev began composing songs. The first author’s text was the composition “Dance on Broken Glass.” The unwillingness to adapt to anyone almost cost the producer his life. He was beaten and left in the forest to die. It took 2 years to recover.

Polina Gagarina: “Maxim Fadeev is not my producer, and that says it all”

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Now she is completely different from the girl who became famous 10 years ago at Star Factory 2. For some time, she even had to explain to her friends: “It’s me, Polina, I just dyed my hair and lost several dozen extra pounds.”

I have never been as slim as I am now. During the “Factory” era, I looked like a plump girl, with round cheeks, and weighed 57-58 kilograms. I remember how happy I was when the scales suddenly showed 56! And during pregnancy, plus I gained another 30 kilograms. Passing by the mirror, she turned away. But what could I do? When I became pregnant, I felt hungry all the time. I even dreamed about confectionery. I could wake up at three in the morning, go to the refrigerator and destroy half of its contents. At the restaurant I ate two plates of spaghetti carbonara and still remained hungry. For tea, and sweet tea at that, there are two large cakes. Now I’m wondering: how could I eat so much?! But my mother told me: “Enough is enough.” And I was also offended by her: they say, she forbids a pregnant woman to satisfy the needs of her body! (Laughs.)

— And what did your husband (actor Pyotr Kislov. — Ed.) say about this?

“Petya just endured it.” A monument should be erected to him for his patience during my pregnancy! After all, I not only ate all the time, I also cried all the time. From morning to evening! My mood was constantly changing - it was a disaster!

— How did you manage to lose weight?

— Firstly, I went on a strict diet. I alternated: one day I eat only rice, another day - chicken, the third - only vegetables or light vegetable soup. And strictly until six o'clock in the evening! At first it was hard, I was hungry all the time, but then I got into it. I even began to like watching my diet and choosing foods for my diet. But most importantly, I had very heavy workloads at the Moscow Art Theater School, where I was studying then. Every day for three hours - stage movement, fencing, then a dramatic dance class with Alla Sigalova, after which we all literally crawled out of the studio completely exhausted. It was because of these stresses that my breast milk disappeared. I fed Andrey for only a month, and then switched him to artificial feeding. In general, in six months I lost 30 kilograms. And then another 10 suddenly left. I was literally blown away! And since this coincided with the fact that I dyed my hair blonde, it felt like the dye had penetrated my body and dissolved the extra pounds. So my weight dropped to about and is no longer growing. Some kind of restructuring of the body has occurred. Now I'm not on any diets, I just try to eat right. Excluded flour, sweet, fatty foods. Sometimes I completely forget to eat. In addition, I go to the gym: I run, lift, swim and steam in the sauna. And, of course, I give my all at concerts.

— Why did you decide to radically change your hair color?

— Stylist Alexander Shevchuk advised me. One day we found ourselves in adjacent seats on a plane. We talked, as they say, “for life,” and he said: “Don’t be afraid to change everything.” - “It’s easy to say... But when you don’t even know where to start?” — I shrugged. “Yes, with little things - at least with the hairstyle! I see you as a gorgeous blonde, and a new beautiful life will be added to your image. If you decide, call me." One day I did just that. But first, my black hair turned bright red, and I also had to shorten it greatly. There were a lot of funny situations associated with this: at the institute, at the entrance gate, they began to ask me for a student’s ID, and one day, when meeting me at the station after a tour, my director passed by. (Laughs.) After a few weeks, the hair acquired a harmonious white color. I saw a new Polina Gagarina in the mirror, which I liked.

- Many women radically change their appearance after a divorce...

“I lost weight and dyed my hair six months before we parted with Petya. So this is not about me.

- Why did you break up?

— Peter is an actor, we met at the Moscow Art Theater School. Both are temperamental, selfish, stubborn people; no one could or wanted to give in. We thought and looked at things differently. Each quarrel resulted in a big scandal. In the end, I realized that it was better for us to break up. I just packed my things, took my son and moved in with my mother. Now Petya and I have a very warm and respectful relationship. First of all, he is my friend. We learned to hear each other and understand. He helps me a lot with raising our son. I'm sure people meet for some kind of mission. So we met so that Andrei appeared.

— You became a mother at the age of 20. Was it difficult to decide to have a child at that age?

“At that moment, Petya and I were deeply in love with each other and, of course, dreamed of a family, of children. I saw only this man as the father of my child! But I didn’t expect that everything would happen two months after we met. Now I am sure that this is fate! Andryusha should have been born precisely at the peak of love, emotions, passion. That’s why our son is so cheerful. We call him "Mr. Positive." He runs, jumps, laughs, dances, adores us, and we him. Petya and I got married when I was already deeply pregnant - it didn’t work out for us before, we both studied and worked. In parallel with my studies at the Moscow Art Theater School, I tried to build a singing career and performed in concerts. Although the teachers were extremely surprised when I came for the first time and said that I was going on tour for a couple of weeks - after all, you can’t miss classes at such a serious university, even with a fever you have to come and show a sketch. And when six months later I became pregnant, everyone was in shock! But right up until giving birth, I led an active lifestyle. She worked until the sixth month, and then she went to Jurmala to see “New Wave” and sang “I will never forgive you.” By the way, this was our first work with Kostya Meladze, then he was not yet my producer. And I continued to study. I remember in September, in the eighth month, I rolled into the classroom, and everyone shouted: “Oh, the bear has arrived!” And literally on the eve of giving birth, she played a German fraulein. I specially chose a thicker heroine, put on a huge pink robe, cap, and glasses. I handed in the passage, they read it to me, and I calmly went to give birth. Just two weeks after giving birth, I ran to take exams, because otherwise I could be kicked out of the institute. I remember my best friend Alena was ironing the stroller on Kamergersky Lane, because I had no one to leave Andryusha with. And every half hour she wrote to me by SMS: “I’m changing my diaper,” “I went to the restaurant.” And at this time I was scribbling a plan for an answer about Don Quixote. Having received another SMS, I couldn’t stand it and went up to the teacher: “Listen, I have a child on the street, can I quickly tell you about Don Quixote?” He was surprised: “What child?” After all, with my chubby cheeks and naive eyes, I looked like a child myself.

— You entered the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio after “Factory”, being a famous singer. Did you want to change your profession?

- No, what are you talking about? My mother always insisted that I get some kind of higher education. I didn’t want to go to the conservatory because it was boring, I couldn’t stand it. And at the Moscow Art Theater School they almost immediately told me: “We like you, don’t go anywhere else.” The professions of an actress and a singer, it seems to me, are quite similar, they even complement each other. The singer simply needs acting skills. After all, the song must be lived, the meaning of each line must be conveyed to the viewer.

— How did it happen that you got to the “Star Factory” at the age of 16? At this age, you’re supposed to still be in school...

— In Greece, where I lived with my mother (Polina’s mother is a professional dancer, she worked under contract in the Athens ballet. — Ed.), people go to school from the age of five. I was even released late - at six. And when I moved to Russia, I dropped out of fourth grade - after third, I immediately went to fifth. So I graduated from school at the age of 15. Moreover, in my senior year I studied in parallel with the first year of the pop and jazz school. That’s why I came to the Factory. I didn’t even know about this project - because of my studies I had no time to watch TV. But one day a teacher from the school called me and asked me to come to the casting - they were recruiting for the “Star Factory”. At first I refused. It seemed to me that since “Factory” is a reality show, it would be the same as “Behind the Glass.” And it’s impossible to imagine more dirt on television. But the teacher persuaded me. Well, when they said that they would hire me for the project, then my mother and I started thinking seriously. We had never been separated before, but here we had to suddenly gain independence. In general, we consulted and consulted, and then I thought that if I didn’t try, I would regret it. There is nothing worse than regretting something not done...

— And so you won at “Star Factory-2”, a lot was written about you in the press, you were very popular. And then, one might say, at the peak of fame, they disappeared for seven whole years. There were rumors that this was due to a personal conflict with Maxim Fadeev...

“Sometimes people suit each other, and sometimes they don’t suit each other.” Maxim Fadeev is not my producer, and that says it all. To say that I disappeared for seven years is, at the very least, incorrect. A year after “Factory” I signed a contract with Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy. Or rather, my mother signed for me - I was only 17 years old. Then I recorded several popular songs: including my starting work “Lullaby”, “I am yours”. I toured constantly and released two full-length albums. So there is no question of any disappearance. Then we met Konstantin Meladze. I was still in another production center, but we had already released the song “I will never forgive you” together. Then Kostya came up with the song “The Performance is Over.” We recorded it very quickly then, and a month later the song took off and was heard literally from everywhere. From that moment on, the most vibrant and interesting creative period began in my life, which continues to this day. Now I can say with one hundred percent certainty that Konstantin Meladze is my producer. I needed a person like Kostya, I trust him, this is very important to me. He is aware of all the events of my life. The songs written for me largely relate to my experiences. And they are unlikely to suit anyone else.

- And if your son ever wants to go into show business, how will you feel about it?

- Andrey already, at five years old, sings at the slightest opportunity, hits the notes, feels the rhythm. He is especially good at dancing. But even if I see his incredible abilities, I will still try to protect my son from show business. He doesn't need this! A man must earn money with his intelligence and ingenuity, and the profession of a singer is somehow unmanly. By the way, this is why I decided not to take photographs with my son for the press anymore. Andrey once took part in photo shoots with me, posed, smiled for the camera, and changed clothes with great pleasure. But I think that this is unnecessary for a boy, let him do men’s things and not be photographed.

— But your parents didn’t try to protect you from show business...

“Unfortunately, we can only talk about my mother here—my father passed away when I was only six years old. But my mother did not prepare me for show business at all. There was no such thing before! I was simply given a comprehensive education. I played the piano, went to ballet school, and did gymnastics. Then she started singing... All the children around me played the piano, some the violin. This was customary in intelligent families, one might say it is in the order of things.

— Does your ex-husband take part in raising your son?

- Certainly. He is a dad, and no one has canceled this fact. And a good dad! Petya loves our son very much, worries about him, and rejoices at his successes. Andryushka adores him. Sometimes in the evenings my son sighs: “I miss daddy.” And one stingy man’s tear, no, no, and will roll down his cheek... (Smiles.) I say: “Soon daddy will come and take you for 2-3 days...” Andrei used to say: “I’ll go to my man’s apartment.” She and dad are reading something, playing, watching sports, chatting... I'm sure they're having a good time.

— Your work takes up a lot of your time, you constantly tour, and also participate in television projects. Are you able to fully communicate with your child?

— There comes a moment when I say: “Stop! That's it, no money needed. I want to see my son!” And then I call the tour operator, order a ticket, take Andrey and my mother, and we fly to the sea. During vacation, we all sleep in the same bed - this is already a ritual. You simply cannot persuade a child to lie down separately. So we fall asleep side by side. And Andryusha will definitely hug me! It seems to me that my son does not have attention deficit, because he feels the love of all his relatives, he sees how we are all trying to spend as much free time as possible with him.

— Returning to your new image. They say that if you change your appearance, your whole life will change...

- This is true! True, it was necessary to finish old things. But now is the time to turn the page and start life from scratch.

Music

In his youth, Fadeev performed in a musical group at the House of Culture, after which he became a backing vocalist for the group “Convoy”. In 1989, at the Yalta-90 competition, he took 3rd place and 500 rubles as a reward. His talent as a composer was becoming in demand. Maxim began accepting orders for screensavers, accompaniment for commercials, and jingles.

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The move to Moscow happened in 1993 at the invitation of Sergei Krylov. Fadeev took the place of arranger in the recording studio and worked for Valery Leontyev, Larisa Dolina and other stars. Her collaboration with Svetlana Gaiman, who performed under the pseudonym Linda, brought her popularity. Max wrote six albums for her, three of which received platinum, gold and silver status.

In 2002, Maxim took the place of producer of Star Factory 2. The ward Elena Temnikova became the soloist of the new group “Silver”. A year later, the female trio won 3rd place at Eurovision. The group's videos also belong to Fadeev. Today he is promoting another former member of the team, Olga Seryabkina, working under the stage name MOLLY.

Valeria, Maxim Fadeev “To the limit”

Singer Valeria has been actively experimenting with creativity lately, trying herself in sometimes unexpected duets: the celebrity “closed” 2019 with the bright and memorable track “Thousands of Stories”, performed in a duet with Kazakh singer Nazima, and at the beginning of 2020 she marked another "joint". This time, the company of one of the most famous Russian singers was none other than the famous Russian music producer, composer and director Maxim Fadeev. The new product from the star duo is called “To the Limit.” Who else had a hand in creating the next hit, what is it dedicated to and how to properly shoot videos while in self-isolation? Let's find out...

the history of the creation of the song “ To the Limit ”, as well as interesting facts, text and content of the composition on our page.

Short story

The track “To the Limit” was the fruit of the collaboration of a whole creative trio: in addition to Valeria and Maxim, who, by the way, wrote all the instrumental parts of the composition, Russian diplomat Maria Zakharova, who became the author of the lyrics, also had a hand in creating the song. For the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poetic activity has long become something of a hobby - she successfully collaborates with many Russian pop singers, and it was she who wrote, for example, the compositions “Bring Back Memory” by Nargiz Zakirova and “Full” by Katya Lel.

The artists recorded the song back in March 2020. The final “polishing” of the sound took several more days, and the track appeared in Fadeev’s official VKontakte community only on April 10. Having provided the new product with a beautiful “cosmic” cover, the composer presented it to loyal fans, but not all of the latter liked the track. Many fans in the comments criticized Valeria's vocals to the nines, and someone even noted that her part should have been performed by Nargiz Zakirova.

Valeria’s audience received the composition much warmer: the premiere post was drowned in laudatory comments and thanks for the excellent work. Already on April 19, the singer presented a small teaser for the upcoming video, calling “To the Limit” a song that “surprisingly resonates with today.”

It is noteworthy that the performers filmed the video for the new composition without even intersecting with each other - the self-isolation regime, which both Valeria and Fadeev try to strictly observe, dictated its conditions for the directors. By the way, they were Valeria’s husband Joseph Prigozhin and Alesya Visich. According to Fadeev himself, the cameraman had to film scenes with his participation literally from behind the windows of the house, without entering the room. Calling this approach a “forced measure,” the composer also noted that art will always and everywhere find its way.

Despite the fact that in the video from Prigozhin and Visich there was no place for either expensive decorations or a dashingly twisted plot, the video “To the Limit” is watched literally in one breath. The film crew did a great job on editing, color correction, focus, and, as a result, received a holistic and original product that appealed to a huge number of viewers. More than 1.7 million views in less than a week after the release of the video served as excellent confirmation of this.

Interesting Facts

• Along with the release of the song, it became known that Maxim Fadeev was already preparing to release his new solo album. Perhaps “To the Limit” will be included in his tracklist.
• The video sequence of the clip echoes the topic of self-isolation, which is relevant for any modern citizen: the video often flashes footage of empty city streets and areas.
• Commenting on the release of the composition, Valeria noted that despite the “remote” work on it, during the recording “feelings were naked as never before.”
• The vocal technique used by Valeria in the song “To the Limit”, which some listeners did not like, is called “belting”. When using it, according to professional vocalists, a “rounded” cry is used in the chest register. This technique allows you to add a brighter emotional color to the sound.
• Maxim Fadeev, in one of his articles, spoke quite negatively about the “new school” of Russian rap. The composer accused modern performers of writing texts “as a carbon copy” and performing “the same song.” As an example of “correct” representatives of “new school”, Fadeev singled out “XXXTentacion” and Oxxxymiron.
• “To the Limit” became Valeria’s first high-profile release since the beginning of 2020.
• Maxim Fadeev can safely be called the “godfather” of a huge number of representatives of the Russian pop scene: under his mentorship, such groups and solo performers as Linda, Glyuk'oZa, Monokini, Total, Yulia Savicheva, SEREBRO, Nargiz Zakirova grew and became stronger. and Emin.
• Fadeev was born on May 6, 1968 in the city of Kurgan. The future composer began his creative path by learning the basics of playing the bass guitar, and then mastered many other instruments.
• At the age of 17, Fadeev experienced clinical death.
• The composition “To the Limit” was included in the Golden Gramophone hit parade from Russian Radio and the Pop Caramel playlist from Apple Music Pop.
• The “To the Limit” clip hit second place in YouTube “trends” less than a week after its premiere.

Contents and text of Valeria and Maxim Fadeev’s song “To the Limit”

The track begins with a beautiful, slow keyboard intro. The verses of the song are divided into two quatrains, each of which Valeria and Maxim sang solo, and on the chorus the performers’ voices sound in unison, which, coupled with the increasingly powerful instrumental, takes on an even greater effect.

If you analyze the content of the text “To the Limit,” you can understand that the authors of the composition pose a rather complex, almost philosophical question about how not to miss true love in the fast flow of life. At the same time, the song encourages the listener not to suffer about the past and not to stand still, like its heroes.

“ To the Limit ” is a beautiful, powerful and meticulously detailed composition, a unique musical reflection on the theme of love and the passage of time. The song has already received a response in the hearts of millions of listeners, which means that its authors’ efforts were not in vain.

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Personal life

In his personal life, Maxim experienced a tragedy. His wife Natalya lost her first child, a girl, due to a medical error. In memory of his unborn daughter, the producer did not take a fee for participating in the “Voice” show. Fadeev is sure that in principle you cannot make money from children.

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Maxim Fadeev and his wife Natalya
There is no detailed information about the director’s first wife Galina. The media wrote that the woman left her husband for his friend. Then I wanted to return, but it was too late.

There is information spread on the Internet that Natalia Ionova sings in the voice of Natalya Fadeeva. Allegedly, the husband initially opposed his wife going on stage. The first disc was recorded as a joke, and the Glucose project appeared a year later. However, some websites quote Maxim’s mother as saying that her daughter-in-law is a homely person and has never been interested in singing.