Members of the team
Every Moscow producer on the threshold of a new era, inspired by the popularity of world-famous youth groups, sought to create his own, operating at least within the country. Some succeeded, others turned into fly-by-night bands, recording a maximum of a few compositions.
In 1999, the idea of creating a girl group was decided to be implemented by a talented and respected Moscow composer and producer, Igor Matvienko. Out of hundreds of applicants, he chose only four. These were young, carefree and very cheerful girls with a pleasant appearance and good vocal abilities. The team received the appropriate name – “Girls”.
The main stages of creativity
At the end of 2012, five young vocalists appeared on television for the first time, taking part in a popular show on the STB TV channel, and the following year they released a video for the song “Stop People!”, which broke the record for views and downloads of the first song.
Lera Didkovskaya then and now
The young beauty of the girls, their spontaneity and captivating sincerity also played an important role in the growing popularity of the group. Unlike many other projects, Open Kids songs were filled with content that worries every teenager: the girls sang about dreams, about relationships with peers. During 2014, they recorded songs such as “For Dessert” and “Milky Way,” and in 2020 they presented the compositions “For Joy” and “Don’t Dance!”
Angelina Romanovskaya in childhood and now
At the end of 2020, it became known that Veronica Vernik left the group, and her place was taken by the young Russian Anna Muzafarova, a native of Chelyabinsk. That year, the girls gave their first concert, received the Breakthrough Award from Europa Plus and were named the strongest musical group in Ukraine.
Anna Muzafarova
The song “It seems,” released in 2020, became a real hit, and this is not surprising, because it is about teenage love. A sad, but very bright and beautiful composition marked a new stage in the group’s creativity, and fans noticed how much their favorites had matured.
This is how Yulia Gamaliy has changed at Open Kids over the years
This year was also remembered for the first tour of the cities of Ukraine, which the girls carried out. In the spring of 2020, the artists performed for the first time in Moscow, and in November they received the “Real MusicBox Award” as the best “Teenager Project”.
Anna Bobrovskaya then and now
The young artists spent the end of 2020 on a tour of Russian cities, ending it in Moscow with a bright performance at Crocus City Hall. Open Kids - It seems that the period 2017-2018 in the history of Open Kids was marked by new songs and video clips, as well as tours in the cities of Ukraine and Russia. The compositions “Hooligan”, “The Sky is Breathing” and “Sticker” became especially popular.
Hits of the group
The quartet existed for a very short period and nevertheless managed to be remembered by the audience for several video works. The debut composition was called “I want to be a bird” and was performed in a very cheerful manner. The group "Girls", whose composition has changed only once since its creation, immediately received recognition from young people and became quite popular, although music critics did not take this group seriously. And at the presentation of one of the awards, presenter Anatoly Anatolyevich declared them as the most frivolous group.
The next video was more serious, and the video even entered the top ten compositions according to Muz-TV. “Mama Said” showed the girls as romantic and vulnerable and was released in 2000.
For two years, the group “Girls,” whose composition remained the same, performed at festivals and clubs. The girls worked actively in the studio and recorded their first album.
In 2003, the group’s last video work was released, but as a trio - “And I’m so beautiful today.”
Childhood and youth
Sofya Tayurskaya was born on May 1, 1991 in Irkutsk. But the girl spent her childhood in the small northern town of Novodvinsk, in the Arkhangelsk region. From the age of 6 she went to preparatory courses at a music school, and from the age of 7 she became a piano student at the institution. For the summer holidays, Sonya went to Irkutsk, where her relatives still live.
At the age of 9, the girl went to defend the honor of her school at a city creative competition and took an honorable 2nd place. At the age of 12, the future artist began to attend the Edelweiss children's studio that opened in Novodvinsk and studied with a vocal teacher. The girl wanted to sing so much that in any free time she took the keys on duty and ran to the office to sing.
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After graduating from school in Novodvinsk, Sofia went to the Northern capital and entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Culture and Arts. After graduating in 2008, she became a certified director of theatrical performances and remained to work in St. Petersburg.
In 2013, the girl won first prize at the competitive festival “Youth for the Union State”, held in Rostov-on-Don. And in 2014, a new chapter in her biography entitled “Little Big” opened for Sophia.
“You need to believe in yourself and not give up. I live by the motto - whatever is done, everything is for the better. And even when I wanted to stop singing, fate worked out that I still became a singer,” this is how the artist commented on the beginning of her career in a rave group.
Care of Irina Dubtsova
In 2001, Irina Dubtsova left the group. The producer decided not to look for a replacement for her. The group continued to function as a trio. Ira began her musical career in her native Volgograd, and was a member of the youth group “Jam”. He considers his participation in the Moscow group an important stage in his creative career. During this period, Ira settled down in Moscow, gained the necessary experience and acquired the necessary connections during her 2 years of work in the group.
Video edition[ | ]
In the 1980s in the USSR, the film began to be released on video cassettes using the SECAM system. Since 1990, the film has been released on video cassettes by the Krupny Plan film association, in 1995-1999 together with, with Hi-Fi Stereo sound and in the PAL system.
In Russia, since 2001, the film has been completely restored and re-released on VHS and DVD by the Krupny Plan association in good image and sound quality. It was released on DVD in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 1.0 sound; additionally: “Filmography” and “Collection of Comedies”.
In 2013, a Full HD version was released in Blu-ray format, also restored.
1999-2001 Group "Girls": composition
- Dubtsova Irina.
- Gerasimova Tanya.
- Teterich Lipa.
- Rubtsova Valya.
As Dubtsova admitted, she was going nowhere, she just felt that she had outgrown the status of the group. For some time, Ira worked at a studio with friends as an advertising manager and backing vocalist. At the same time, she wrote songs, and many of them were performed by already famous stars.
Her former companions in the “Girls” group, whose composition had turned into a trio, sent Ira on her way, without having any complaints against her. In their few interviews, the remaining vocalists even admitted that they were more comfortable performing as a trio. Igor Matvienko also said goodbye to his ward without conflicts. During this period, he was busy producing the first “Factory”, so there was not enough time for his own projects.
Create a group
The official year of formation of the group is considered to be 2012, when the first Open Kids video was released. However, the history of the group began a year earlier, when from the girls studying vocals and choreography at the Kiev creative workshop Open Art Studio, five completely different and not even very familiar girls were selected, who were connected only by vocal abilities, efficiency and desire for popularity.
Producer Yuri Petrov and his team
The author of the bold project, which was supposed to be of interest to children from 6 to 13 years old, is Yuri Petrov. Together with his sister Nika, the young producer developed the concept of the group, based on creating and cultivating the image of an “advanced” modern girl who is interested in creativity, strives for self-development, does not drink alcohol and drugs, but at the same time has a bright personality, dresses fashionably, follows trends and knows how to dance well.
Open Kids participants at the beginning of their careers
A few years later, in one of his interviews, Yuri claimed that, while working on the image of the group, he tried to create a team that was as different as possible from the girls from Tatu who once made a splash, who, in his opinion, although they were talented, deserved popularity mainly speculation about their teenage sexuality and rumors surrounding their gayness. In the fall of 2012, the first song of the group “Show Girls”, written by Regina Todorenko and singer Lina Mitsuki, and a video clip for it were released, one of the authors of which was Denis Yakimchuk, and the second was Yuri Petrov himself. The words “draw your life with your own hands, dance with us” echoed like a refrain in the hearts of teenagers, and the beautiful and sunny video sequence became an illustration of exactly the life that every schoolchild dreams of. Open Kids – Show Girls (the group's first video)
2001–2003 Group "Girls": composition
- Valentina Rubtsova.
- Lipa Teterich.
- Tanya Gerasimova.
In 2003, the first and last album of the group “Girls” was released with the playful title “Don’t Ju-Ju”; most of the compositions were recorded with Ira Dubtsova. The three of the girls continued to work, but they realized that the team was lagging behind the competitors. As the project participants admitted, it was difficult for them to compete with Via Groi and Strelka. Therefore, having performed at the Muz-TV awards with one of their best compositions, “Island,” the girls decided to break up and go their separate ways.
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