November 2, 2022 became a dark day for fans of the duo Artik & Asti. Artem Umrikhin said that his paths with Anna Dzyuba diverged. In an interview with Ksenia Sobchak, the singer confirmed the words of her former partner. On November 26, it became known that Arktik had found a new Asti. On January 7, 2022, a farewell film dedicated to the duo was released. And on January 14, Anna Asti presented her first solo track “Phoenix” and a video for it. Let's tell you what happened in one of the most popular Russian groups.
Best songs: not only “Sad Dance”
"Arctic and Asti" in 2012.
Photo: instagram.com/artik In 2010, Ukrainian producer, performer and composer Artem Umrikhin decided to create a new project for which a vocalist was needed. On the Internet, he came across a post by Anna Dzyuba, to whom he offered cooperation. The first song of the new group Artik & Asti (“Arctic and Asti”) - “Antistress” was recorded in Kyiv. First, the duo became famous in Ukraine, and then they began to learn about it in Russia. Their second album, “Here and Now,” was released in our country, which contained the hits “I won’t give it to anyone,” “You can do anything,” and more.
Artik & Asti included the track “Sad Dance” in the first echelon of performers, which premiered in 2022. This was a feat with Artem Kacher. You remember the chorus: “To the sad dance I let go of our love. Only here will I dance all my pain. Like in the web of a big network, you crumble in memory.” After “Sad Dance,” the dance floors shook with “Under Hypnosis,” “Girl, Dance,” and “Hysterical.” As of November 2 , 2021, several of the duo’s songs are in various charts. All the more surprising was the news of its collapse.
Comments from participants: “No one is to blame”
Artik & Asti.
Photo: Vladimir Velengurin “There have been many rumors and guesses around this for a long time, but now I can confirm it officially - Anya is leaving the Artik & Asti group. From today our paths diverge, and everyone goes their own way,” Artem Umrikhin wrote on his Instagram page. Artem suggested that Dziuba would start a solo career, and he would continue to “write songs, look for new talents and help them.” “I would like to express my gratitude to Anya, together we have come a long, incredibly interesting and important path! Now everyone will have their own path, and the Artik & Asti group continues its activities, but with an updated lineup,” he intrigued the fans. After Arktika Asti's post, she closed her Instagram profile. On November 3 , she confirmed her departure from the group in the YouTube show “Caution: Sobchak.” The singer did not voice her future plans, saying that she does not want to rush things. She suggested “seeing what happens next.”
Post by Anna Dziuba from November 16, 2022. Photo: instagram.com/astiselfmade
“The group ceased to exist with the lineup in which we performed for 10 years. It's nobody's fault. It was a beautiful and powerful story where we met, grew, and achieved very great results. I am grateful to Artik for everything we have done together. But now it’s time for us to go our separate ways,” Anna Dzyuba told Ksenia Sobchak . On November 12, Anna Dzyuba posted a photo from the recording studio on Instagram. However, she deleted all other posts. Actually everything. Asti's attentive subscribers noticed among the commentators the author of "Sad Dance" and other hits of the group - Dima Loren. “My muse,” he wrote and added a heart. Consequently, the collaboration between Dzyuba and Lauren will continue.
On December 15 , 2022, after more than a month of silence, Anna Dzyuba got in touch. A teaser for her debut solo song has appeared online, which she will release under her old pseudonym, Anna Asti. In the frame you can see the lyrics of the song “Sad Dance” burning, and Anya sings the following lines: “What was in the heart must be incinerated.” “Well, friends, I’m with you again! This is Anna Asti, and I want to invite you to start this path and walk it with me,” Dziuba signed the video, adding that the premiere of the new song and video is just around the corner. But the singer is keeping the title of the track a secret for now.
Anna Asti and Ivan Urgant. Photo: instagram.com/vecherniy_urgant
On December 30 , 2022, Anna Asti became the musical guest of the “Evening Urgant” on Channel One. Anya’s fans were hoping to hear her new song, but Dzyuba unexpectedly performed “When I Become a Cat,” Masha Rzhevskaya’s only hit from “Star Factory 2.” Masha herself has been living abroad for a long time, pursuing an acting career, and has not performed her calling card for more than 15 years.
On January 7, 2022, the premiere of the big concert film “Artik & Asti. 10 years together . It was filmed in the summer of 2022, when the duo gave three sold-out concerts in Crocus. According to Arktik, “this video turns the page and very soon Asti will release solo songs and the group Artik & Asti will also release new songs.” “A new chapter is coming very soon. So now you will have twice as much music,” promised Artem Umrikhin.
Beauty secrets
Asti (the singer posted photos before and after plastic surgery on her Instagram, openly telling fans about the changes that had happened to her) knows very well that true beauty is hard work that requires a lot of time and effort.
The singer trusts professionals to take care of her appearance, and calls ice and moisturizing masks , which instantly tighten and transform the skin, her must-haves.
Personal care
In her free time from touring, Anna prefers to get up later and then wash her face with cold water or wipe her face with ice cubes. By freezing chamomile infusion or green tea in this way, the singer provides herself with an excellent tonic that instantly refreshes her face and helps her wake up.
Asti calls dr.Jart alginate masks one of the secrets to the beauty of your face . According to the singer, they work real miracles with the skin, giving the tissues the necessary nutrition and hydration.
Every day Anna uses eye patches and tries to take a bubble bath, and after water treatments she always applies a nourishing cream to her body, giving her skin the smell of custard, vanilla cream.
Like any girl, singer Asti loves to take care of herself and spares neither time nor effort on procedures. The best vacation, according to the star, is visiting a spa salon with friends, where the girls can enjoy a variety of treatments, massages and body wraps.
Anna also loves going to her favorite “Beauty Bureau”, where she conducts hair and skin care sessions, a variety of peelings, massages, cleansing and masks. According to the singer, moisturizing facial care is not only pleasant, but also makes it possible to appear at any event completely without makeup.
Anna recently performed the “PRXT Peeling with Mesoscooter” procedure and simply fell in love with the result, which improved her complexion, tightened her skin, removed scars and activated the skin’s production of its own collagen.
In her interviews, Asti does not hide the fact that, suffering from complexes about her appearance, she performed many aesthetic procedures, carefully correcting her nose, lips and chin with injections.
Having reached the age of 30, Anna decided to take a break from the transformation, noting that she regularly pinned up only her lips, and stopped mocking her cheekbones and chin, seeing that due to the abundance of fillers, it had not shrunk, but had only “floated.”
Taking care of her beauty at home, Anna makes various masks, cleanses her face with toner and uses moisturizer.
Among the star's favorite products:
- products from LaMer;
- alginate masks dr.Jart;
- Israeli cosmetics AHAVA, including moisturizing creams for hands, feet and body.
Hair care
Anna explains the beauty of her luxurious hair by using oils with argan oil and mandatory daily washing. For the singer, cleansing her hair is an opportunity to remove fatigue and negativity that has accumulated during the day. After washing, Anna applies argan oil, antistatic agent, serum, hair volume spray to her hair, and then does a beautiful hairstyle.
Singer Asti loves various experiments and can easily change her hair color to red or purple, and then return to her natural look. The only thing Anna will never do again is dye her hair blonde, since after the last bleaching she had to treat and restore damaged strands for a very long time.
Makeup
In her free time from work, Anna tries to give her skin a rest and practically does not use makeup.
Basically, the singer uses:
- mattifying face cream as a base from Erborian and Shiseido;
- MAC peach blush with gold shimmer;
- pink BabyDoll shadows from NYX Professional Makeup, applied to the apples of the cheeks and giving the face a rested and slightly doll-like look;
- Becca highlighter;
- cheekbone-emphasizing dry corrector;
- Shiseido mattifying powder;
- transparent lipstick or lip pencil.
When Anna wants to do brighter makeup, she applies a Chanel pencil to the corners of her lips, shades it as much as possible, and then uses transparent lipstick.
In her youth, the singer worked for some time as a makeup artist and knows very well how to best highlight the beauty of her face.
For concert looks, Asti's makeup is done by herself or by a guest makeup artist, who creates a bright concert look using eyeshadow of the most unexpected colors. The singer loves to use variegated monochrome colors on the entire eyelid or laconic winged eyeliner in her makeup.
It is considered mandatory for Anna's concert makeup to use false eyelashes, glued in bunches to the corners of the eyes and adding drama to the look.
According to the singer, it is imperative to apply shadows on a base of multifunctional tints or even matte lipsticks.
Nutrition
For a long time, Asti suffered from excess weight, but no matter how much she struggled, she could not completely overcome the kilograms that were bothering her. Anna was helped to cope with the problem by accepting herself for who she is, fitness, plastic surgery and proper nutrition.
Despite her tendency to be overweight, the singer does not limit herself too much, and in addition, after the correction of her buttocks, the doctor persistently forbade her to lose weight. Anna eats sweets, but not very often, since she doesn’t have a particular craving for sugar, and calls fried potatoes and pickles her favorite dishes.
Sport
The singer tries to exercise every day, but does not work hard in the gym, since any defect in the body can easily be corrected with the help of plastic surgery. Working with a personal trainer, Anna prefers to do cardio, strength and stretching exercises, as well as yoga and Pilates.
Anna Asti "Phoenix"
January 12, 2022 Anna Dzyuba signed a contract with the Universal Music Group label. “I’m incredibly happy that the family I had before has now expanded,” she said. January 14, 2022 Anna Asti and her new team presented the song “Phoenix” and a video for it. “I am eternally grateful for your support and your patience. I know that you have been waiting for a very long time and I hope that every note and every word will reach your hearts,” she added.
And here’s what Anna Dzyuba wrote when the clip came out: “So much faith, talent and love of all the people who worked with me, those who supported me when I needed it, were put into this video! There are so many feelings and experiences in it that it is better to see than to describe in words.”
Youth
As a teenager, Anna Dzyuba was not the example of femininity that her fans had long been accustomed to. According to the star, during adolescence she was a tomboy. Communication with guys was easier for the girl than with the fair sex. Guys, according to the artist, are much less likely to envy girls and can really give practical advice on appearance.
As for the romantic side of the life of the then Anya Dzyuba, then, according to the star, at that time she was not popular with the opposite sex. The girl even believes that she was that ugly friend of the local beauty. However, later the young people saw in her a good friend and things on Anya’s personal front improved noticeably.
At the same time, the future star admits that she grew up in difficult times. The crisis that came in the 90s also affected the life of a girl from a small Ukrainian town. According to Asti, many of those around her drank alcohol and drugs during that period. The girl will have many acquaintances with addictions; at some point, Anna joins her friends in this hobby, but very quickly abandons it.
Today it’s hard to believe that Asti was a tomboy in her youth. Instagram @astiselfmade
Since then, the most important thing in the girl’s diet is wine. However, there will still be a moment in the artist’s life when she reaches for a glass in an attempt to drown out the pain.
In the meantime, she is graduating from university and becoming an assistant lawyer. According to the singer’s recollections, professional literature was difficult for her. At work, she often wrote song lyrics, for which she was sometimes reprimanded. According to the star, she left her position as an assistant lawyer with a scandal, after which she tried herself as a makeup artist.
Asti recalls that at that time she thought that it was possible to break into show business with the help of connections or through bed. According to the artist, she had no influential acquaintances at that time, and sleeping with someone in the name of fame was unacceptable for her. However, Anna continues to sing and even participates in the filming of a music video.
It is noteworthy that at that time the girl had to pay herself for the right to sing, which today the artist recalls with a smile. However, then participation in the project, about which little is known today, was her only professional achievement. Asti managed to give up and come to terms with life in obscurity.
According to Asti’s recollections, at that time she was a completely ordinary girl from a small Ukrainian town. She did not have a chic wardrobe, nor a sea of admirers, and she was also not experienced in traveling to distant countries. At that time, the future star flew by plane only two times: to Turkey and back. However, very soon everything changed.
New soloist of Arktik and Asti
On November 26, 2022, it became known that Arktik had already chosen a new soloist as his partner. According to Artem Umrikhin, when it became known that Anna Dzyuba was leaving the project, he received various musical content from 3,000 thousand girls who wanted to take her place. “I didn’t even listen to all of this. As fate would have it, already in the first bullet of the person I was listening to, I noticed a girl. I liked it very much. We met and talked,” he said in an interview with Popcake.
Arctic and new Asti. Photo: music.yandex.ru
The new Artik & Asti have already recorded fresh material and performed at New Year's corporate events. The date is not far off when the new soloist will be presented to the public. On December 4, 2022, fans of the group “Arkti and Asti” noticed that a photo had been updated in the group’s profiles on various streaming services. Now standing next to Artem Umrikhin is not Anna Dzyuba, but an unknown girl with long hair, captured with her back.
On February 14, 2022, the new composition of the group Arktik and Asti will perform at the concert “Holiday for All Lovers on Muz-TV.” The event will take place in the Kremlin Palace.
Asti in 2022
Asti today is one of the brightest performers in Russian show business. However, even taking into account the busy touring schedule and being busy at the studio, the girl manages to find the strength for entrepreneurial activity.
The artist’s projects include her own beauty salon, as well as a clothing collection. According to the artist, she herself does not understand how she manages to keep up with everything, because sometimes, due to the frantic rhythms, she cannot even eat normally.
However, the main topic of 2022 for Asti fans was not her business projects or even her latest tracks. The hottest news during this period was the change in Asti's personal life.
Fans' reaction: The story of "Nepara" repeats itself
Asti - Anna Dzyuba.
Photo courtesy of the singer Artik & Asti fans reacted differently to the news about Asti leaving the project. Many are happy for Anna and are looking forward to her solo career, others did not like that they wanted to replace their favorite with someone else. “We don’t need another “VIA Gra” or Serebro, when you leave, go away,” is one of the popular comments under the sub-post about the breakup of the duo in the “Russian Music” public on VK. And there are many similar comments. Someone remembered the story of “Nepara”: after the duet of Victoria Talyshnskaya and Alexander Shoua broke up, two new girls appeared in the group, whom many fans of “Nepara” did not accept. It’s the same here, fans write, Artik & Asti are Artem Umrikhin and Anna Dzyuba, and no one else.
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Appearance after plastic surgery
Asti, whose photos before and after plastic surgery clearly prove the effectiveness of surgical correction for the formation of ideal body parameters, suffered from complexes for a long time and struggled with excess weight.
The singer, through artificial changes, was able to form a model body, as well as correct her facial features, adding a glamorous shine to them. The only thing that fans of Anna don’t like about the hobby for plastic surgery is that they claim that such procedures make their beloved idol look very old.
“I have no friends, I have a family”: duet with David Guetta
On November 5, 2022, the duo’s swan song was released - a collaboration with DJ David Guetta. American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie also worked on the song “Family.” According to Arktik, this is “a very positive, kind song.” “I don’t have friends, I have a family. That's all I need. And no matter where you are, no matter where I will be. You are always in my heart, my family is with me,” Asti sang.
Fans of Arctic and Asti were somewhat disappointed that “Family” turned out to be a cover of the song of the same name that David Guetta and A Boogie wit da Hoodie released with Bebe Rexha and Ty Dolla $ign. “It doesn’t matter that this is a Russian version of a foreign hit. This song still gets me emotional. You can hear it's a farewell song. Farewell song from one of the coolest pop groups in Russia” is another popular comment from the “Russian Music” public.
Arctic and Anna Sedokova
Anna Sedokova.
Anna Sedokova. Photo: instagram.com/annasedokova On November 10, 2022, the breakup of the group Artik & Asti was commented on by Anna Sedokova, who has a duet with Artem Umrikhin in her creative biography. In 2010, long before Artik & Asti became popular, the ex-soloist of VIA Gra released a remake of her song “I’m Getting Used” with Arctic. Sedokova calls Umrikhin her friend. “I know that he is in a lot of pain. I just know Artik. He is super cool, the kindest and most correct person in the Universe. We've known each other for 14 years. I’m sure that time will numb him,” she said on the TikTok Show on New Radio.
Arctic and This is Love
Singer ETOLUBOV.
Photo: instagram.com/etolubov After Anna Dzyuba left the project, many media reported that Artem Umrikhin and his Self Made Music label began collaborating with 31-year-old Ukrainian singer Lyubov Fomenko , performing under the pseudonym ETOLUBOV (This is Love). After this, many rumors appeared on the network that Lyuba would be the new soloist of Artik & Asti. Umrikhin denied this information on November 15, 2022. According to Artem, his company has been cooperating with Fomenko for about a year. He called the music the singer produces “tender and sensual.”
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