Singer Date of birth August 26 (Virgo) 1976 (42) Place of birth Ufa Instagram @zemfiralive
Zemfira can be attributed to a dozen Russian artists capable of collecting entire stadiums. She is a performer of rock and pop-rock songs that have become cult for a whole generation. Her singles have been in the top lines of the Russian charts for more than twenty years. Foreign critics compare the singer's work with Björk and Kate Bush. According to Forbes magazine, her income in 2015 amounted to $ 2.8 million.
Biography of Zemfira
Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born in Ufa on August 26, 1976. Her father was a history teacher, and her mother worked as an instructor in physical therapy. At the age of four, the girl became a soloist in a children's choir, and at five she went to study at a music school in piano. She wrote her first song at the age of seven.
Rock entered her life early, thanks to her older brother Ramil, who listened to Queen and Black Sabbath. As a teenager, she performed songs by V. Tsoi and B. Grebenshchikov on the streets of Ufa with a guitar.
The girl could make a career in sports. The coach of the junior national basketball team of the Russian Federation was more than upset when her captain Ramazanova refused further performances, opting for music. The team, led by the future star, won the USSR championship.
Zemfira graduated with honors from the School of Arts in the vocal department and immediately launched an active creative activity. The girl organized a rock group "Zemfira" and wrote a repertoire for her. She worked on the Europa + radio channel and edited the first singles of her team using branded recording equipment. So "Forecaster", "Snow", "Rockets", "Why" were recorded. The sound engineer A. Mukhtarov helped her in this. The artist borrowed money to implement her project and went with the musicians to the Moscow rock festival "Maksidrom".
The announcement was a success, the producer of the group "Mumiy Troll" L. Burlakov, after listening to the recordings of singles made at "Europe +", undertook to release the starting disc of the Ufa group. In the autumn of 1998, the initial recording was made at the Mosfilm studio, which then underwent final editing at the London recording studio. After the release of the album, the songs of a rocker from Ufa "A girl with a player", "Arividerchi", "Rockets", "AIDS" take off to the first lines of Russian hit parades. The Zemfira group tours the Russian Federation until mid-December 2000.
In March 2000, the second disc "Forgive me, my love" was released. The music world respectfully accepted the singer and composer, who created new Russian rock hits of the first magnitude "Do you want", "Sunrise", "Mature", "Seeked", "Proved". It becomes obvious: after V. Tsoi, a new leader appeared on the Russian rock stage.
The singer's tour with the songs of the second disc was overshadowed by an incident in Yakutsk, where 19 people were injured as a result of a stampede. The local police tried to blame the singer for miscalculations in the organization. The artist stopped performing, she had a nervous breakdown, her group broke up. The singer did not tour for a whole year. An exception in this pause was her participation in the concert in memory of V. Tsoi.
In 2002, the further creative growth of the singer Zemfira is evidenced by her third album "14 weeks of silence". For this work, she is awarded the highest Russian independent award "Triumph" (2003), the disc wins in the "Muz-TV" nomination "Album of the Year", the clip "Infinity" is recognized as the best. Evidence of the star status of the singer was her anniversary concert for her birthday at the Sports Palace of her native city of Ufa "Salavat Yulaev".
In 2005, the fourth album of the rocker "Vendetta" was released. Criticism notes its highest musical level, relevance. The singles "Blues", "Sky Sea Clouds", "Walk" become hits. The talented singer realized that she would not survive in show business alone, and found influential sponsors. It is known that the oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alexander Mamut helped the girl. The benevolence of these people determined the elite status of the star. The disc was successful. The MTV channel nominated this studio album for five awards. The tour lasted from mid-May to the end of December.
The fifth rock album "Thank you" (2007) included 12 songs written by the performer herself. It was recorded in London and finally edited at Mosfilm. The tour dedicated to the new album ended with a status concert at the Olimpiysky sports complex. In the same year, the film "Green Light in Zemfira" was shot by director Renata Litvinova.
In 2013, after a three-year sabbatical, the sixth album of the rock idol "Live in your head" was released. It featured new hit singles "The Seagull", "Money", "Coffee Wine", "No Chance". The disc is stylistically complex, the rhythm is clearly felt in it, its music is introverted and laconic, the guitar parts sound distinctly. According to critics, the performer in this studio album has risen to the level of frankness characteristic of her previous disc "Vendetta". She managed to introduce listeners into the world of serious thoughts with simple words.
In the same year, the singer was awarded the MTV "Best Performer" award.
Zemfira's personal life
The singer tells the paparazzi extremely sparingly about her love relationships, while deliberately confusing them with speculation. However, such a public person as Ramazanova cannot hide the personal.
Her first love was saxophonist Vlad Kolchin. They studied together at the Ufa Music College. They had a real passion. However, the charisma of the future rock star, her uncompromising attitude pushed the young man away. They stopped communicating when Vlad left to make a career as a musician in St. Petersburg.
According to journalists, after breaking up with Kolchin, she had a short relationship with a married man, director of the Ufa radio station Europe +, Sergei Anatsky. The girl ended this connection, leaving for Moscow.
Then the singer, together with her friend from the group "Dancing Minus" V. Petkun, voiced the legend of their imminent wedding, which never took place. The yellow press suspected the singer of a relationship with her producer Anastasia von Kalmanovich. However, Zemfira and the former producer deny this.
The rock singer met actress and director Renata Litvinova in 2000. They had several joint projects. Both women call each other close people. They do not hide their relationship, take care of each other, prefer a chamber atmosphere of communication to secular parties.
The founder of "female rock" in Russian music, poetess and soloist Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born on August 26, 1976, a native of Ufa. She grew up in a prosperous enlightened family. Mom is a doctor of special physical education, dad is a history teacher. At the age of 4, the baby took up music, at 5 she began studying at a music school. While still a preschooler, the future rock star performed on a local TV channel. The first TV broadcast, in which the song about the worm sounded, was very exciting. At the age of 7, little Zemfira managed to write her first song and perform at her mother's job.First steps
The passion for rock music for young Zemfira passed from her brother Ramil. He often listened to Queen and Black Sabbath. The teachers praised Zemfira, because she excelled in the class. In the seventh grade, the girl studied in parallel in some sections and circles, giving her preference to music and basketball. Maintaining restraint and training with diligence, Zemfira has achieved significant success in the sports section.Professional sports
In 1990, she led the Russian junior women's basketball team, although she had never been taller among her peers in her life (172). In one of the interviews, the singer noticed that she took up her favorite sport in the 3rd grade. After a while, music lessons got tired. The question of further education and development of musical abilities became acute. Mom insisted, and Zemfira continued her studies. At the same time, the passion for rock - music grew into a serious occupation. Playing the guitar in the underground passages of Ufa, and Peter, Zemfira chose to perform songs known and loved at that time "Cinema" (read), "Aquarium", and many others. Thus, the first income appeared. In the 11th grade, the future rock star left the sport. She graduated from music school with excellent marks. There was a desire to become a writer after graduation, to enter the Faculty of Philology, but the class teacher insisted on a music school. Zemfira was enrolled in the second year of the department. After graduation, she became a certified pop vocalist.In an interview, the girl admitted that her first love was fellow saxophonist Vlad Kolchin, with whom they performed together in cafes and nightclubs.
Career start
Since 1996, Zemfira got a job as an operator in her hometown on the Europa Plus radio channel. During the daytime, she recorded short advertising slogans, experimented with sound, and at night she was engaged in writing. There were more and more serious songs. The young performer and her work aroused interest among professional musicians. So in 1998 the Zemfira group appeared. The first performances began.
A trip to friends in the Russian capital brought unexpected success. A cassette with 15 songs by a little-known singer was listened to by the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, Leonid Burlakov. He liked the records. A talented author and performer is invited to Moscow. Producer Ilya Lagutenko and sound engineer Vladimir Ovchinnikov actively participated in the creation of the 1st album "Zemfira". The final version of the first audio album was made by sound engineer Chris Bendy in London.
In February 1999, the radio version of the song "AIDS" broke into the top songs of many Russian radio stations ("Nashe Radio", "Russian Radio"). Then her song creations "Rockets" and "Arivederchi" became hits. In mid-March, Zemfira released the first video clip for the song "AIDS".
The first solo tour in the cities of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic States began in September and lasted 5 months.
In the spring of 2000, another collection of the singer "Forgive me, my love" was presented, which won the recognition of listeners (1.5 million copies). The first performance of the artist in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow turned out to be very significant. Admirers stubbornly did not want to disperse, having received a lot of emotions after a two-hour concert.
On August 26, 2000, in Bashkortostan, Zemfira was awarded the State Youth Prize in the field of culture. Sh. Babich.
In 2002, the third album of the group "14 weeks of silence" was completed (number of songs -13).
At a concert in Ufa on August 26, fellow rock stars saw a new video for the song "Macho". According to the results of the musical 2003, Zemfira's third album becomes a bestseller, and the singer received the title of laureate of the Russian Triumph Award for her work in the field of culture and art.
On October 16, 2004, the musical dream of a girl from Ufa came true. She sang a duet with the Queen group of the song "We are the champions." In 2004, Ramazanova was a student at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. Takes academic leave to record the next album. As a result, student Ramazanova was expelled in 2006.
Creative achievements of the past decade
In the spring of 2005, the album "Vendetta" appeared. A month after the release of the collection, a new tour began.
According to its results, in the fall of 2006, a concert version of the collection “Zemfira. Live" (number of songs -10).
On February 14, 2007, a collection of clips “Zemfira. DVD". The limited edition of the disc included a video for the song "Itogi", shot by Renata Litvinova.
In 2008, Zemfira earned a music award in the field of rock and roll in two categories: "Soloist of the Year" and "Music" (the song "We Break" from the audio collection "Thank you" was awarded).
The premiere of the film-concert "Green Theater in Zemfira" took place on February 19, 2008, the director of the film, Renata Litvinova, said. "It's an audacious act to capture an outstanding performer in outstanding form," the director said.
In the summer of 2008, the singer became the winner of the Stepnoy Volk award twice.
In 2010, she received the title of laureate of the honorary award "For contribution to the development of science, culture and art" of the Russian Authors' Society.
In 2010, Ramazanova's debut album became one of the "Top 50 Russian Albums of All Time".
In 2011, several media outlets included Zemfira in the "100 Super Influential Women of Russia".
In 2012, Zemfira and Renata Litvinova are working on the film "Rita's Last Tale". The girls have known each other for a long time and filmed Zemfira's videos together, a concert film about her, and Zemfira herself was the composer of Litvinova's paintings. Here is what the performer said about her friend: “Renata is an extraordinary person, but it is very easy to communicate with her. There are people who think she's weird, but nothing like that."
End of career?
On July 17, 2013, Zemfira sang the song “We are breaking up” at the closing of the XXVII World Summer Universiade in Kazan. In the fall of 2013, the girl was awarded the MTV Europe award in the Best Russian Performer nomination. In the ranking of highly paid people of the 2015-2016 season, according to the influential Russian magazine, the singer Zemfira took 9th place with a total profit of $ 6 million. On February 4, 2016, the singer began her last tour "Little Man", which she spoke about at a concert in Novgorod. The Zemfira group organized 20 concerts in the cities of Russia and abroad. In the fall, a concert was held in Yekaterinburg. Further, the touring part of the tour covered the cities of far abroad.
Many associate the end of a song career with personal tragedies in the Ramazanov family. Not so long ago, the girl's brother and father passed away. True fans of Zemfira are sure that the singer has temporarily retired from musical matters and will soon again delight her fans with another masterpiece.
Zemfira is an incredibly talented Russian singer who opened a completely new movement in Russian rock, called “female rock”.
Childhood
Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born on August 26, 1976 in the city of Ufa, which at that time was part of the Bashkir ASSR. The girl grew up in an intelligent Bashkir-Tatar family. The girl's father, Talgat Talkhoevich, taught history at school. Zemfira also has an older brother named Ramil.
From a very early age, Zemfira woke up musical talent. From the age of 5, the girl went to piano lessons at a music school, later she was accepted as a soloist in the school choir.
Also at the age of 5, the future singer first appeared on television: on a local TV channel, the girl sang a song about a worm.
As a child, the future singer had many hobbies, she attended 7 circles at once, but paid more attention to music and basketball. Despite the fact that Zemfira was the lowest in the team in the school basketball team, the future singer became the captain in the Russian junior team.
Zemfira in his youth
After graduating from school, Zemfira decides to take up music seriously and enters the department of pop-jazz vocals at the Ufa Art School. In parallel with her studies, the girl performs the hits of her favorite artists on the street: “Cinema”, “Nautilus Pomilius” and “Aquarium”, and also sings the compositions of Freddie Mercury and George Michael in the original.
After graduating from college, Zemfira, together with her classmate Vlad Kolchin, who plays the saxophone, sang songs in restaurants in Ufa. But soon the girl got tired of it, and she decided to find another job.
The beginning of a musical career
In 1996, Zemfira was hired as a sound engineer at the local branch of the Europa Plus radio station. At the same time, she begins to write her first songs in the Cakewalk program. With the help of this program, the compositions “Snow”, “Forecaster”, “Rockets” and “Why”, which were included in the first album of the singer, were recorded.
The girl also manages to work as a backing vocalist in the popular band of that time, Spectrum Ace. In the same year, Zemfira persuaded Arkady Mukhtarov to record a demo CD of the performer.
In the same year, Zemfira decides to assemble her own group. Bass player Rinat Akhmadiev becomes the first member, then Rinat brought his friend drummer Sergei Sozinov, next year keyboard player Sergei Mirolyubov and solo guitarist Vadim Solovyov join the band.
The newly appeared group goes to Moscow to promote their team. In the capital, at the Maxidrom festival, Zemfira, through journalists, passes a disc with the songs recorded by the group to Leonid Burlakov, the producer of the Mumiy Troll collective. He, after listening to the songs, decides to record an album.
Since 1998, active work has begun on the creation of the first album. The Mumiy Troll group actively helped the newcomers with the recording - vocalist Ilya Lagutenko acted as a sound producer, and Yuri Tsaler and Oleg Pungin participated in the recording. In January 1999, the album was mixed in London. On May 10, the first album called "Zemfira" is released, which incredibly quickly gained popularity among listeners.
Clips were soon shot for the songs "AIDS", "Arividerchi" and "Why", which only increased Zemfira's popularity. The team went on tour three months after the release of the disc, full halls of listeners gathered at the concerts.
Upon returning from the tour, the Zemfira group is accepted to record the second album. On March 28, 2000, an album called "Forgive Me My Love" was released, which was called the most popular album of 2000. Zemfira herself received the title of "Performer of the Year" from the publication "OM".
The album includes well-known songs that are still popular today: “Looking for”, which became the soundtrack of the film “Brother 2”, “Do you want”, “City” and “Dawns”. After the release of the record, Zemfira organizes an all-Russian tour, which was a resounding success. 
On April 1, Zemfira performed a solo concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. At one of the concerts, held in Ufa, there was an unpleasant incident - 19 people were injured from a stampede. After the incident, the singer said that she was taking a "sabbatical", canceled all concerts and did not appear on stage for a year.
The exception was participation in the project "KINOproby", organized in honor of the memory of Zemfira's favorite performer Viktor Tsoi.
Zemfira after a "sabbatical"
After a year of silence, the singer decides to completely change her style, so from that moment the Zemfira group disbands. The singer asks musicians from Mumiy Troll, Oleg Pungin and Yuri Tsaler, to help with recording a new album.
The release of the new album "Fourteen Weeks of Silence" took place on April 1, 2002. The number of discs sold quickly crossed the one million mark, and critics began to actively discuss the new disc. In 2003, the singer received the Triumph award for this album.
In 2004, two significant events took place: first, Zemfira performed with Ilya Lagutenko at the Maksidro rock festival, then at the MTV Russia Music Awards, together with the Queen group, the singer performed the legendary song "We are the Champions".
In the same year, Zemfira recorded the track "Goddess: how I fell in love" for the film by Renata Litvinova. In gratitude, Renata directed Zemfira's video for the song "Itogi".
Also in 2004, the performer decides to get a higher education and enters the Faculty of Philosophy at Moscow State University. But the singer spent all her time on music, so she did not have time to study. During the first session, Zemfira took an academic leave, but then she never recovered, for which she was expelled in 2006.
In March 2005, the fourth album of the performer called "Vendetta" was released, consisting of 15 songs. The album received only positive reviews from listeners and critics, and was also called the second "take-off" album after her debut "Zemfira". On May 10, a tour began in support of the record.
In the fall of 2007, the album "Thank you" was released, which consisted of 12 songs. On October 21, a tour began in support of the album, and the tour ended with a performance at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. The following year, the singer won in the nominations "Soloist of the Year" and "Music" at the "Chart Dozen" award.
Since 2011, Zemfira has begun work on the sixth album "Live in your head". Prior to this, Zemfira also released a collection of her b-sides called "Z-Sides". On July 8, 2012, Zemfira closed her official website for some time, dissatisfied with the fact that too many users discuss her image and appearance on social networks.
In 2013, work on the album “Live in your head” was completed and on February 15 the album was released, which again made a splash in the world of Russian rock. This album set a record for domestic online sales, collecting 2 million rubles in a month.
Before the release of the album, the singer organized a tour in which she traveled to 51 cities. In the fall of the same year, Zemfira received an award in the nomination "Best Russian Performer" at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
In February 2016, a new "Little Man" tour began. The singer traveled to 20 cities of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries, the tour ended with an enchanting performance in Moscow. In this tour, Zemfira announced that she was completing her touring activities.
Personal life
There are many rumors about the personal life of the performer, but the singer does not give any comments on this matter.
It all started with the fact that the singer announced her wedding with Vyacheslav Petkun, the lead singer of the Dances Minus group, but this statement turned out to be just a PR stunt. After that, Zemfira was credited with an affair with Abramovich and Anastasia Kalmanovich, the director of the singer. 
Recently, Zemfira has been credited with an affair with Renata Litvinova, a friend of the performer and film director, but they do not comment on the information.
Zemfira, that well-known girl who contributed into Russian rock its zest, light, journalists gave it a name - "female rock". Her songs are still played on radio stations, and for young people, Zemfira's work is a source of inspiration, melancholy and sadness.
The little future singer was born in the city of Ufa, in a family of high moral views. Father Talgat Talkhovich was a history teacher, and mother Florida Khakievna was a specialist in physical therapy.
Zemfira was not the only child in the family, the elder brother Ramil doted on his sister and between them there was always a trusting, very warm relationship. Sometimes, a girl could tell her secret to her brother and not be afraid that she would be judged, scolded or laughed at.
Since childhood, the girl was drawn to music. At such an early age of 5, Zemfira already took piano lessons at a music school, and soloed in the choir. And at the age of 7, without anyone's help, she wrote her first song and did not hesitate to perform it in front of her mother's colleagues.
Musical activity was a great pleasure, it was much more than just a hobby.
At school, Zemfira became interested in basketball, but she was not very tall, and this spurred her even more to achieve something. The efforts were not in vain and she became the captain of the Russian junior team. Sports so pulled the girl hard that stood on a par with the music, which was very important.
Therefore, in high school, a huge problem was what to devote your life to, who to become. Thinking a lot on this topic, Zemfira put musical activity at the forefront and applied to art school in your hometown.
In order to have her own money, and not to ask her parents, Zemfira began to look for a part-time job and got a job at a local restaurant, where she performed various popular compositions in the evenings.
This way of life got a little fed up, I wanted to change my occupation, and now the girl works at a radio station, recording commercials. At this time, Zemfira starts recording songs own composition on cassettes.
At the end of the 90s, Zemfira's life abruptly turns 180 degrees. Her songs, recorded on a cassette, through acquaintances, in a completely random way are in the hands of the producer known at that time group "Mumiy Troll".
He appreciates musical compositions, seeing truly real talent. Leonid Burlakov gives Zefmira the opportunity to advance in her activities, and she records her first album, which she calls “Zemfira”.
Zemfira did not even expect such a success, because the album sold like hot cakes, and there were always a lot of people at concerts who were delighted with her music.
Work began on the second album called "Forgive me, my love", which became the most popular in early 2000. This album is to this day the most popular among the singer's projects. One song even became the soundtrack in the movie "Brother 2".
Later, Zemfira received a very large and serious offer, director Renata Litvinova called her to her team so that the girl would compose music for the film “Goddess: How I Loved”.
Musical activity brought Zemfira such success that she was included in the list of "One Hundred Most Influential Women in Russia".
There were always a lot of rumors about Zemfira's personal life, but she was in no hurry to refute them and clarify them.
Moreover, the singer herself misled journalists and her fans, saying that she was marrying the leader of the Dancing Minus group, but it was just an attempt draw attention to yourself.
Someone said that Zemfira had a relationship with a woman and she was engaged to Renata Litvinova. But both girls prefer not to talk about this topic, bypassing it in an interview.
In 2010, misfortune befell Zemfira, his beloved brother died, drowned in the river. His father died of illness, and then his mother. it shattered state of mind singers. From that time on, she decided that the main task was to take care of her nephews. Therefore, while the singer does not have her own children, and her personal life remains under seven locks.
Although Zemfira, in an interview with reporters, mentions her status as “In Love”, she does not reveal all the secrets of her personal life.
Zemfira's huge tour "Little Man" has started, in which she visited 20 cities in Russia and several foreign countries. Driving around the cities, the singer announced the sad news that her music career ended, thereby insanely upsetting the loyal fans who were inspired by her music.
But the singer does not stop spreading her songs. BUT in 2016 even recorded a new song"Come back home". Loyal fans are still waiting for Zemfira to return to music and do not lose hope.
In the late nineties, she became the main pop and rock star in Russia. More than 17 years have passed since the release of Zemfira's first album, and her music is still out of competition. ELLE is about a truly national artist of the country.
Despite comparisons with Pugacheva - not musical, but in terms of the scale and significance of the figures - she does not perceive her older colleague. Zemfira did not listen to the songs of Alla Borisovna even in childhood, and Pugacheva's work never hurt her. Zemfira calls the songs of Viktor Tsoi, one of the most important musicians for her, her real childhood love.
Little is known about Zemfira's personal life. They wrote about a young man named Vlad Kolchin, with whom the future star studied at a music school. Their romance ended when Kolchin went from Ufa to St. Petersburg - to try to succeed there. You can also find references to another man in Zemfira's life - Sergei Anatsky, according to the media, who at that time was the head of the Europe Plus radio station in Ufa.
As for the novels in the “star” era of Zemfira, when everyone’s attention began to be riveted to her, then at first, for the amusement of the public and for PR, a rumor was “thrown” about a relationship with the leader of the “Dancing Minus” group Vyacheslav Petkun. Vague allusions to their romance, sounded from different sides, ended pretty quickly. Then the press began to exaggerate with might and main relations - business, by the way - with Roman Abramovich. The oligarch was among those to whom Zemfira once performed in Courchevel, then unexpectedly appeared at the presentation of the singer's album "Vendetta" in 2005. According to another version, which the tabloids wrote about, the couple knew each other from the very beginning of Zemfira's career in Moscow, and Abramovich helped the young artist with promotion. It is not surprising that when the singer mentioned that the working version of the title of the album "Vendetta" was the word "Oil", the public immediately saw this as confirmation of contacts with the oligarch. Helped Zemfira and Alexander Mamut, who has a reputation as a philanthropist and art connoisseur. Mamut supported the singer financially by paying for the services of Dutch specialists who worked on Zemfira's tour. In addition, being the owner of Euroset, the businessman contributed to a bold project related to the Vendetta album, which was distributed in the stores of this network. Contacts with business people of this level automatically transferred the artist to the rank of an elite one - after all, not every pop and rock singer enjoys the favor of the richest people in the country.
Renata Litvinova began to communicate in the middle of the 2000s. The couple was immediately credited with too close a relationship, and even managed to get married - supposedly this happened during a trip to Stockholm.
Since then, they have repeatedly worked together - on Zemfira's videos, a concert film about her, and Zemfira herself helped with the music for Litvinova's paintings. What happens inside this couple is unknown to the public - both call each other close people and friends.
By the way, the year before last, Renata Litvinova congratulated Zemfira on her birthday by posting a photo of the romantic singer on her Instagram. The photo was accompanied by a text of personal content: “Weightless, independent of gravity, impossible, unthinkable, unacceptable ... without skin, the only, fearless ... happy birthday, Zemfira!”. The post appeared on the blog at about two in the morning, and, as some media write, the congratulations first contained the word “beloved”, later “withdrawn”.
Zemfira is not burdened by loneliness. The singer has no friends and Zemfira is not attracted to noisy companies. “I have one person, Renata, that’s enough for me,” the singer says.
In 2007, the press wrote about the scandal that happened at the Norilsk airport, when Zemfira allegedly refused to fly on the same plane with the Zveri group. As reported, after learning that she would have to fly on the same side with the "Beasts", the singer said that she would not board the plane. She did not explain the reason for such an increased reaction to the presence of colleagues, she went to the ticket office, where she bought a ticket for the next flight.
At the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi, among other things, Zemfira's song was performed. The artist was indignant that her consent was not asked, and publicly expressed her complaints to the head of Channel One, who was responsible for staging the show, Konstantin Ernst. He, in response, called Zemfira petty: “I think that I did a lot for Zemfira, for her career. And such pettiness, it seems to me, simply shames such an outstanding singer. Ernst also warned that in the event of a lawsuit on her part, a counter one would follow. It turns out that Zemfira at one time violated the terms of the contract with the Real Records label, which was then headed by Ernst.
In 2008, Zemfira became a participant in the conflict that arose, in general, from scratch, between Ksenia Sobchak and Renata Litvinova. At one of the social events hosted by Sobchak, Litvinova entered into a public skirmish with her. The story continued that evening at The Most club: Sobchak ironically reproached the director for her tactlessness, Renata Litvinova reacted emotionally, and even called Zemfira for help. The latter, as reported by the tabloids, issued a vivid and not devoid of strong expressions monologue.
In 2008, for a question about her personal life, a Muz-TV journalist ran into a blow in the face from Zemfira. It was at a press conference, the question about the relationship was asked by Renata Litvinova, who was also present there, and did not answer. At the end of the press conference, Zemfira hit the journalist, calling her "dirt from under her nails." wrote to the media.
The song “Do you want”, in which famous Soviet artists “sing” instead of Zemfira (almost every word is painstakingly chosen from different films), blew up the Internet last spring. The video for the song became an online hit, garnering over 800,000 views on Vimeo in its first five days.
Zemfira's album "Live in your head", posted on Yandex on February 14, 2013, gained more than a million plays in the first 14 hours.
In October 2013, there was a scandal at a concert in Rostov. Tired of the demands of the public (“Come on“ Daisies ”!), Zemfira expressed in a harsh form what she thinks about this, and in the song “Arivederchi” she sang “I will never return to Rostov”.
She is not a revolutionary, and considers this as much a civic position as any other. “I am for the revolution within us,” said Zemfira. Music, she believes, is stronger than any politics. At the same time, the artist expresses her position on current events in one way or another: in March, a song by the Ukrainian group Okean Elzy, performed by the singer, was posted on Zemfira's website. And this summer, a scandal erupted around Zemfira's act at a concert in Tbilisi, where she, having accepted the flag of Ukraine from the hands of the audience in the hall, waved it from the stage.
In 2011, Zemfira posed for an album of candid photographs taken by Mikhail Korolev.
In old age, he sees himself “definitely” in America.
Quotes
“It seems to me that all girls are feminine, and men are masculine.”
“Too smooth faces confuse me. I can't tell them apart."
"Love is almost the only thing that really exists in this stupid reality."
"I may not be the most accommodating artist, but you have no other."
