Little Big
Little Big is a Russian rave/pop punk musical group. It exists since 2013 and was created by musician and videoblogger Ilya "Ilyich" Prusikin and music producer Alina Pyasok.[1] As of 2020, there are four members in the musical group: vocalists Ilya Prusikin, Sofya Tayurskaya, and Anton Lissov, and backup vocalist, DJ, and arranger Sergey Makarov.
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_%D0%BD%D0%B0_VK_Fest_5.jpg) Little Big in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Genres | rave music, pop punk, hip hop |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Warner Music Russia, Little Big Family |
| Associated acts | Jane Air, The Hatters |
| Website | littlebig |
| Members | Ilya "Ilyich" Prusikin, Sofya Tayurskaya, Sergey "Gokk" Makarov, Anton "Boo" Lissov |
| Past members | Olimpiya Ivleva, Anna Kast |
Little Big is known for its provocative and grotesque musical videos, in which the band are often making fun of national stereotypes about Russia. Almost all of videos were very successful by numbers of views on YouTube, the most known among them are ”Skibidi” and ”Faradenza” (both 2018),[2][3][4][5] which as of March 2020 have been viewed 532 million times and 321 million times, respectively.
They are sometimes called ‘Russia's Die Antwoord’.[1] Together with a very few bands, such as t.A.T.u, Pussy Riot, and maybe some other lesser-known examples, Little Big are among those bands from Russia which enjoy success around the world.[6]
They should have represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in the Dutch city of Rotterdam[6] with the song ”Uno”,[7] but the contest was cancelled because of COVID-19.
Studio albums
- 2014: With Russia from Love
- 2015: Funeral Rave
- 2018: Antipositive, Pt. 1
- 2018: Antipositive, Pt. 2
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Little Big onstage in 2016. From left to right: Sergey "Gokk" Makarov, Sonya Tayurskaya, Anton Lissov, Olympia Ivleva, Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin
Less than a half of Little Big's 738 million yearly YouTube views were from Russia, as of March 13, 2020.
Other websites
- Official website (in Russian)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Die Antwoord vs Little Big".
- ↑ "Клип Little Big стал самым популярным в России в 2018 году - ТАСС".
- ↑ "Рейв-группа Little Big опубликовала смешной клип на композицию SKIBIDI".
- ↑ "Как получить побольше пюре и выиграть конкурс бодибилдеров: вышел клип Little Big «Faradenza»".
- ↑ "Little Big «Faradenza» — клип о советском санатории вырвался в тренды YouTube". 10 August 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Объяснился выбор группы Little Big от России на «Евровидение»".
- ↑ "Группа Little Big представила клип на песню «Uno», с которой выступит на «Евровидении»".
