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It was in 2021, when Maxim Galkin* lived and worked in Russia and hosted the YouTube show “Musicality”. To talk about the modern stage, the artist invited Larisa Dolina and Instagram star Valya Karnaval to visit her, she also loves to sing and play movies.
The meeting ended predictably: a scandal. A freedom-loving girl with an army of seven million subscribers (this is now measured by success and quality) openly declared in the eyes of the People’s Artist of Russia that she was not ashamed of her lack of education and that music it was invented for everyone who wants to sing. Larisa Dolina, Head of the Department of Variety and Jazz Singing at the Faculty of Musical Art of the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography, did not agree with this. The outbreak of mutual complaints almost ended with the interruption of the program.
After Carnival, he admitted that there could be no reconciliation, as Valle fans flooded Vali’s social media with hate. Larisa, in response, released a video for the song “Goosebumps”, where she ridiculed the blogger: “I dream that musicians make music, not plastic dolls”.
And yet they reconciled. On the air of the Podcast.Lab program, the singer and the Instagram star met to talk about the past and even hug.
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“I am ashamed that my fans criticized Larisa Alexandrovna so much after our last meeting,” Karnaval admitted. – Although then I received quite a lot from an adult audience.
“So we’re resigned,” Valle said. – And then there was no fight, there was only a conversation. Valya didn’t agree with what she was saying, but he had a right to. And I have the right to defend my point of view.
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A new conversation between Valya and Larisa can be seen in the “Neformat” section of the Podcast.Lab program (Channel One).
* included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the list of foreign agents
