Cream Soda

Cream Soda is a Russian electronic music group formed in 2012 by Ilya Gadaev and Dmitry Svirgunov, known as Dmitry Nova. The project began after Gadaev and Svirgunov met online and collaborated on several drum and bass and dubstep productions before transitioning to melodic electropop. Joined by frontwoman Anna Romanovskaya, the group released several hit singles, which include “Nikakih bol'še večerinok” (2019) and their breakthrough collaboration with the band Khleb, “Plaču na techno” (2020). The latter song peaked at number 5 on the TopHit radio and YouTube charts, won a Russian National Music Award for Dance Hit of the Year, and earned the group a nomination for Best MTV Russia Act at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards. The group went on to release the single “Melancholija” (2021). Following Romanovskaya's departure, vocalist Alisa Styazhkova joined the group in 2022. Svirgunov drowned on March 20, 2023, after falling through the ice while attempting to cross the Volga River on foot. Following his death, the group released the studio albums Internet Friends (2023) and Isterika (2026).