Verka Serduchka

Verka
Serduchka
is a stage persona of a Ukrainian singer, composer and, comedian
Andriy Danylko. Born in Poltava (Ukrainian SSR) in 1973, Danylko
started as a comedian performing in sketch shows where his
personage
of
Verka
Serduchka was
presented as a
female train
conductor in 1991. Verka became a phenomenon, reached TV as a
presenter and,
in 1997, released her first song «Просто
Вера» (Simply
Vera)
and
her mini-album «Я
рождена для любви»
(I
Was Born for Love).

With
a brilliant sense of humor, endless irony, the
visual
absurdity of her costumes, simple and optimistic themes of her songs,
no wonder that Verka Serduchka gains
sensational popularity in Ukraine and ex-USSR countries. Her next
album «Ха-ра-шо!»
(Ha-ra-sho!)(2003)
with a hit single «Всё
будет хорошо!»
(Everything
Will Be Alright!)
received a ‘Diamond’ status on sales in
Ukraine.
Another
album of 2003, «Чита-Дрита»
(Chita
Drita)
contained a bunch of hits, such as «Гулянка»
(Party)
and «Тук-тук-тук»
(Tuk-Tuk-Tuk).

In
2007,
Verka Serduchka disrupted Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki with
her freaky performance of ‘Dancing! Lasha Tumbai’ that
still remains one of the most iconic acts in the
history of the contest. Serduchka, who ended up being in
the 2d place, gain the
unofficial title of Eurovision Queen. The
next
year, she released her third album ‘Doremi Doredo’.

In
2020, Verka Serduchka made a comeback with her mini-album ‘Sexy’
produced in
a collaboration with Swedish producers. This time written in English,
the songs Make
It Rain Champagne and
Sexy
once again proved Serduchka’s talent with dance-pop by becoming
instant hits. 12-years
hiatus didn’t harm Serduchka’s popularity a bit as
her songs like «Гулянка» (Party), Dolce
Gabbana,
«Новогодняя»
(New
Year’s Song),
as
well as her image, had
been deeply
cemented
in mass culture.