Bench: Aryna Sabalenka

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My brother Tiger 24v7. The tiger always knows its goal. The tiger goes up every day . Tiger, tiger, my brother, the tiger always takes [music] his own. Tiger bench. Friends, we have an off-site bench. Levangorosia, Myrobegorosia. Team of firsts. And today we have a guest. You would never believe it, but you should, you need to do it right now. four-time Grand Slam champion. Today be funchat [laughter] Arina Solenko right here is my brother Tiger. And we finally met and got to know each other. Hello, hello. Hello, hello. Yes, we'll try not to burden you with any really heavy questions or life discussions today, but we've decided to meet and chat as part of the training process, to give Arina some rest . Do you agree? Absolutely. Well, we had, like, we were always digging around, like, childhood, how I started studying. Today we decided not to do this. Bravo. How? Yes. Yes. Well, it seems to me that there is already a lot of information, as you don’t give interviews very often. I searched and searched and searched a lot. I remove the special ones, the special first rotations. [laughter] Fine. I suggest we start this mess with a song. [laughter] She really wants it. My bro [laughter] tiga. Yes, I always know. I suggest we start with this question before we move on to those prepared ones. Why this particular song? In fact, this is one of my least favorite songs. I've heard about this before. Why me? Let's make sure she's loved. First of all, she confronted me with a wave of hate that I had never encountered in my life. Does n't this remind you of anything? When And what does it remind you of? Another one. Well, just suddenly , let's say, from all your songs, yes, if we take some meaning in that, that's why I'm actually a fan of yours. Thank you. Because you have, well, kind, sincere, cool songs with cool meanings. Not something I'd want kids to hear. I grew up on this. Yes. Well, and the tiger, of course, probably, if we take the meaning, probably, yes, it’s not the most like that , yes, 960 90, all that stuff. I went into the store, [laughter] I went into the store in my underwear. I just, when I heard this song , it immediately hit me in the complexes. I think, well, there’s a tiger there, I think, okay. Well, because, yes, I have a tiger tattoo. I kind of associate myself with it that way. Well, I was born in the year of the Tiger, so I have a tiger tattoo. Well, somehow on the court, I guess, I’m such a very aggressive hunter, a tiger. That's why when I listen to this song, that's exactly the line, bro Tiger 24 on 7 Tiger, I wrote it in Amsterdam, we were writing an album then, and we were having so much fun with these [laughter] it was fun, that's why I left my own meaningful songs a little bit . No. By the way, at that time it was in Amsterdam that the road was written. Sleep and many other songs that were released on the album Gravity. And including the Tiger. I released it, but I already encountered hate, but not this serious. Seriously, I didn't know about this. This song actually shot to the top for me. Speaking of hate. You've somehow already, well, I don't apologize for this expression, become thick-skinned in this regard. Or Yes, I'm not just thick-skinned, I'm thick-skinned in life [laughter] straight and I'll over-pump. Or, in general, can you still be hurt by some ridiculous comments from people who understand tennis and life? Well no, I find it funny already. It was earlier, probably at the very beginning of the journey, it seems to me that any person who encounters Hate, for the first time, well, it’s a little hard to perceive, as it were, and then with age you no longer pay attention to it, because, well, it’s really true that you won’t please everyone , there will be those who love you, those who hate you. I just prefer, yeah, now to focus on those who, uh, love me. You don't waste any time at all, you don't scroll through the comments there. No, well, of course, we see everything, everything, sometimes we scroll through, but when it’s negative, I like it, what should I do? I go to these people. [laughter] I'm going at these people again. And sometimes I'm just in shock. I think, damn, in the quiet, yes, and they write things like this. For example, there was this one time, a woman with a child, with children, a family, such a great mom, I wanted to write in the comments, like, yeah, let me take a screenshot and throw it in the comments for you, what you write to people. Well, sometimes it shocks me, sometimes it makes me laugh. I think, damn, well, it’s not for you to judge me, roughly speaking, yes, that’s why sometimes, just to lift my spirits, I sometimes go in when I’m sometimes triggered, yes, at certain moments. I come in and it’s already funny, though sometimes it does. That's why, but more than that, yes, it does n't really bother me anymore. No, well, I still answer sometimes, well, it’s just for fun. Well, that is, when I write this, even if it comes from me in some negative way, well, you also write emotionally, that you know, well, there was nothing that you regretted. And it was. Well [laughter] that’s why I don’t really want to. We found Arina's people, even commentators. Seriously? Well, yes . And what did they do? They raised me. [laughter] Is it possible, is it possible that I can also just send you people, like, well, if [laughter] within the framework of Moscow, then, yes, no problem. Oh, yeah, you'll find something good there. No, there were just, you know, such taboo topics, like about mom and so on. The fact that, the fact that, it is already very difficult to explain to yourself that you have to miss it emotionally. Well, yes . Well, they also write to me there, so that you and everyone there die there from cancer, not cancer, not from cancer, and so on. Do you sometimes think: "Damn, where do people get so angry from?" So, yes, there are comments. But still, I have to say that I only recently joined your Instagram and it's just a constant smile from there. Well, that is to say, there is a constant flow of some kind of mass, a ton of solid positivity, from Instagram. And so I want to ask: is this uh you for real or is this a marketing ploy? What questions? [laughter] Look at him. I'm not just going to delete all your songs now. [laughter] No, I'm so inspired by our podcasts today. You know how my team gets on my nerves. You know how my team gets on my nerves. Me too, my me too. It’s like you have to lead, that’s the main disadvantage. Yes. Secondly, well, how should this content be created and so on and so forth . This is hard for me. That is, I am from such a generation, perhaps, I don’t know, or it’s my character. Listen, you have a family, children, you have a lot of worries. It's not easy for a man in general, in principle, let's not even start with family, but for a man in principle to be in all of this, it's not easy. But you have a team that can give you ideas, shoot it there, or come and film it all with you. It’s, well, like, in principle, it’s, well, I love writing music more than doing anything else, you know? Yes. Well, damn, I, well, I’m just always like that, and I enjoyed it. I'm still kind of a girl, you know, like putting all this stuff out there, like it's a thrill for me. And then at some point I just realized that I looked inadequate on the court, as if that were objective, right? Now you can insert all of this. And you didn’t like me, right, in those moments? I still can't watch myself on the court. I don’t think I’m going to change because that’s what helps me win, but I don’t like to watch because he’s an inadequate person. This is something you can go to the clinic right away, yes, [laughter] as if you see something like this. On the contrary, I like it because you are truly genuine. I won't, I won't pretend in matches. That is to say, it’s cool, yes, that moment is that I am real. But what does it look like? I, well, my mom is like, well, well, well, you hold it there, well, it’s somehow embarrassing, oh my god. This is how my mother reacts. So I realized that I need to show people who I really am in life. And that's why I show myself. This is not a PR stunt, it's me. This is really everything that you see there, this is really me, as it were, this is how I am in life. Cool. It's cool because here is the last dance near the Rockefeller tree. [laughter] I think we should repeat it there somehow. And I think that the main thing there is to film a couple of movements. Let's choose a song then for some reason. Well, besides the tiger, what else is in your fruit? I have all these, you know, motivational, you know, like ambitions, medal after medal, the start is still far away, time for first place, well, sleep, the ocean. Have you ever been to my concert? No, it needs to be fixed. Need to fix it? Yes. Somehow, I wouldn't be happy about it. What are you talking about? The most important thing is that I will be there, a fan like that, jumping ahead a little bit. Well, I mean, we need to organize a concert somewhere on a regular basis. So, I propose now. Let's. [laughter] No, wait. In order to truly demonstrate your professional activity, you need a court, a ball, a racket, an opponent, a net, a referee, and so on. But I need musicians, at least my microphone. So, here is a microphone. [laughter] Well, yes, in general, I’ll try to come up with something for you. Uh, maybe we'll make a separate video from the concert for Arina. But you brought up the topic that you m due to the fact that we cannot give you a concert because you are constantly moving somewhere. Here is your season, if my memory serves me right, it started in December last year and ended in November this year, almost 11 months. Well, December is our pre-season, sort of, if you consider pre-season the beginning. Well, yes, for us it’s from December to November, that is, September. Well, that is, you had a vacation there for about a month, plus or minus, and you travel everywhere around the world. And the question from here is: uh, what is home for you ? It's a difficult question, but here's an interesting one. Here. Listen, what is home to me? In fact , I think I have a moving house somehow. I'm just bringing my family and friends to my place. And for me then this is home, like these people. For you, people are home, right? That is, if you ask where my things are, my things are like where my, like this, wardrobe is. I have a part in Dubai and, I think, in Miami . So physically my home is sort of here, but psychologically I bring my family to a place where it makes sense to be, and I create something like this. This is to the question of why many artists, and, well, not only athletes and artists, always take with them as many friends as possible in order to find, well, their comfort zone, probably yes. Yes, yes . That's why I ride with you. [laughter] I didn't... I thought, yes, I think I'm a professional. No, this is also, in fact, right, because you give yourself so emotionally at concerts, and there, every other day, it’s constant giving, giving, giving to everyone. But you need to somehow get energy and create your own comfort. And if I rewind a little, uh, and I can compare it to my life. Until Aryna Sabalenka, the world's top player, became one, when, perhaps , it wasn't entirely possible to take friends, relatives, and so on. These permanent hotel rooms you find yourself in, empty, emotionless, sometimes identical, and so on, did you somehow cope with them? Because for me at the time it was just some kind of horror. when I opened this door again and again, and there, well, like, a bed, a table, a chair and a window and a window, yes, and you carry your suitcase back and forth and so on. You somehow, I don’t know, well, it’s impossible to get used to this. Well, it's hard, of course, yes. But, to be honest, it was precisely before I became Arina Sovalenko, I simply had such a motivation, such an idea, that I didn’t care at all, honestly. That is, I was just thinking about my goal. Yes. I went there, and I really didn’t feel any discomfort. I knew why I was there and why I was putting up with this , ah, uncomfortable stuff. And in fact, it was easier back then, before Aryna Sabalenka came along. According to the schedule, I could afford to return home and be with my family. That is, I knew, that is, I would endure this month there, then I would return home, I would be with my family on my bed, in coziness and comfort, yes. And now with this schedule, that is, I already bring my family, so that it would be convenient for everyone and so that we could see each other. That is to say, it was even easier before. And continuing with these themes of travel and so on, do you, as a girl, allow yourself to cook something during this, or do you always have a personal chef, I don’t know, or, well, at some tournaments, a chef, right? The easiest way. But there is actually no time to cook. That is, I understand this more, this is more of a question, but there was a period, yes, I cooked dinners for my team in the evenings. Cool. Well, it’s not like I was doing any kind of super cooking there. I remember once in my life I made soup. It wasn’t soup, it was [laughter] some kind of porridge with a little bit of water added, let’s say. After that I decided to call it goulash. Well, let's say so, yes. I think it’s probably not my thing, but, well, I’d like to cook something simpler, something purely dietary. No, we, at one time, remember, when we were recording the album Dawn on Santarina, due to the fact that we didn’t have a cook, we didn’t hire one. And we had people on duty every evening, that is, we had about 10 people there, yes, and we had two people on duty every evening. Go. I cooked for 17 days. What did you cook? Well, I cook well. I have pasta in soups, everything [laughter] needs a cook. I just thought about it now, it’s kind of possible, right? Me [laughs] Well, you have to come to an agreement here, you have to arrange the transfer here. Well, we'll come to an agreement, right? [laughter] We love to eat delicious food. Still homemade. Oh, by the way, you don't... Well, first of all, I'm lucky that Anya cooks for me , uh, and cooks very well, so he does n't cook for me. Well, he doesn't come to my house and cook. I wish I could go there again. I had the most important question. We are now talking about flights and travel. So, it turns out you have a trainer, and is there some kind of manager who is responsible for your everyday affairs? Yes. Yes, there is, uh, like a manager, an agent, and they are always with you the whole way. Not always, well, like the manager, he’s Andrey. Hi. [laughter] He always, yes, helps organize the whole process so that everything is clear and according to plan. I would also like to talk to him about his personal life. All these questions, [laughter] because this is also a sore subject for me. Well, when I was lucky, I have a boyfriend, he is with me, he has a job that allows him to work all over the world, and he is kind of with me. Was Andrey lucky? To Andrey? What about Andrey, we're just [laughter] Andrey was lucky with me. [laughter] Do you want to speak out, talk? By the way, this podcast was conceived for this very purpose, so that I could find him a wife. [laughter] We'll find it now. I have a lot of single girlfriends . Oh, that's it, there are Georgians. Can you cook? Ah, but we need a Georgian woman. Well, preferably. Maybe you should remove this criterion from your desires? Why is it called Georgian by its region? How so? No, no, no, it’s just that his dad once told him that he needed a Georgian woman because it didn’t work out with me. [laughter] Our father... My father married a Russian woman, my brother married a Russian woman, and I have to restore the blood. Girls, [laughter] write. And for what? Red dreamed of cooking deliciously [laughter]. He can make delicious food. Everything, everything is personal. I can organize everything: any flights, travel, hotels. I have a lot of skills. And in terms of your boyfriend constantly traveling everywhere with you, does he work remotely? Eh, well yeah, yeah yeah. Well, it’s just that Ogborinish is all over the world and, roughly speaking, he makes his own schedule, adjusts it to my schedule, organizes some meetings , knows that I’ll have a tournament there, and he can do that. And when your relationship started, did you already know that he could do this? I somehow didn't think about it. Yes. Yeah, it's cool that it happened that way. I, I didn't think about it. I never think about it , to be honest. I don't plan ahead, so sometimes there's no problem , [laughter] because I don't plan ahead, and then I suffer. But I didn't think about it. And here is a standard CIS theme. This is the [laughter] restaurant you dine in. The score is 50/50. Is the man paying or is he paying? If I was ever told 50. I don't mind paying. Yes, as if this would be the last time anyone saw me. [laughter] I already closed the account. That is, he will tell me 50/50, I will say: “My dear and that’s it.” And she left. Okay , got it. Question. Well, I don't mind. That is, we don’t have anything in common where we share anything, but he always pays. [laughter] It's like you and I are sitting in a restaurant and you say: "I'll close the bill." Well, yes, of course, you will close the account. No, that's actually a different topic. Well, like here there is a relationship between a girl and a guy, and here the guys are sitting. It seems to me that for us and for the CIS this is not a relevant topic at all. But we don't have that. I've never met guys like that. 50/50? Yes. I have never met anyone from my circle, from my acquaintances. No, well now it’s the alpha generation, the zoomer generation, and it’s a little different for them, as far as I know. It turns out that I am a millennial or whatever they call us, these dinosaurs, just like they call us millennials. Yes, yes . Here I am, these are the people who experienced the absence of the Internet. Oh my god, I every, I cry every time I see these reels, like, I really cry, I think, oh my god, they didn't appreciate it. This is about childhood, about childhood, which Yes, yes. All this, these sweets of ours, video cassettes, I don’t know, bread with butter and sugar and so on, yes. Yes, yes, I got my first phone when I was 12, probably a touchscreen one, I think. Wow. Wow. It is early. My dad gave me his cell phone when I was in eleventh grade, for graduation. Sien 35. Well wait, what about you? No, he's definitely a dinosaur. [laughter] How old am I? Yes 40. 40? And so you were before me. So you're a complete dinosaur? Actually, I'm the most important one here. Yes, it's stuffy. Yes. I'm responsible for the stuffiness. [laughter] They call me, if anything, Patikiller. Here you are. Patikiller. Ah, Patikir. Well, that is, for me it’s like this, guys, 12:00 pm. Oh, day. [laughter] Day. Well, sometimes there are days too. Looks like the party is ending. Everything must be in balance. Wonderful. A good sign for men, for a seven-year-old. Great. The wife should be happy. Or maybe his wife is a killer, [laughter] he kills party animals with his wife. It’s just that, no, I’m just, to be honest, not the most sociable person in the world, despite the fact that I have a profession and so on. No, I, I, I arrived today, yesterday I was wearing an introvert T-shirt. This is one of my favorite t-shirts because it reflects my inner state as much as possible. No, well, social life in general, in principle, social life, I think you'll understand me now, is like a constant intersection with people who recognize you, want to take a photo with you, want a piece of you and in general even, well, just, yes, exchange a few words. Sometimes small talk, it’s like, it’s so light and positive, and sometimes you feel, yes, in the energy, that it’s as if you owe something there and so on. Once in the toilet I was asked to sign my passport. I was preparing this question, I was thinking, I think it will be no no no I think it will be so rude to ask a girl whether they would try to take pictures in the toilet or not. Yes, yes. It was so awkward. I actually got angry once. I'm thinking, damn, what's wrong, you took me to the toilet, [laughter] got there , went in. And the only thing he had was a passport. She says: "Well, let's get [ __ ] here." I'm like, "On the passport." She's like, "Yes." I say: "Okay, damn, that's it , it's invalid. The passport." Well, yes, it is invalid. I also signed several times, but not in the toilet, thank God. You warn that this passport is no longer valid. Yes, I say right away that if I sign the passport, well, you need to go change it. Yeah, whatever, go ahead and draw. Here. [laughter] But this moment of transition to super popularity, you are not popular. Yeah, yeah, yeah, [laughter] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah , let's go then. Next. [laughter] Okay. No, well, in my opinion, uh, it’s like Arina Sabalenka is getting recognized more and more. Well, in Russia, because Hello everybody. No, well, this, well, with this you, well, with this, [laughter] well, with this you kind of charmed everyone. Everyone, everyone understood that, like, you’re your own, you’re your own [laughter], like. Come on, oh, come on, come out to the next concert. Oh, absolutely zero, zero questions. I'm actually surprised that you and your team haven't made some kind of merch. It was necessary to make some kind of merch like Hello everybody and like for all your fans and so on. Or the first team can make such merch. I think this is a super idea. You throw it on, throw it on. [laughter] And yet, well, this transformation from a girl who loves tennis, strives for the ATP tours and so on and so forth. And so you wanted to say, give me a tour, but nothing. Well, I don't know much about tennis. [laughter] We just have a second tennis player coming in. I'm just trying to get in. This is different. No, well, I don’t know, I was talking about childhood after all . This is the change that the introvert has turned on now [laughter] it seems. He closed everything. Did this change happen easily for you or not? It seems to me that it happened a little later, that is, not when I was 18, that is, for me it went unnoticed. And here is the song "Be with yourself". And she stayed with herself. That is, if I, probably at 18 or even earlier, God forbid , had encountered such popularity, with all these expectations, pressures, and such a wild schedule, then, of course, I could have gone a little crazy. That is, it’s not easy, well, to cope with all this and really stay with yourself so that your roof doesn’t blow your mind. And which three people have influenced you the most throughout your life? Well, in terms of sports, probably becoming a professional athlete. M, well, probably my dad was the one who initially laid it down, 100%, of course, sometimes without realizing it, that’s cool, of course, I’d like to lay the same down for my children, and for some future ones, I hope. [laughter] Probably, my first sponsor, who, when I was 14, I don’t remember until exactly how long, led me, because, of course, the opportunity that he gave me, and, at the right time, it, of course, is worth a lot. In Belarus, he immediately believed in you as an athlete. Mm, well yes, he saw me, believed in me for 14 years, and he helped me irrevocably. That is, I don’t demand any replacement, he trusted me, and he gave me the opportunity to decide which coach I would like to work with . Yes. Ah, that is, it was, of course, I was very lucky to have him in my life. Oh, well, and probably my current coach, yes, I’ve known him for a long time, we’ve come a long way together, and he was always there, always supported me, believed in me, and, probably, he developed me. There are many people who really helped me and with whom I was lucky along the way. Yes. With coaches. Here. But these are exactly the kind of big leaps that are like that. This is this lever. Can I make a small digression? We'll probably touch on this topic later in the future, but you mentioned children so casually when answering this question. Yes. With your permission, I will take my phone number and ask you a question from your big fan. Just hi, Anya. Yes, yes. We had a little scandal in our family because I didn’t take her with me here today. Well, in general, of course, [laughter] I agree. This is a mistake right away. This is a mistake right away. No, oh well , I won't send anymore. She even called me and asked if he was definitely not taking me. [laughter] Maybe it's a surprise? Maybe this is a surprise? Yes. So that I could already put the suitcase [laughter] next to me. Here. And today I say: “Well, Kolya, you didn’t go, you have the opportunity to ask Arina a question.” Here. And this is the wife. This is the wife, right? Well, she cooks deliciously. I'm ready to come to dinner. It's delicious. She can ask me a lot of questions. Okay, we have an agreement. I was glad we came to an agreement. Here. And she asks a question. I would ask her about motherhood. Do they even talk about motherhood in big-time sports? They plan it somehow or until you finish, there are no such thoughts. Of course, there are thoughts. I always wanted to be a young mother. That is, I always had this dream, but I understood that it was unrealistic. I just think it's so cool. You give birth early, you're a young mother, your child is growing and you can be on the same wavelength with him, but that's not the case with me. So for 18 years I thought: “Well, I’ll give birth at 25, I’ll achieve it, I’ll give birth at 25, I’ll come back and continue to win.” And then 32. At 25 I’m sitting there, thinking: “Well, no, it’s still too early, Fedya, too early.” And I think: “I’ll give birth to everything, I’m 27.” Yes. I think, [laughter] well no, not 28. And now I just think that, well, probably the most optimal age to give birth is 32. Yes. Because I always dreamed of a big family. That is, three or four children, but I already understand that, well, I probably won’t be able to handle them. Well, I can’t laugh so much and so quickly and one after another, or something, [laughter] just like a conveyor belt of weather. Yes, it's like a cat that shot. [laughter] That’s probably why, well, of course, we talk, as it were, and sometimes with the team we just talk about this topic. I say, "You won't leave me, [laughter] we have a name, right?" That is, now, yes, there may already be some kind of plan, well, ideally there, I don’t know how life will just turn out, yes, I don’t want to plan like that anymore, but I would like to at 32, but I’ve already done all the tests, I’ve already checked if everything is okay with me just in case, you never know. But I would probably like to give birth at 32, try, maybe come back. I don’t know how this precedent exists [laughter] in the history of tennis, when, well, well-known professional athletes. Well, probably the siren sounded in the year of her return, she came back, she played four finals there in the year of the Grand Slams. That is, she seemed to be getting closer to her pre- pregnancy results, but, let’s say, she didn’t reach her peak. There are, of course, girls who return after giving birth, but so far it seems that they haven’t really reached their peak, which they had before pregnancy. That is to say, it is very difficult. Well, it's the same in other women's sports . Well, well , for example, here from Belarus, in biathlon, ah, yes, what about Domcha, she came back and won more medals, so, like, you can’t say that the sport is easier, that is, such crazy workloads there, yes, but for some reason in sports there has never been such a thing where a person has become a Grand Slam champion. Yes. He gave birth, came back and won another slam. It's as if I didn't hear. Well, I'm so sorry, I have n't heard it yet. That's how it was. Well, I wish that this happens to you. Fingers crossed, as they say. Yes, I just wanted to ask about the history of tennis. I have such a nerdy question. When did you start playing tennis? It’s just that when we played basketball as kids, we always had some idols, favorite basketball players, whom we wanted to emulate. Did you want to imitate someone? Have you had some kind of roomal like this since childhood ? No, not at all. I can even say that I didn’t watch much tennis, like when I saw something, yes, that is, I was just so involved in the process, I was there all the time, I had school, tennis, and went home to sleep. Well, that is to say, I did n’t even have time to watch or study anything there, yes. Maybe I'm just not particularly educated, which is basically self-evident. If I saw, looked, I, of course, liked how the siren dominated there, right? That is, Uh- huh. This kind of domination, who wouldn't like it, right? Yes. Probably a siren, if you answer the question like that. It's just that when we fell in love with basketball there, we first fell in love when we saw it, yes, we saw it and then we started playing it. It wasn't like that for you. Your father came and brought you in. Yes, I was just very active and they were probably looking for activities for me so that I would n’t be so active at home, [laughter] yes, you know? So, my dad was looking for some kind of sport for me. Well, plus my dad simply didn’t want me to smoke and do all that stuff that most young people did. And just like that, they randomly chose tennis. Cool. Cool fate. What do you least like about tennis? Well, now you’ll say that it’s possible to lose, but well, no one likes to lose. Well, yes, yes. Well, here's something else. It’s clear that for me, music is, well, the work of my whole life. I somehow came to this conclusion and realized it. Here. But there are some aspects of my work that I do n’t like at all. Well, for example, touring. Well, well, for me it’s like , I love being on stage, but this whole process, until you get there, you don’t sleep, you don’t eat, and so on and so forth , it certainly doesn’t bring pleasure. Here. Do you have something similar in tennis? Well, I wanted to say that here is the schedule, of course, we have tournament after tournament and such a wild schedule that, well, somehow I’m getting older faster. That is, physically it’s hard to travel, it’s just constant, and there are tournaments there every week, and they’re somehow getting tougher and tougher . More tournaments are becoming mandatory. If you don't play a certain number of certain tournaments there, you'll be penalized with points later. That is, it begins to tighten, but the body is not made of iron. This is what I dislike most, that everything is so crumpled up, and that is why we have more injuries now. And how many on average? I just don’t know, well, on average, how many matches per year have I played for you this year? 61 matches. 61,612 matches or 63 matches per season. It kind of sounds like nothing, right? In the sense of football players, I immediately compare it with the NBA and football and so on. Basketball players are like 8284 in the NBA, I think, something like that. Football players play there plus or minus 30 matches. No, well wait, this is also a plus for the cup, this is a successful season for me, yes, that’s how it is, that’s why this is all difficult for me, but it’s very intense and not easy. Well, of course. How many concerts do you have per year? No, I had a maximum of 200 plus concerts a year. The most maximum. And after that, for me, touring is when people say, oh, why doesn’t he want to tour? Well, I just don't want to tour. Well it's hard, yes, just yes. Well, and what does this have to do with it? Well, that's why you need to show yourself in society so that people understand why you didn't come. Because there was a rail there, that's why you guys are so tired. [laughter] Let me play for you from home. I don’t know, maybe it’s age, maybe it’s some kind of inner core , but, in principle, to be honest, I’m not ready to show such a fragmented emotional state of mine to the general public. And, in principle, probably like any other man. Well, it looks strange to me. Well, sort of weakness. Well, yes, probably. No, well, this can be shown in different ways. It doesn't necessarily show there, you know, taking selfie videos and how you cry. Well, that would be weird, of course [laughter], like, dude, are you completely normal? Well, no formal reply can help in any way. As strange as it may be, why don’t you just show, for example, a day in your life, so that people can see that success is not easy. In the case of an athlete, it’s quite simple. The man woke up. Well, that is, simply in my understanding as a former athlete. A person wakes up, has breakfast, has a morning workout, returns home, there are like hours, like some kind of quiet days, hours, after that there is another second workout and a kind of free evening, but in reality you are already going to bed. And, well, in my case, why do people think that musicians have it easy? It means he comes to the studio and sits there, sort of typing on a keyboard or something all day long, and writing songs with a pencil. For them, it even seems physically difficult. I don't understand, yes, how much effort this takes. And that’s why, yes, you have to visualize it, that in order to come to a concert, you need to do certain things. For the concert to take place, you need to do certain things. It would be really cool if you write and so on, but the team would be heavy, so that they would help you film this whole chronology. Yeah, we do that, [laughter] right? And what are we doing this? Well, no longer. [laughter] Well, I saw it somewhere. I didn’t see it, and then I said: “That would be so cool, because Arina said we’ll do everything there.” Good, huh? We'll post it. We'll post it. The concert is really coming out soon. Where is my camera? The concert will be released soon. Where? Everywhere. Class. Bench. You still find time in your busy schedule to have a great rest and fun. [laughter] And for me it was generally, well, like, although not very surprising, but nevertheless surprising that you so absolutely calmly convey that you love beer, [laughter] and who doesn’t. There are such people, scoundrels, I don’t follow them. Evil people, they lie. [laughter] We discard the commercial component, all that stuff, like contracts and so on and so forth. Um, and actually I don’t want to emphasize that it’s beer, relaxation, and so on, because it’s clear that you also engage in active recreation and fly and travel, and spend time with friends and so on. And yet, it seems like being an alcoholic is n't about that, [laughter] it seems like it doesn't seem like you're one of the few, well, it's just that, I don't know, Kobe Bryant, Novak Djokovic, yes, some sports legends, Cristiano Ronaldo and so on and so forth, whom you look at and say, "No, well, he leads the healthiest lifestyle there, sleeps on new sheets every night with a nutritionist, I don't know, checks all the calories there, everything." Well, that is some kind of exaggerated attitude to his activities. In principle, they can also be understood. And when you look at, well, what you show, you get the impression that there is life in your life besides tennis, and that's great, like that's why I'm such a champion, like them. You probably don't think so, you said. No, why not? Well, let's compare sheets now. No, well First of all, kind of secretly. Uh, no, first of all, kind of ideal. It's just that we're talking more about people who, well, what's there to hide, they're coming to the end of their professional careers. Yeah. But you still have a long way to go. Do you feel inside that if you're different, well, if you're switched off like that and you don't rest, I do n't know, have a bottle of beer or something, that it will be a big minus for you? Well, I don't drink during tournaments, during preparation. So, it's really important for me to balance, because if I'm so fixated on the sport, even when I have time to rest, I just know I'll go crazy. Yeah. So, it's really important for me to balance it all. That is, when there's an opportunity to rest, rest. When there's an opportunity to drink beer, drink beer. And then there's champagne, and tequila, and gelatins. I'm telling you, I'm an alcoholic. [laughter] No, I don’t drink, guys. [laughter] No, no, well, I really don’t drink. If I do drink, it’s not that much, really. But I think it’s very important to find balance in life, because sport, yes, any field of activity, sport, music, it takes so much, well, the effort is just different. For me, it’s physical, well, and for you, too, really. Plus, there’s this mental urge to write music, that’s, well, for me that would probably be hard work. And that’s why I think it’s very important, yes, to find balance. And I’m just not afraid to show it, because I’ve already [laughter] encountered so much hate in my life for various reasons. And I’m no longer afraid if someone writes me comments like, what are you broadcasting? I’m not broadcasting, I drink every day and during training. I’m sitting here like: "More, more training now, now, wait, let me drink some Tykila and we'll go for an hour." But I'm not communicating something, I'm communicating balance. I'm kind of trying to convey to people that, damn, guys, balance yourself, know how to rest, because it's really important. It will give you such a boost of energy and strength, motivation and generally positivity to do your thing. Well, I can't do that. Well, I mean, everyone knows about it. My team, my family and so on. What, well, why does it work? Well, for me, 5 days of rest - it's like after that I can't find a place for myself. It can be active, it can be passive, we can just lie around, like, you have that feeling, right? I immediately have an internal demand that I'm releasing something and so on. Our, this is our mentality. You also have, well, some kind of, I don't know, time limit. Uh, no, it's the same for me. I'm absolutely the same . That is, even when I'm resting, I I blame. I mean, I have this, but I just have a conversation with myself that rest is part of the process. I mean, this rest is helping your work, and this is important. Well, how many days of rest do you think there should be? [laughter] It's not actually him asking this question , it's Andrey asking the question. [laughter] Andrey, my Andrey. I thought you were going to say Anya. No, he's asking Andrey. How, how many days of rest do you think there should be? [laughter] Our whole team asks this question. And phew, it depends on the situation. I mean, how clever. Yeah. She knew how to do it. Well, like, I told you that I didn't take the course. 2 weeks. 2 weeks. Well, at least. Well, in my case, you mean scattered throughout the year, right? Or in a row? Not in a row, of course. Something like that can't happen. 5 days. I just did it in 5 days. Well, 5 days is not enough. I mean, after the season, I have 2 weeks. Cool. And it seems like it’s not enough, of course, I want even more, but 2 weeks is super, because, well, 5 days, 5 days you really, well, somehow you fall asleep, wake up already, tomorrow is work. Well, that is not enough. [laughter] No, well, just listen. [ __ ], what are you [laughter] going to do so that I will be an enemy. An enemy, an enemy. Don’t worry. Everything is fine. And we’ll deal with you. [laughter] No problem. Now soon we will have at least some rest. Yes. Yes. Well, it just turned out that they work with a hypertrophied workaholic, let’s say. Well, this is our mentality, like if you sit around doing nothing, go work. And yes, probably, but sometimes you have some practice. I have developed, I’m still not that much... Well, I’m that much, but not that much. I, I, I [laughter] I came up with a new practice for myself. I go on vacation alone. Uh, I've been doing this for several years in a row. One funny thing. Don't bother anyone without my wife. Yeah. I go out there. Well, back then, I had like 7-10 days. I'm completely alone. No, there's no one. No acquaintances, no friends, no one at all. It's understandable that after 5 days you feel like you have to work. No, well, that's when I somehow get over myself and start to hear myself, right there on the fourth or fifth day, when you're completely alone, you don't have your own schedule, you don't have to get up, go to breakfast, because everyone has to get up, go to breakfast, and someone might be offended if dad doesn't go or husband doesn't go. Well, yeah, you know, that's how I reacted, but in fact, yeah, with kids it's kind of a vacation, but it's not like that, and I have a wonderful family, I love them very much. They accept me precisely in moments like these. They, well, on vacation we can They might leave me alone to sleep, and then they'd go have breakfast, then go for a swim, and so on. Well, I've found this practice for myself, and I actually always come back a slightly different person, energized, somehow more meaningful, because when you start, when you're mostly silent, for me, it's like the waiters look at you, "Are you alone?" I say, "Yeah, I'm alone, I'm just sitting here, like, having dinner and then going back." Here. And these are the only people with whom you exchange words at all. That is, it’s not like I go off into, what’s it called, silence, there’s some kind of practice, yes, no, yes, a retreat, something like that. But no, no, of course, I'm there because information comes into me through films, I don't know, it's the same podcasts or something else, but in general, well, I found something similar, is there in your life or not? Any practice that helps you become stronger or get to know yourself? Well, something like this, so that I would be the only one leaving. No, that's not necessarily true, it could be something else entirely. I found a way out of the current situation for myself, well, for me, probably, yes, that now after each successful tournament I have 3-4 days of rest, and I can do whatever I want. And this just gives me strength and energy. That is, I could have wanted to go there , and gone, well, I had another thing I wanted to go to Mykonos. [laughter] I had a good rest, returned to work, charged up and ready to work. That is, something like , well, there is nothing similar or something like that. Aryna Sabalenka's top three vacation spots worldwide . But now it's the Maldives. But the Maldives is also a moment of such circumstances, because, well, it’s really not an active vacation, it’s really when you just need to come and lie down and lie like seals and rest. Maldives, Mykonos, I really love Greece. Maybe not only Mikael, but Greece itself is probably all on my list. [laughter] Do you have any rest? [laughter] No. Well, you don't have that. Any three places. Well, when you go away for a week, where do you go? And I went to Asia both times. It was my first time living in the jungle. Uh, that was Malaysia. Yes. The second time I was in Cambodia, on an island. Uh, there's a hotel there like an island, but it's not a Maldivian story. That is, there wasn’t even a beach there. A truly wild island, on which there are houses and, well, all the amenities, there are restaurants and so on . There is a beach there. He is not there. It is rocky. You sail there by boat, no matter how it sounds, it’s a Maldivian story. That is, it’s ska, well, there are just trees on a cliff and there, actually, is a bungalow. Here. And you are such a middle of and such a very interesting state. Well, I would like to, yes. I just don't have time. You know, when you have two weeks a year there and you choose where to fly. Better to go to a trusted place, like. Well, yes, it’s proven, yes, and the choice falls on the Maldives. [laughter] Well, and in Brazil it was like that just now. Well, to the Maldives, it’s probably the first time in my life I was in the Maldives this year. Yeah. Yes. Well, if we talk about vacations in general, is it more of a vacation with friends or with a boyfriend, or some kind of combined story? United, yes. For me, a great day is dinner, yes, everyone laughed there together , ate delicious food there and went off to rest. For me, this is great. That is, I don’t go to clubs there, there’s this fish soup, no matter how I put it out. Well, sometimes, of course, you want to go dancing, but that's why I love Mykonos, because the party time there starts, I don't know, from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Of course, we can continue, we can go on vacation. I am already an older person, I want to sleep, get some sleep. Do you ever run into your other competitors at these kinds of parties? Well, maybe they called each other and, well, I have a couple of girlfriends with whom I wouldn’t mind meeting up, going out there, and, well, having fun, as I can call them friends, let’s say, but, but not with all of them, yes. LF. How much friendship can there be with your competitors or Well, well, it’s hard to do, but the main thing is that at the start, as if you made it clear that here we are on the court, yes, there we are competing and everything remains there. It’s just that no matter how many documentaries I watched there , I really love documentaries about sports, I watched ones about Becker, and about Nadal, and so on. All of them touch on the topic in one way or another, and they still found a common language with their rivals. Well, not with everyone, of course, but nevertheless they became friends. And in, I don’t know, boxing or MMA, this also happens, that they seem to be supposed to beat each other now , win against each other, but after that they shake hands, and some even become friends. Well, in tennis it’s more like this, well , you still come, like, that is, I can, in principle, say that I’m fine with all the girls. The main thing is that everyone clearly understands and separates this sporting life from life outside of sport, because in any case, I have respect for everyone, for them. Yes. Who else but me knows what we all go through there. Yes, but not every girl can, let's say, live with this. Well, it’s not that there is envy - that’s not the right word. Well, yes, envy, probably of success. That is, it seems to me that girls have a feeling like envy, it is quite well developed. Therefore, not everyone can be a friend, their competitor. Yes, by the way, yes, to be happy for your friend, your competitor, for the victory, well, not everyone can. It's like two boxers, the men punched each other in the face and became friends. For men it works a little differently. On an emotional level, like. Yes, yes, yes. And they are a little envious of each other . Yes, yes. I have some of my childhood friends with whom I, well, still communicate and so on, but nevertheless, I still don’t have childhood friends, but there are people in my life who fell away for one simple reason, as if it’s not that I went somewhere far ahead, and they ended up behind, but simply, well, life divided and our mutual views on life did not change much and so on. So you have a lot of childhood friends with whom you continue to keep in touch, or perhaps two classmates. Well, that's normal, yes. Well, that is to say, it’s not a small thing: two people on one side, a person, and it’s not like I communicate with them every day, because again, due to everyone’s schedule. That is, I know that I have them, that is, I can fly there, come, and we will be together and have a great time and talk, and tell everyone everything, and have such a girly [laughter] girly day. Day, week. That is, but it’s not like I’m on the phone every day . Yes. But I am close, yes, with two people. But I think it’s normal that some people move forward, others, well, have different views. And even more so, when you move forward, you gain experience, experience, experience, and you already see everything from a different perspective. Therefore, well, people, and people are already opening up differently, which, yes, differently, yes, there are many points, I think we all understand what we are talking about. There are so many moments where people reveal themselves, and, of course, well, it turns out that everyone is eliminated, eliminated. Again, it seems to me that there is such a moment that not everyone is ready, but not to agree, but to live, as if to come to terms with the success of their friend. Yes. Well, in general, it seems to me, I don’t know, I’m not very familiar with Western culture, simply because, well, I haven’t encountered it that often. I mean, this is, after all, some kind of history of our countries in the sense that we should rejoice for the success of not even someone close to us, but simply an ordinary, rather complex person. Most often, relatives and closest relatives are the ones who rejoice. Even distant relatives sometimes aren’t happy for you and your successes. As a rule, it seems to me that here, well, I can’t, I don’t want to offend some mentality, but often people try to find what’s wrong. Yes. in you, so that because, for example, some of the hate that I get, a lot of it comes from our, well, side and they always try to find some kind of moment to latch onto. And it seems to me, the way I look at it now, that, well, they’re probably just trying to justify themselves as to why it didn’t work out for them. Most likely, yes, most likely. So, that's why people always love us. Well, not always, not everyone, of course, there are enough of our own everywhere . But we do not generalize. Well, yes, I'm not generalizing, I'm just saying that they like to find something wrong. My bro 24/7. Tiger Andryukha only up. Tiger [laughter] Andrey pretended that he liked this song too. But, unfortunately or fortunately for us, sometimes they have to listen to what we like. And we may not listen to what they like. What is this ? Well, for example, I’m ready if Andrey doesn’t like the song Tiger, but he has to listen to it sometimes because you like it. Like it, will like it. [laughter] No, well, if you, well, you yourself started this topic, like, here’s Andrey, here’s me, what do you think, the tiger is a funny song. Yes, I'm not just talking about the tiger, I can do it in general. But listening to jazz in a taxi, well, that’s not [laughter] cool. You listen to jazz. This is just so annoying. Big jazz fan. Seriously? Well, maybe later. This is actually a big [laughter] thing , there is a breakthrough. No, it’s like this, yes, to understand the moment, oh my God. That's it, you think, this is what happens with age? It doesn't happen with age. No, no, it’s not about age, it’s more a matter of mood. It's not like I listen to Tiger Bro all the time. also no, it's [laughter] in general in fact, well, those who are those who are not that constantly, I just love we if if we suddenly if we now suddenly start comparing our results of the year on Sp [laughter] and yes, because I do a treatment, I put on like a chill remix and there are a lot of songs from Bieber's new album . Here. And if I were to name the top one performer that I have this year, it's Jalen, [laughter] yeah, I love myself very much. In general, this is a completely unknown, well, well -known, well, to a small public artist. Ah, well, why are you a creative, completely unknown artist with two auditions? Why with two? I'll just listen. And I listened because he was like, "Listen." [laughter] That's it, that's it, it's a joke. He is creative, you see, that's why he creates. Understood? I'm a girl and I play tennis, so I have a Bieber and Elvan playlist. [laughter] Bber, call me. [laughter] You don't know him? Well, personally, no. And we are signed. Even my sister wrote down the differences. He signed it to you as Bieber. Have you checked whether he wrote you anything or not? No, no, of course not. Well, you know, this story about Khabib, who often checks, that is, people write to him, someone famous , he discovered that Ibrahimovic wrote to him, there Cristiano Ronaldo, and so on and so forth , and he always goes in and sees if this person wrote when he was unknown. Well, that is, at the beginning of his journey or not. I do n't think Beeper could have written to me at the beginning of mine. Yes, in general, I have a very, very similar story. We have it now. [laughter] Well, it was cool to agree for you, for You will see that Bieber wrote to me at the beginning of my journey. Yeah, imagine that. Well, like Alina, I believe. I am Arina, I believe in you. This is the story. I thought it was some kind of fake. [laughter] I had a similar story just recently . There is a football player named Kislyak. He is quite young now, well, young, progressive and very noticeable, one of the leaders of the CSKA team. Here. I have a story like this too. We are sitting here editing the concert he just talked about. I had him with an orchestra and a choir. Kislyak. Yes, the last name is Kislyak. No, I'm saying, you had him with the orchestra. No, it's him. So, in short, what's the story? We're sitting here editing the concert, and I'm watching the editing. And at some point I think, you know, you’re watching a montage, and your gaze gets fixed on someone, someone you know, and you don’t understand who it is. And then I stop and look, he’s a football player in the stands, we don’t know each other, because I don’t know about some football players who came to me or athletes there, Ilyuk Kovalchuk, Nikita Nagorny, there and so on, who I had, I know them, because I personally invited someone there, and here in the regular stands there is some familiar face, I stop. This is me saying: "Mayor, look, this is sour." He says, "Yes, sour." What am I doing? I follow him myself. I go to his page and see that he is subscribed to me . I follow him and, like, go into the correspondence and see that he has been writing to me there since 2018, that he was at my concerts there and so on. Big hello. I just cleaned our chat, and there was a tiger there. [laughter] [laughter] So we started corresponding somehow. I tell him: "Listen, I made him this picture, I made a print screen, I send it to him, I say: "It's cool that you were at the concert." And they just had a game, and right after the game they arrived, both Lokomotiv and Tseskov. Well, that's cool. So, you 'll continue the picture like this. I'm such a tiger there. [laughter] Continuing this story, I get the impression that you and Novak are very great friends. Yeah. Well, by the way you interact with each other, the way you joke around and so on. Uh, so, uh, who is on your VKontakte, uh, who you can absolutely calmly write to, that this might cause surprise among us, because not everyone can write to Novy Kudjokovic. Well, I can write to Novy Kudjokovic, yes, and well, maybe some other legends. Legends with whom have you managed to meet or meeting whom causes you some kind of awe? Well For example, if you met Justin Bieber in person, I think he's the kind of person you'd text directly. No, I don't mean that, I mean someone you already know and he's in your contacts, you two had some kind of great friendship. Well, recently, I probably met Lily Collins, you know, Emilyne Paris. Girls will understand. [laughter] No, I wo n't do that. Yes, I know who Emily Paris is. No. [laughter] Well, she's cool. We just met at this Fall Show in New York. She's cool, so to speak. I think that on, well, like on Instagram, yes, we even had a little correspondence after we met. Oh, I can't really remember right now. No, it's okay. It's okay. No, no, no, no, no, well, I can, I can basically write BHU there, I guess, If you need anything. He sent you his honey. What, his honey? Uh [laughter] that just came up. No, it's not about that, it's just that I, well, I know everything about Beckham, although I follow him... Ah, well, cool. Although I don't follow him. Yeah, we recently watched a documentary about that. No, it's just that my Anya, she constantly tells me , Lebanon, you need to get chickens and a garden. [laughter] I wonder why? Well, because Beckham has chickens and a garden, and he makes honey there, actually, and so on. She admires it, and she thinks that, well, I need to ground myself, let's say . Yeah. Chickens will help. For me, it's not really scary, because I spent a lot of time in the village as a child. For me, pigs and chickens, I don't know, cows there. That's an interesting question we had. What do you have left that you carry within you that is so Belarusian? What do you directly notice, that this is a feature? I love potatoes. Yes, I really love potatoes. Top two then. [laughter] Yes, second. Second. We will not lag behind. I am ready to do anything for potatoes. [laughter] Yeah, damn, really Belarusian. I think it’s not that Belarusian, it’s in Well, you can just accidentally say: “Hey, close your drawer.” What? [laughter] No. Oh, like, shut your mouth. Yes, yes . Well, it’s a closet, as I understand it. A drawer is a closet, like a shflyat. Do you have a word for it, shuflyatka? I’m saying that this ban, what you are doing now, what is it called in Russian ? A bow. A ponytail. No, ban. No, I’m saying it in Russian. A bun. A bun is a Belarusian word. Well, when girls tie their hair in a ponytail like this, and then do this thing. What do you say in Russian? A bun. Bunch. In Russian they say bunch, but as a Belarusian I always say gulka. So, what does "bunny nose" mean? Or is it actually "bunny nose"? It's not " otgulyki" (from "out of a bun"), but "guli" (from "guli"). What do you mean? What's her name? Guli. Google me. I [laughter] Well, I'm trying for some reason. My brain asked this question. [laughter] Yeah, a cut and [laughter] all three of us were like, "I found it, I found it." Do you often get to visit Minsk or not? I was there last time, and after New York. After some time I stopped by, I really wanted to see my grandmothers. I hadn't seen them for two years. Grandmothers. Well, great. Health to both of you. Obem, sorry. Obem. Yes. My grandmother, my beloved granny. She will be 78 years old. So, she registered on Instagram and followed my account. 78 I registered when I was about 18. I posted four photos there. I said, "My grandma, Mike [laughs], you're so cool. 78 years old." Well, she's actually very active, cool. No, she doesn't look 78. And the second one is also on Instagram. 70 years old. Cool. Their motivation was to follow their granddaughter's family, I guess. Cool. Imagine how fashionable and cool my grandmothers are . Our grandmother still plays the Pandura . It's a Georgian string instrument. And where is your grandmother? She lives in Kutaisi. She's the only grandmother who's still alive. God bless her and may she live a long life. That's on my dad's side. And we saw her relatively recently, this fall. Yes. Baby, hello. Suddenly, suddenly, what's her name? And her name is Iteri. Baby is Georgian. Baby is Georgian for grandmother. Yes, in Georgian, exactly. No, yes, baby grandmother, babo - grandfather. And the funniest thing is that I've been It was funny that mom in Georgian is deda, dediko, if you're being affectionate, and dad is mama. Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] Alina made me laugh too. It's like, well, like, the woman is the head of the family. In principle, it can be explained logically, yes. And everything there, if you affectionately want to call me daddy, they say mamika. By the way, I'm talking about playlists. Here are two sopans that I won. Yeah. Well, and one that I lost. Okay, listen, in short, 3 years in a row. For some reason, I don't always have a playlist. Yeah, listen, in short, I need to try to get a visa next time and come to the next place. Bottom is n't just the US Open, there's also the French Open, Wombledon, London, Paris. Well, from the UK, yes, London will be the hardest to get to. And so here, yes, I was in Australia, in theory, I think I was, yes. Was there a concert or was I just relaxing? Oh, no, I At one time, I recorded an album on all seven continents. The album Pangea, if you remember it. But the album is from there , yes. The most important songs with Agutin, Phoenix, are from there. Phoenix of change songs, probably. Oh, of change too. That's it. And I recorded the song "At the Edge of the World" there. It was written there in Sydney. Well, it was so fleeting, for three days, that I probably didn't really get a taste of that city, that country. And for you, the most obvious thing is that you live in Miami, you live in Dubai. Now, if we talk about, I don't know, culture, architecture and so on, Italy, of course, Italy. Yeah. And some specifically southern, northern, Milan. I think all of Italy is beautiful. Well, we... I just read in Rome, so for me, Rome, well, I kind of love Rome, because I was in Naples, and for me Naples is, well, close to me in spirit, but it's very hard there. be, if you're not Neapolitan, but in Milan, where everything is a little calmer, more down-to-earth, as if easier. But I love Rome. It's very beautiful. Let's get back to the playlists. Maybe you can show us the results of the year on Spotify or wherever you listen. Damn, well, I won't be there . Where's my phone, by the way? Ta-da. No, I'm just 47 years old at the end of the year. No, I'm 21 at the end of the year. I'm 22 at the end of the year. How young. And I don't know, really, why did he die or something? Because if you see that, I'll just now name names that no one knows, you know? We can, I even have, I have a playlist saved on L Radio. Oh, Mr. Eisenberg, by the way, that's also a great song, also an old one. No, well, I can. Go ahead, start. I'll, [laughter] I'll give you a speaker, music. This, by the way, was surprising to me , why the key. Why this song? Well, I know that they played it in the locker rooms of the Russian national football team. I don’t know, basketball players listened to it and so on. Well, basketball players are understandable, because only up, yeah, sort of. But in general, I didn’t expect it to be so close to people connected with sports. Because when I wrote it, it was, well, how would you say about Mr. Hasenberg? No, only up. About what? I’ll be young. This will be young. Bygone Oh, no way . And, in my opinion, [laughter] only up it seems. Anyway, I’ll start, if you want. Where can I look? You go to Spotify, there in the upper right corner there are the results of the year. Upper. I had it in the upper right corner in the app. Look, I have it here. And you have it there. And this is on the right. Exactly, I’m on the left. And the task or Wait, wait. And how do you shut this up? [laughter] There’s no way to shut it up. You need to will scroll. I did it. I did it. Oh, that's it, I see. Okay, so what, what, what should I do? Uh, name your top five genres or artists. No, artists. Wait, where the hell is the top five? You'll scroll up there or to the side somewhere, and it'll give them to you . Here, your musical age is 22 years old. What are you? Because you liked music from the late 2010s. Well, I like the eighties. But at the same time, I have it written that your taste is trending. Got it. And yours is not trending. My Spotify is broken. [laughter] Anyway, okay, I'm saying, I have my top five artists, if you're interested. Top five artists. Lwana, and the artist. His name is number one. Top one is Jalen Ngonda. That's my top one artist for the whole year. And the song is called If You Don't Want My Love. Very beautiful song. I recommend listening to it, If anyone likes me, in second place I have LYore. Let me Go. You know? Okay, you don't know. I told you it would be weird, but you probably know this. Lil Dirk and J are calling it "All My Life." I know this one. By the way, this is one of my, uh, middle daughter Sofiko's favorite songs. Yeah. Edi 9V "Love Moves Slow" and "UF Days" and Jamila Berry "Woman St." You know when it's interesting? Not interesting. You know, when a Russian, like, types in English, he biutifals. It was pretty much the same, right? It's [laughter] it's like you're watching a movie and at the end the credits roll. The main characters and these fast ones that will be there, these are these people. [laughter] What are you running away for? Okay, and Freddie Gibbs. I have your favorite album. I have Freddie Gibbs and Almis Freda 2. It's rap. You didn't find five? I found them. I found them. I just heard this. [laughter] Just a little bit fell asleep. What do you want? I warned you. I love this kind of music. It makes me smile. But at the same time, with all that, of course, I like sad music more than I like positive music. I hardly listen to dance music. Well, maybe only Freddegain sometimes. And then when there’s company nearby, with whom you can hang out, who ask you to turn off what you’re listening to. [laughter] Oh, yeah, we do, and we, unfortunately, don’t have the right to do that. We listen. Okay, sometimes I just say: “Turn on your playlist and that’s it.” Everything is fine." There. And then you put on headphones and tell them good luck. Well, yeah, you have to be yourself, that's why. Right. I also think it's the best. Well, I feel good with myself in this regard. Not everyone reaches this point. Often, there are people around who understand this, and we laugh about it together. That is, this party killer here or there, the music that I like, but he doesn't like. It's like I'm not even offended by this anymore , because there is a lot of truth in it , and for me it's okay. And they can, or they can make fun of it, laugh and so on. [laughter] So yours are five. Yours are five. My good Justin. My good Justin Bieber. [laughter] Yeah. Then The Weekend. Yeah. Empire of the Sun. Oh, I know those. And did you know that I remade one of their songs? Which one? Well, sing it. Remember me. No, now I remember what song it is today [laughter] something like Walking of the Sun. No, no, yes, that's my favorite song too. Yes, yes. Something like that. I remade it. I have a Russian version of this song. Well, sing us the Russian version. Why don't you sing? Are you shy? Well, I'm not... I'll be on a subscription. I'm not a fan at all. I can recite something, but I have a problem that many don't know about. By the way, here you go , maybe you'll find out now. There's a great video on the Internet where I forget my own songs on Comedy Club. Pasha Volya and Garik Martirosyan just start on stage: "Lebanon, come recite some song for us." I start reading: "Mister, Mr. Heisenberg has hooked the people." That's it. And at some point I just , in short, get stuck, and I can't remember the lyrics. After that I move on to, I think, my ocean. Is that you? I'm reading, [laughter] I'm reading my own I forget the verse too. But the problem is different. I have a lot of songs. Well, when I perform, I don’t use a pipeter, that is, I don’t use a prompter or anything else. They’re all here in my head, but they’re all tied to the music. That is, you need a melody, yes, like if I, if I don’t hear the music. Okay, I just turned you on and [laughter] will be, who will say that. I’ll be young on the keys , I can handle it. I’ll do it. But I don’t have a minus. I don’t want to listen to you here. No, I can actually remember something for sure , but at some point I can… Cool. That is, you just have an association, exactly what you need is a melody, music, and you start everything. Yeah, well, it’s a melody, music, tempo. And then the right lyrics pop up from the file cabinet , and I kind of calmly, absolutely remember them. Sometimes, of course, I can at some point during a concert. I shouldn't have come. I thought I'd called my ska mom or my sister, but Elvan was singing songs to me. There are special people, they're not afraid to dream. Hey, hey, they walk into the unknown, even where it's hard to breathe. And their every step, And their every step. It's a step in the direction of the future. Let our globe recede. Life hits us harder and harder, and it won't get any easier. But it will all wake up again. The crazy world on its shoulders. Eulogies, when we go into eternity. But for now, there's only the path chosen on the map. Marked. Marked. I thought forever. There are just different versions of the lyrics on the internet , but in the original, you know, I honestly understood, I can sing your song with music too. But I'm just thinking, let's try. Today we'll sing together. Now we'll finish this top one. It's just not interesting. Well, a song is a combination of everything. And in my case, when I read and don't sing, it's just an element. And I like: "I'm Mayakovsky." And I read poetry. And this should work with musical accompaniment, nouveau , because the music has the same energy that is in the text. Well, or more different. And combining this No, well, for me, you read it, and I immediately have music in my head, because I know your song. Yeah, well, like who doesn't know, for them it will just be lyrics. Well, no, well, philosophical stuffiness. [laughter] Philosophical stuffiness. He slightly twitched my eye, while it was me. Anyway, then I go, damn, I'm going to pronounce it wrong now. Hagl. Hagl. Hagel, probably Hagiwagi [laughter] and Tedy Simms. I adore Tedy Simms. I love. I adore. Here I knew, here I knew four out of five. With you, I knew one out of five. Yeah, that's totally normal now . Well, like, in general, music playlists are like asking what you're reading. What are you doing? We'll be together now sing. [laughter] Go ahead, choose a song, I'm giving it to you. No, choose. Well, any song except "Tiger ." It's not because I don't like it, but because we've already sung it 300,000 times today. What's Facetime? Is that your song? Facetime. Yes, but it's a joint song. I mean, it's Andro's song, but I uploaded a verse there . Wait, where are all the songs anyway? There 's [laughter] "New Day." Do you like this song ? And "New Day" won't leave me alone. A very old song. Do you like this song? I love it. Yeah, I just think I've never performed it in concert. Yeah, well, maybe once. Well, damn, right now, right now, I don't remember the lyrics to this song , right? Well, I just remembered. I think we need to sum it up and sing a song at the end . There's another great song right now, by the way. What should we do? Let's have you instead of the Christmas tree, and I'm instead of Elvan. Oh, [laughter] I can. It will be me standing like this, and you singing. [laughter] No, the Christmas tree - it's in the song that the Christmas tree will go. Christmas tree, [laughter] I think it shows [laughter] she stood up like this, otherwise I'll be standing like this. Bench, guys, in view of our excellent podcast, and in fact, you're the only girl this season. That's the right one, I like the SHVR. That's it. And the extraordinary one this season 100%. And this season we had Sveta Kuznetsova and Adelina Sotnikova. Yes, Adelina Sotnikova. Figure skating. That's why, well, most often it's men sitting here and haga. And today, by the way, my brother was very worried and came here and said: "I don't understand why I'm so worried." I said: "Well, the sari will just sit." That's it. Admit it. Come on , because he knew that you you say this phrase. And I always turn him in. [laughter] Like a brother. He always knows. Yes, I'm now [laughter] How much I could swear. I would tell you everything now. Yes, you can. There is a bleep. [laughter] Well, mom still watches. She understands where the bleep goes. And, guys, we have prepared a small present for you in order to get it. It is an autograph, a T-shirt with our autographs. To get them, there will be several of them, uh, you will need to try to guess the answer to the question that I will now ask Arina. Right? It is the same mechanics, like the answer to the question that you are now like a question. Would you like? Well, you know, basketball players who are, I do n’t know, popular and so on, they are sometimes like: “Well, we are basketball players, but why do we like music? Why don't we record albums? There's Shakilanil, Alenna Aversa, many others, and so on." There. And since you love music so much, as we found out today, have you ever had the spontaneous idea to try recording a song with me singing? Well, I sang, I don't know, I rapped and I don't know, that is, I kind of infuriate people with my cries of, "Now I'm going to start writing music." Olechka Buzova is like, "Yes." [laughter] And you can just say no. You're like, "I'd like to do it like that ." But I just know it would be terrible. Okay. Will it be terrible or not? And whether we record a song together with Irina or not , you'll find out about that. But what do you think the song would be called if Irina and I suddenly recorded a song together? All ideas in the comments. Be sure to subscribe, put the most creative answers, and the creative answer will receive a T-shirt as a gift with with Arina and Livan's autographs. Yes, it needs to be done now. Now, yes, on camera, so that people can see that you signed it and not me. NC, I saw you in New York. She's surprised, she doesn't know what's about to happen . Oh, that's it, now I realized. [laughter] You were in New York at Jimmy Felt's, and you signed his face. Oh, magician. [laughter] Please, just the way I want. Well, well, however you want. I can even do it on my nose. You can. And you, more. Let's go. Your skin moves a lot. [laughter] I'll do it to her. You don't know what Botox is? [laughter] That's wrong, friends. [laughter] And what a fun bench it turned out to be. We had [laughter] Arina Sovalenko as our guest . The marker won't come off. The marker won't come off. You will now always see me like this. Thank you for watching Bench. Thank you very much for finding the time. Thank you for Yes, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for visiting us. And we wish you a neck-tub win at the US Open, and how does that work? Trick tru trick. [laughter] Trick ttric. Anyway, win, win. Sanya, all your fans and I will also be sitting in front of the screens or at the stadiums. And Bali, do you like that? [laughter] And we will not worry about your victories. Thank you. [laughter] That's it , bye everyone. Bye everyone .