From Bootlegging Hollywood to Streaming Battle Rap

Popkova, Anna

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“…There is an increasing body of academic literature on post-Soviet popular music and industry, offering insight into topics like the continued influence of Soviet artists and genres (Günther 2021), gender and homosexuality in lyrics and performance (Amico 2014, Brock and Miazhevich 2022, the role of social media (Dunas and Vartanov 2020, Johansson et al 2018, Popkova 2019, the emergence of a Russian and post-Soviet rap scene (Denisova and Herasimenka 2019, Ewell 2017, Poliakov, Omelchenko and Garifzyanova 2020, and popular music as a means for political protest (Semenenko 2021, Steinholt andWickström 2016). Acknowledging that the Russian and post-Soviet popular music and its industries has gone through a series of changes in later years, I am here primarily concerned with the period within the scope of my fieldwork and PhD project, where data material stretches into the early 2010s.…”

Section: Contextualizing Russia's Music Industrymentioning

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Singing Wives and Oligarch Patrons

Tolstad

2023

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Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork on Swedo-Russian musical collaborations, this article explores the link between popular music and the conspicuous consumption of Russia’s wealthy elite. Presenting two specific cases, one following a Russian millionaire’s wife’s efforts to become a pop star and the other exploring a wealthy Russian’s pursuit of patronage for emerging pop artists, the article describes how popular music became a means for Russia’s rich elite not only to show off their wealth and luxurious lifestyles but also to exchange monetary means for other forms of (cultural) capital, such as fame, coolness, and associations with a Western lifestyle. Furthermore, the article situates this elite dynamic in relation to specific Russian historical trajectories, and the ways in which the influence of the economic elite within the Russian music industry creates an unlevelled playing field for professionals trying to make a living from making popular music.

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Section: Contextualizing Russia's Music Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Singing Wives and Oligarch Patrons

Tolstad

2023

JEA

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From Bootlegging Hollywood to Streaming Battle Rap

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