Nitschja (song)
| Nitschja | |
|---|---|
| Nitschja | |
| publication | 2003 |
| length | 3:22 min. |
| Genre (s) | Electronica , pop-rock |
| text | Elena Kiper |
| music | Elena Kiper |
| album | NAWSJEGDA! |
Nitschja (Russian Ничья; German: "Nobody") is the first single by the Russian vocal duo of the same name, Nitschja . According to Elena Kiper, the song is about saying goodbye to loved ones and trying not to let the relationship with them break and not to end. The single was released in Russia in September 2003 and gained notoriety on the Internet. It was distributed as a download. In May 2004, Pain to Choose, the English-language version of the song was released on Sony Music in Japan , but it failed to get into the charts there. It also appeared on the duo's debut album entitled NAWSJEGDA! (Russian НАВСЕГДА !; German "Forever!").
The voices of the two singers have been heavily reworked for the song so that they have an electronic sound. The fast rhythm is interrupted by slow text passages sung by Kiper.
Music video
The music video for Nitschja was filmed on the unfinished Volga Bridge in Ulyanovsk . Three months passed before a filming permit was received, as the responsible authorities first had to check whether the bridge was a militarily important strategic target. The video shoot began before the authorities received official permission, as Nitschja did not want to wait that long. The car featured in the music video had to be transported from Moscow because the local car rental companies refused to rent their cars for the dangerous video shoot - the bridge did not yet have railings. The video was filmed from cameras attached to military helicopters. This method had already been used when filming Nas ne dogonjat , a song for which Kiper had acted as the songwriter. She therefore knew about the impressive effect of the recordings that this expensive video shoot would produce.
In the music video for Nitschja Elena Kiper and Oleg Borschewski appear as they sing on the aforementioned Volga bridge. Kiper is partially sitting in the car, which is pounding in heavy rain. In the second half of the video, the half-finished bridge is visible in its entirety, while in the video itself often only the faces of the two singers are visible in close-up.