Sayonara boy which means in songs. The meaning of Eljay's song "Minimal

From the moment it appeared in the former USSR in the early nineties, Russian hip-hop began to quickly gain popularity among young people and is not going to lose ground.

Daring and talented performers write and release high-quality, interesting music. Among them, a guy named Aljay stands out, who is now very popular among schoolchildren and students.

Official biography data

• Where and when was he born - Novosibirsk, 1994, July 9;
• Real name - Uzenyuk Alexey;
• Stage name - Allj, Aljey;
• Education - secondary, incomplete medical;
• Height and weight - 176 cm, 76+ kg;
• Performance style - Russian hip-hop (Russian rap);
• Family - single, has a girlfriend; brother Daniel.

Childhood and school years of Lehi Eldzhey

In the elementary and middle classes, Alexei was a calm "middle peasant", not upsetting his parents with bad grades and hooligan behavior. As a child, he even attended a music studio, tried to practice vocals, but (according to him) ordinary singing "did not hook." The boy's mother and father then, probably, did not suspect what kind of career to prepare the life of their son!

Aleksey decided not to graduate from high school, after the ninth grade he went to a medical school, while studying he began to earn extra money. And then he suddenly quit - rap music, it turns out, has been calling him to itself for several years. While still a teenage schoolboy, he first came to the Novosibirsk battle site and tried his hand there. "It is mine!" - he thought, and first began visiting live venues, then he tried to perform in battles on the Internet. Then he was only thirteen years old.

He really "fell ill" with hip-hop, he writes lyrics and takes part in verbal battles. Internet battles "dispersed" his popularity: fans begin to upload cuts to his compositions, he is gaining a large number of likes on social networks. Popularity is growing, but Eljay again, as he once did with his studies at the school, sharply tells himself “stop”. He later explained this act: he understood that he had to quit with battles and start writing his own tracks.

The beginning of success

Lekha-Aldzhey in 2009 makes a home studio and writes the first tracks there, putting them on the net. His style of that time is called by fans as "evil and cheeky porch lyrics". Another characteristic (in his own words) of the performance style is “thin, but dirty and dense”, and these words will then fall into the text of his hit.

For five years, Alexei, as they say, “without raising his head”, has been working and polishing his rap skills, there are already a lot of cuts from his tracks on youtube. Finally, to the delight of the fans, in 2014 a large official album called “Boskos are smoking” is released. "BOSHKI DIMATSYA LYRICS" was a real success with the underground youth audience, although it was criticized for its out-of-the-ordinary style.

Two years later, a new collection called "Catacombs" appeared, which brought Eljay even more popularity, many cover versions of songs from this album appeared.

In 2017, together with Pavel Kravtsov (stage name - Kravts), he shoots the video "Eldzhey & Kravts, Disconnect", and almost immediately the collection "Sayonara Boy" appears. The presentation of the album took place on July 7 in Moscow, in the "Lookin rooms" club. This is what enthusiastic fans wrote about the songs from this album: “Down with vanilla suffering about our childhood! We have grown up, and it is too late to save us! Another statement of one of the fans about the collection: “These are impudent, but cool songs, in which everything that is impossible is mixed, and even if you really want to, it’s also impossible, as our parents think.”

It was then that Allj changed his style of performance and appearance: he was influenced by the work of South African rave groups, specifically the Cape Town band Die Antwoord. And LJ is unstoppable: he is quickly recording six more studio albums, the latest of which is Sayonara Boy 3.

"Pink wine"

This track, as soon as it hit the net in 2017, immediately took top positions in social networks: it was listened to 200 million times on VK by the end of the year! The song was recorded in collaboration with the Russian hip-hop singer Feduk (real name Fedor Insarov). In November of the same year, the video of the same name was filmed, and in two days it gained two million views.

Crazy, simply indescribable success, and suddenly ... The clip suddenly disappeared from access to youtube! Fans are in shock, social. networks explode with bewilderment: why, what happened? The first statement about the blocking was posted on the Internet by the director of the video, Alexei Rozhkov: “Soon the video will be unblocked, these are tricks of our enemies.” The incomprehensible situation was later “resolved” by Aljay himself: it turns out that he applied for blocking, his copyrights were allegedly violated. The reason is funny - he wanted his name to be in front of Feduk. The original version looked like this - "Elzhdey & Feduk", but since the clip was released for the first time on Feduk's channel, he rearranged the names without permission. By the way, in the social networks, Allj fans did not support such a name either and strongly opposed it.

Around the video, a serious conflict erupted. The well-known at that time blogger Dzharakhov on Twitter sharply criticized Aljay's stage image and performance style, but this was, as Alexey retorted to him, only his point of view and a matter of personal taste. The leader of the Little Big group, Ilya Prusikin, stated that "this guy was generally invited only as a performer, and the song was not his." The information, by the way, was soon refuted by both Eldzhey and Feduk. The result of the conflict - the true author of the song decided to "pay off" the scandal and leave everything as it is: "I assessed the situation soberly and decided not to spoil Feduk's career, the video will soon return to youtube."

Why isn't he like everyone else?

According to the guy, "study and work are boring, this is for those who have not managed to prove themselves in anything else." The point of view, yes, controversial, but this is his own sincere opinion. If the artist is talented and creativity brings him success and satisfaction - why not?

LJ is very self-critical, he carefully works on his tracks. Listening to the "draft" versions over and over again, he removes what he does not like, adds new "zest". The quality of the songs since the album "Sayonara Boy" has improved incredibly, and the strong voice with a hoarse voice has become undeniably recognizable.

The "chip" of his stage image is milky-white lenses, which look creepy, but create an extraordinary look. He also loves to get tattoos: on his right elbow he has a tattoo in the form of a lantern, which means (according to him) the beginning of a successful period in life. On the right hand on the finger, he made a tattoo in the form of a bullet, and under the left eye - brass knuckles.

You can argue as much as you like and say that this image is scary. Some artists follow the “beaten” path and blindly copy a successful “look”, others try to create something of their own, albeit controversial, but they should be respected for this. In any case, LJ and his fans are not embarrassed by this kind of "not for sensitive natures."

Personal life, friends

The artist Allj does not yet think about his wife, and even more so about children - he has no family. Despite the scandalous appearance and extraordinary behavior, he is quite secretive in his personal life.

Aljay's career is developing at a rapid pace, and it is not surprising that fans "storm" his social accounts. networks asking if he has a girlfriend. He does not like to talk much about this topic, but on Instagram he regularly posts joint photos with his sweet darling. Little is known about his girlfriend: her name is Nastya, she is the same age as Alexei. Young people live together, but they don’t think about marriage yet.

The star (he deserved this title) of Russian rap is friends with the famous blogger Amiran Sardarov, in September 2017 he participated in his sensational program "Khach's Diary".

Eljey, unlike some representatives of modern "extreme" youth, is absolutely tolerant in terms of nationalities. Among his close friends is Ves from the Azerbaijani Russian-speaking group Caspian Cargo. Anar and Alexey have a joint photo with a sincere comment: “Music and nationality can be different, but friendship is one!”.

Allj ( aljay) is Alexey Uzenyuk, he was born in the city of Novosibirsk on July 9, 1994. Alexei studied at an ordinary Novosibirsk school. He graduated from the 9th grade and entered a medical school, but soon dropped out of school.

At about 13 years old, Aljay first comes to the rap battle site. One of his friends brought him to this battle party. After that, Alekha Eldzhey realized that he could do better. I tried to fight on the Novosibirsk battle sites and several times on the Internet sites.

LJ starts his career as a rap artist, but in 2016 he refocuses his style, and his image as a formulaic rapper fades into the background.

Aljay's creative path began in 2009. Allj records his first tracks and puts them on VKontakte. Receives the first laudatory comments from social media users. networks.

• In 2013 Allj releases his debut album with rapper MAL titled " Gundezh».
• In 2014 releases second album The heads are smoking”, then the rapper gains first fame.
• In 2015 releases an album A gun”, which has eight tracks.
  • In these years, he begins to give the first concerts in the cities.
• At the end of 2015 the album comes out Catacombs».
• In 2016 the album comes out Library».

On this, Aljay ties with the image of a rap artist and begins to make dance tracks, moving on to a club sound.

In September 2016, he recorded a joint track (fit) with Kravets and releases the song Disconnect».

At the end of 2016 says "Sayonara" to his past work (goodbye Japanese) and releases the corresponding album "SayonaraBoy", which hits the top lines in iTunes.

Allj begins to appear in public in white lenses, which make his pupils completely white and thus create an individual image for the performer. Many fans are starting to ask LJ questions "what's wrong with your eyes?". The singer releases a song with the appropriate title "What's wrong with my eyes?".

In 2017 fits with a rapper Feduk and releases the hit "Rose Wine".

Who is Aljey / Allj

Real name— Alexey Uzenyuk

Date of Birth — 09.07.1994

Hometown— Novosibirsk

Nickname- Aljay / Allj

Activity— Rapper

Height- 176 cm

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Aljay / Allj biography

So, Aljay is a young rap artist from Novosibirsk, who this year blew up the charts with his tracks that stick in your head for a long time.

Before he became famous

Alexey (this is the name of the performer) was born in 1994, in Novosibirsk, since childhood he had a craving for music, the guy attended a vocal class, was engaged in creativity. At the end of school, he enters a medical school, starts working at the same time, but the desire to become a musician takes its toll and Aljay quits routine classes and devotes himself to music, as you can see, not in vain.

Early work

The path of the rapper with Aljay began, oddly enough, with battles. In his hometown, rap battles were held, one of which happened to get to Alexei, impressed by this phenomenon, he understands that he can do better than the guys who performed there. At the age of 13-15, he even takes part both in offline battles and online, winning many victories.

In 2013, Allj released his first studio album together with the rapper Mal'om.

In terms of sound, it is similar to “access lyrics”, underground, that is, it is not at all the style in which we are used to hearing LJ now.

In 2014, Alexey's second album was released with the title " The heads are smoking". The audience of listeners accepted the album with a bang, the sound became better and the music became more interesting. And the main composition of the album, with the same name, sounded from every car, for the sake of it they even put a subwoofer to impress the weaker sex. This was the first success of the artist, but not the last.

In 2015, LJ releases the album "Cannon", and begins to travel around the country with concerts, thereby further expanding his audience of listeners.

In 2016, he released his solo album "Catacombs" in which I would like to note the rather hit track "Music" recorded together with the performers MiyaGi & Endgame, and it already feels a new sound, a departure from the old style.

Popularity

The turning point in Aljay's work can be noted in September 2016, it was then that the joint track with Kravets "Disconnect" was released, which instantly "shoots", takes first place in all charts and becomes a hit of all parties.

Further, Alexey's career rapidly went up, he releases the album "Sayonara Boy" (Sayonara Boy), which for a long time held the first positions in "iTunes" and "PlayMusic"
"Sayonara Boy" is a completely new sound, a new style.

In 2017 LJ releases another solo album "Sayonara Boy ろ". With the release of which their own style is formed, namely the appearance, tattoos, and of course the recognizable white eyes, photos on Instagram are gaining popularity.

The peak of popularity, in our opinion, is - August 2017, it was then that a joint composition with " Allj (Aldzhey) x - Rose wine ". Which without any doubt became the main hit of the summer of 2017.

What's wrong with Aljay's eyes

Allj's eyes are fine, there are no problems or diseases. And he wears white lenses like tattoos and defiant clothes, only to attract attention and form a memorable image. Due to the frequent questions about the eyes, he even has a song called "What's with my eyes."

LJ now

SAYONARA BOY X

March 27 aljay releases its new album with the title LJ - "SAYONARA BOY X". Aljay, as promised, released his new album called " Sayonara Boy X". Two compositions " Suzuki" And " Minimal” the rapper posted on social networks before the release of the record. All tracks from the album are performed in the same style, so beloved by the fans, even the themes of the songs have not changed.

But there is still a way - you need your own authenticity. Our cover hero did a great job of it. I remember the day when we were just about to start working on the issue: I was going to the editorial office by subway in the carriage, as usual, packed like a can of canned food. Everyone around was terribly serious and gloomy, and someone even said nasty things under his breath. The mood deteriorated, the desire to do something was carried away at the speed of a train. But then I was attracted by the sound - pulling out the headphones, I turned around. Students with heavy bags at the ready and notes in their hands laughed loudly, discussed the upcoming test. But this is not the main thing - from a large portable speaker in the hands of one of the guys, Aljay sang his joint “Rose Wine” with Feduk. And the people around, grumbling, suddenly began to smile and even slightly dance. And so did I - at the same time smiling at the fact that I came up with a hero for the cover.

On Eve: dress, Sportmax On Eldzhey: pullover, trousers, everything - adidas Originals; jacket, H&M

Photo by Igor Klepnev

EG: Lesha, hello! Let's start from the beginning, such a digression for those who know you from "Rose Wine" and "Ripped Jeans" at parties. When and why did you take on the pseudonym Eldzhey?

Aljay: Firework! When I was little, I “bombed” the walls with the boys, that is, I painted graffiti, and everyone had their own “tag” - this is the name that is written on the wall, their own nickname. Aljay was my nickname then and remains to this day.

EG: At what point did Sayonara Boy appear and what does that mean? So you have two aliases?

Aljay: The choice of a new name was conscious, and it is no longer just a pseudonym. I was 21 years old, and in my life there was one very important turning point, after which she was divided into before and after.

Sayonara means "goodbye" in Japanese. Then I said goodbye to people and things that interfered with development and did not allow me to push off from the bottom.

Pullover, Iceberg

Photo by Igor Klepnev

Pullover, Iceberg

Photo by Igor Klepnev

Pullover, Iceberg

Photo by Igor Klepnev

EG: Speaking of battles. Now this topic is wildly popular. There was no desire to do it again, well, at least once, to remember how it all began, so to speak?

Aljay: There was a lot of hype around battle rap, and it has become mainstream for a long time. But it's not mine. I don’t see any creative interest in this, I won’t do it for the sake of hype. So hardly.

EG: In general, do you watch Versus and its variations? Do you have a favorite battler? How do you feel about the guys who do this: Oxy, Slava CPSU and others?

Aljay: Perhaps I have already answered this question. I have other interests.

Pullover, trousers, everything - adidas Originals; sneakers, Alexander Wang x adidas Originals; socks, adidas

Photo by Igor Klepnev

EG: The peak for you happened with the release of "Rose Wine" - the song is cool, no doubt about it. But what happened to Feduk there? He recently visited Yura Dudya and told his version. I'm sure you have your own opinion on this situation.

Aljay: Nothing special happened, just the boys were in a hurry, they released the video unfinished, but I didn’t like it. I don't care about my material. I think that if you do, then squeeze the maximum quality.

I “drowned” for doing it with high quality, and the guys for the speed of releasing the video. On this we did not agree.

EG: Most of your tracks are such upbeat beats and crazy lyrics. The latest release is the song "Minimal". Cool, by the way, but suddenly sad. Is there something wrong?

Aljay: Just another episode of my life. You just have to listen to the song, everything is very clear there.

On Eva: dress, SportmaxOn Eldzhey: pullover, Topshop, lamoda.ru

Photo by Igor Klepnev

EG: By the way, how do you write your songs? What inspires you? How do words appear? Do you also write music yourself?

Aljay: It's always different and in different places: on the plane, in the hotel - it doesn't matter. Anything can inspire. I don’t write music myself, I can sketch a beat, but in general, writing music is not my thing.

EG: Name five artists that you think are really cool.

Aljay: 6lack, Black Movie, a.chal, Travis Scott, the Blaze, ZHU. This is the first thing that came to mind.

EG: Who, or not, would you really like to work with?

Aljay: There are plans, but I won't reveal them yet. In general, I am already working with the Black Cinema group. They are cool.

On Eldzhey: pullover, Topshop, lamoda.ru

Photo by Igor Klepnev

EG: You're wildly popular right now. What are you striving for when so much has already been achieved? Describe the moment when you say: well, that's it, life is good.

Aljay: On the one hand, my life was successful when I found myself in music, on the other hand, I do not plan to stop for such reflections in the near future. I definitely have something to strive for, and not just in music.

Aldzhey (Allj) - musical artist. Real name Alexey Uzenyuk. Born on July 9, 1994 in Novosibirsk. At the beginning of his career, he took part in rap battles, but after that he focused on creating tracks. Since the beginning of the career, the style of the tracks has also changed: from underground rap to a more popular direction, which we can see in the album called "Sayonara Boy". Unfortunately, there is no Wikipedia page about Aljay's biography, so we have collected information for you from various sources, including the interview, which you can see at the end of the article.

Detailed biography

The creative career of the rap artist Allj begins at the age of 13. It was at this age that Alexey got into a rap battle, after which it all started. It seemed to him that he could do the same or even better. He decided not to give up this idea and began to take part in competitions, where he received his first victories.

Quote from the interview:

"The guys read something from the stage. The people liked it all. I didn't like what the guys performed on stage at all. I thought:" Why am I worse? "I won. And so it went and went. Started doing it."

Several times he tried himself in the direction of Internet battles, but soon realized that this was not exactly what he wanted to do. LJ did not want to move into the direction of rap battles. That experience was only the start of his career.

The beginning of a musical career. The first album "Gundezh".

LJ's musical career began in 2009. Then Alexei bought the necessary equipment and began to record his first tracks, which he posted on the Internet. He was immediately noticed, as is often the case with talented performers. She and Aljay himself says that it was not very difficult to gain popularity:

Quote from the interview:

"Well, I had to work, of course. I had to splice my iron. The equipment on which to record myself. Learn to mix it all. Because no one wanted to help me do all this just like that ... I began to release tracks, put them on the net. It all happened somehow quickly. Literally, track 3 was posted and the statistics flew up. I thought: “Oh, cool” ... People began to pour on my page, write something to me, contact me ... "

Thus, the first fans began to appear at the young artist, who searched for him on VKontakte, added them as friends and wrote their positive reviews about his work. The first listeners of the rapper called his style "evil lyrics".

At the same time, Alexei is studying at the Novosibirsk Medical School. There was not enough time for music, so he decides to quit his studies and work in order to fully devote himself to his creative self-expression. [this information is not confirmed].

Quote from the interview:

"School, university, work - this, of course, is all a cool thing. I tried everything both work and university. By the way, it ended with me this year ... Whoever cannot find himself, definitely needs to do work, university. I also I found myself with a f*ck. I had something to occupy my head with, something to strive for. And still I see the path to which I need to go."

In 2013, Aljay and rapper Mal recorded a joint album called "Gundezh", which contains 11 songs.

Album "Gundezh"

2014: album "Boshki smoke" and new singles

In 2014, a new album is released - "Boskos smoke". The album includes joint tracks with artists such as Chet, Tetris, Montblunt and Dom1no. The album turned out to be quite successful, and the track ‘Boshki are smoking’ received a lot of positive feedback from the listeners.

Album "Boskos are smoking"

In the same year, we can see many singles from Allj, which only contributed to the growth of the popularity of the new rap artist.

2015: album "Cannon"

After the release of the next album, Lesha begins to make concerts, because he has already gathered a fairly large audience of listeners.

Album "Cannon"

2016: new track with MiyaGi and Endgame, albums "Catacombs", "Sayonara Boy", "Library"

On February 3, 2016, the new album "Catacombs" is released. It consists of 8 tracks, 2 of which are collaborations. In the track "Moths" we can hear Montblunt. But the track ‘Music’ became more popular, which was recorded with the duo MiyaGi & Endgame. (Biography of MiyaGi / Biography of Endgame).

Album "Catacombs"

Six months later, in September, Alexey presented his listeners with a joint work with Kravets, which was called "Disconnect". And in October, the album "Sayonara Boy" was released, which doubled LJ's popularity! But this is nothing compared to the current (2017) popularity of the artist.

The album "Sayonara Boy" was for a long time in the top "iTunes" among the works of this genre. It is worth saying that this work has become a kind of transition from one style to another. And, as we will see later, Aljay made the right choice.

Album "Sayonara Boy"

Quote from the interview:

"Sayonara is from the Japanese "goodbye". On this release, I say goodbye to many moments of some kind, periods of life that ... well, not that I liked it - I didn't like it, they just were, and now they are gone. The second meaning, I guess it's all that Sayonara Boy is 'goodbye boy.' No boundaries, nothing like that."

The next work of the artist Eldzhey exit October 28, 2016. The album "Library" consists of the usual number of tracks: 8, among which one was recorded together with 4atty aka Tilla. The performer himself says that this album is a compilation of previously recorded tracks (approximately 2012-2015).

Album "Library"

Since 2016 has been a year of change for rap artist Allj, his fans have reacted differently. The changes affected not only the music, where the tracks acquired a more modern sound, but also the appearance of the artist. Some reacted positively to this, some did not like it very much.

2017 new style

In 2017, LJ released another album called "Sayonara Boy ろ", which, like previous albums, consists of 8 tracks. The new style of the artist has radically changed his popularity. Here is an image showing the release dates of the albums and, accordingly, the popularity of the artist. As you can see, now (09.2017) information about Allj on the Internet is searched many times more than it was in 2016.

Album "Sayonara Boyろ"

Together with the release of the album, Aljay and Kravets presented their fans with the clip "Disconnect".

On August 4, an indisputable hit from LJ and rapper Feduk is released - the track “Rose Wine”. At the time of this writing, this track was at the top of many charts, including the most popular songs tab according to social media. VKontakte networks.

In September, rapper Eledzhey starred in one of the videos of the popular blogger Amiran Sardarov in the Khach's Diary project. From this interview, we can say that Alexei is fine financially. One of his concerts can cost about 1 million.

As you can see from the interview, Aleksey Uzenyuk (aka Eldzhey) is rather modest, laconic, so there is not much information about him. Do you know anything else or do you think this article contains false information? - Write it in the comments.

FAQ.

What's wrong with LJ's eyes and why does he have white eyes?

The effect of white eyes appears when using special lenses. Alexei does not take them off at a concert and even sometimes walks down the street in this way.

Where can I see a photo of Eldzhey?

There are not so many photos on the Internet (at least at the time of this writing). All available materials you can see on the photo page of Eldzhey

Does Lyokha have a brother or sister?

Yes. On the official VK page, Aljay says that he has a younger brother, Danil. He maintains a video blog on YouTube, where you can sometimes see LJ.

Aljay. Interview.