Serga said that he regretted his childish attitude and now he would have done it differently.
Serga regrets his decision to perform in the Russian Federation after 2014 / Photo Instagram screenshot
The famous Ukrainian singer Kolya Serga lived and built his career in two countries for a long time. Even in 2014, when the enemy annexed Crimea and began its offensive in the East, the artist continued to promote his work in the aggressor country.
Now the musician has admitted his mistake. With tears in his eyes, he admitted that he had an infantile attitude and did not fully understand everything that was happening:
I did not accept the annexation of Crimea. I did not accept the beginning of the war. And it was a very infantile position. If I had understood what was happening, would I have acted differently? Yes, I would have done it differently. I would be on the Maidan among the best people… I immersed myself in the study of Ukrainian literature. And Mykola Khvylovy immediately caught my eye – “Arabesques”. I read it and was stunned. I sat there with tears running down my cheeks as I realized that I had just been tricked. Well that’s wow, that’s world class.
After the full-scale invasion of Russian troops, Serga radically changed his position: he completely switched to the Ukrainian language and stood up for the defense of the state as part of the Armed Forces.
“My transition was abrupt. I forbade myself to communicate in Russian. For example, I once had a song called “The Footprint of God”. Such a Balinese song. In fact, in comparison, it is very easy to love life without war, but when war appears, and you… the global picture is being completed, and you don’t see God’s footprint, as in that song, but God’s shadow,” the singer shared.
We will remind, earlier Kolya Serga revealed the secret of an easy transition to the Ukrainian language.