Let's pause, actually, to discuss the video. There are these two girls, right? They're in schoolgirl uniforms, OK? One has long, lush, red hair, the other has dark hair in a spikey, boyish cut. And they've got the hots for ? each other. At first this is only hinted at, but the tease is a short one. Within a minute or so Lena and Julia are making out in the rain. Meanwhile, various sad and judgmental oldsters look on (apparently from somewhere within a Fellini movie), through a fence topped with razor wire. The music is a creditable slice of totally ephemeral mega-dance pop.

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More recently, reports began to surface that the girls are not actually lesbians at all. Shapovalov was quoted by the British press referring to t.A.T.u. as an "underage sex project" and saying that he got the idea for the band after looking at porn sites.

É bastante óbvio que o namoro das duas é falso, mas quem liga? Música pop é isso: um produto muito bem construído, adequado às necessidades de consumo do público-alvo. A música é uma merda, mas eu digo e repito: t.A.T.u. é a banda.