Slim, or Slimus (Moscow 1981), comes from Centr. From his EP Место под луной (A Place Under the Moon, 2018), Намедни means something like: recently, lately. Slim gives his take, and the visuals are equally striking.
Chaos and Decay
The diligently crafted fan clip provides a brief lesson in Russian recent history. Chaos and decay are central themes; in barely 3 minutes, more of that passes than can be explained here. Boris Yeltsin doesn’t come off well, but he does do a funny dance.
Stealing
The song also touches on Putin, without naming him directly: “Yeltsin fell, eighteen years passed, a feudal state, we live under a tsar” – this says (loosely translated from 1:41) Ельцин отвалился, прошло восемнадцать лет, Феодальное государство, живём при царе. Also, the refrain воровал, ворую и буду воровать (I stole, steal, and will steal) doesn’t bode well.
Full lyrics here; more links below.
The official clip from Slim (or Slimus) for this song (with similar themes) was released later, in April 2019.
More Slim (or Slimus) on Facebook, Instagram, SoundCloud, Spotify, Twitter, and VK.
Most of the music here can also be found in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (from recent to old).
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