“ Shards ” is a song performed by Russian singer MakSim and written by her together with Alsu Ishmetova. The song was released as the second official single, McSim, from her fourth album, Another Reality . The song was released on September 12, 2011.
| Shards | ||||
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| Single MacSim from the album Another reality | ||||
| Released | September 12, 2011 | |||
| Format | Radio rotation, video clip , CD | |||
| Recorded by | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Duration | 3 min 47 s | |||
| Producer | MakSim | |||
| Songwriters | Marina Maksimova , Alsu Ishmetova [1] | |||
| Label | Gala records | |||
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| Timeline of the MacSim Singles | ||||
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Content
Background and Release
The composition was written by Maksim herself and her friend and long-time co-author - Alsu Ishmetova, who is the author of the song [1] . The singer announced the song long before the premiere, which took place at the beginning of September on the air of " Russian Radio ". MakSim herself described the “Shards” as “a song about freedom and about our desires” [2] . The general release on the radio took place on September 12, through the Tophit system [3] .
Music and Lyrics
Shards is an electronic pop composition. Guru Ken wrote that the song contains “a gentle, slightly disappointed voice in life, moderately hard electronic riffs and a cozy melody” [4] . The song was recorded at an average pace . On the site Ru.fm they wrote that the composition “turned out not to be tragic and dramatic, as usually happens in the artist’s work, but you cannot call it too dynamic” [5] .
“This is a song about an eccentric person who is too easy to relate to both life in general and itself. But in reality, she just seems frivolous, and alone with herself she’s completely different, ”Maxim talked about the song [2] .
Music video
According to the Billboard magazine, the video for the composition was shot in mid-August in Kiev. The shooting lasted two days, under the leadership of the Ukrainian director Sergey Tkachenko, and the plot is based on the story of how “an accidental phone call can fundamentally change the usual life”.
During the shooting, MakSim climbed to the roof of a high-rise building in the historical center of Kiev, went down the subway and took a walk along the highway. Also on YouTube was a teaser clip [6] .
September 28, 2011 the premiere of the clip [7] .
As of January 2017, the video on the singer’s official channel on YouTube has gained more than 10 million views [7] .
List of Songs
- Digital Single [8] [9]
| No. | Title | Author | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | The Shards | Marina Maksimova, Alsu Ishmetova | 3:47 |
| 2. | The Shards (Paul Vine Remix) | Marina Maksimova, Alsu Ishmetova | 3:26 |
- Radio Single [10]
| No. | Title | Author | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | The Shards | Marina Maksimova, Alsu Ishmetova | 3:47 |
| 2. | The Shards (Paul Vine Remix) | Marina Maksimova, Alsu Ishmetova | 3:21 |
Criticism Reaction
Guru Ken positively described the song, calling it a "new action movie." The journalist wrote about MakSim: “The matured Nabokovskaya Lolita, approaching her 30th birthday, but not wanting to lose her romantic outlook on life and consciously retaining a share of naivety. Nice ” [4] . Bulat Latypov in the Afisha magazine noted that the song is not much different from the singer’s previous works, but he described it positively, saying that “the one who has the old bad ones writes new songs.” The journalist also commented on Maksim’s statement that the song is “about freedom and about our desires”: “... in this case, the singer is a medium through whom the same gods speak, who once set the true Tanya Bulanov on the way. Its main purpose and merit can be expressed by paraphrasing Balmont a little: “If not for her, we would not have known for a long time the sufferings of a female loving soul, her cherished thoughts, dumb sadness; only with her for the first time were those songs that lurked in silence “” [11] .
On the site of the MirMagi project, the author of the article, reviewing the album “ Another Reality ”, compared the song “Shards” with the early work of Britney Spears [12] .
Charts and Ratings
On the Russian chart of digital tracks, the song debuted at 5th place [13] .
The song took 2nd place in the user vote for the best song of 2011, on the portal " Muz.ru " [14] .
The video clip for the song was included in the list of “20 Pop Clips of the Year” compiled by Alexey Mazhaev for Zvukov.ru [15] .
According to the results of 2011, the video took 13th place in the Top 100 best video clips of the OETV television channel, which broadcasts in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, [16] , in the same chart, according to the results of 2012, the video hit the 10th line [17] . At the OE Video Music Awards 2012, the Shards fell into the Best Song nomination [18] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 MakSim - Shards . Russian radio . Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 New single MakSim saw the light . galarec.ru (September 7, 2011). Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived October 4, 2012.
- ↑ tophit.ru: Search
- ↑ 1 2 Guru Ken . Summer apathy in Russian pop music is over . guruken.ru (September 17, 2011). Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Singer Maxim Shards on Ru.fm unopened (inaccessible link - history ) . Ru.Fm (September 13, 2011). Date of appeal September 20, 2011.
- ↑ MakSim shot a new clip for "Shards" . Billboard (September 20, 2011). Date of treatment September 20, 2011. Archived on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 YouTube video (inaccessible link)
- ↑ iTunes - Music - Shards - Single by MakSim
- ↑ iTunes - Music - Shards (Paul Vine Remix) - Single by MakSim
- ↑ General rotation parameters of all tracks of an artist on radio stations operating in the TOPHIT.RU system unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 3, 2013. Archived December 25, 2013.
- ↑ Bulat Latypov. The world of pop "Vintage", Maxim, "Silver" in the cabin, Kirkorov as a philanthropist, "Bi-2" on Red Square and more . Poster (September 22, 2011). Date of treatment September 23, 2011. Archived June 23, 2012.
- ↑ (Pop) Maxim - Another reality - 2013 - review
- ↑ 1 2 Lenta.ru: Music: A little different
- ↑ “The music chart of your preferences!”: Music news of all genres and directions, news of show business and music news on the Muz.ru portal (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 28, 2012. Archived March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Sounds.ru - VIDEO CLIP - 20 pop clips of the year
- ↑ TOP CLIPS . oetv.lv. Date of treatment September 29, 2014. Archived March 15, 2014.
- ↑ TOP100 2012 | OE Entertainment Television
- ↑ BEST SONG OF THE YEAR 2012 | OE Entertainment Television . Date of treatment January 13, 2013. Archived January 22, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Main parameters of track rotation on radio stations operating in the TOPHIT.RU system
- ↑ tophit.ru: Weekly Airplay Top Hit 100 Russia
- ↑ tophit.ru: Weekly Airplay Top Hit 100 Moscow
- ↑ tophit.ru: Weekly Airplay Top Hit 100 St. Petersburg
- ↑ tophit.ru: Weekly Airplay Top Hit 100 Ukraine
- ↑ tophit.ru: Weekly Airplay Top Hit 100 Kiev
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 http://redstarmusic.ru/#/Track_81d00754-217e-4a2c-a364-18f21a9f7710_Week.aspx
- ↑ Debris [Bonus Track] by Maksim - Song Analysis (link not available) . ITunes Music Chart Archive . Date of treatment November 1, 2014. Archived on October 8, 2013.
- ↑ Shards by Maksim - Song Analysis (link not available) . ITunes Music Chart Archive . Date of treatment November 1, 2014. Archived November 11, 2013.
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly General Airplay Top Hit 100
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Audience Choice Top Hit 100
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Airplay Top Hit 100 Russia
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Airplay Top Hit 100 Moscow
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Airplay Top Hit 100 St. Petersburg
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Airplay Top Hit 100 Ukraine
- ↑ tophit.ru: Monthly Airplay Top Hit 100 Kiev
- ↑ tophit.ru: Yearly General Airplay Top Hit 200
- ↑ tophit.ru: Yearly Russian Airplay Top Hit 200
- ↑ tophit.ru: Yearly Audience Choice Top Hit 200
- ↑ The music chart of your preferences !: music news of all genres and directions, news of show business and music news on the Muz.ru portal (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 28, 2012. Archived March 6, 2016.
- ↑ TOP 100 2012 . oetv.lv. Date of treatment May 25, 2018. Archived on June 7, 2014.
Links
- The video "Shards" on the channel "Ello" on YouTube hosting (inaccessible link)