Chapter 4
Alternative Sound @altsound
Falling Through the Ice posts teaser of new collaboration song “History Maker”
Pop News @popnewssource
Viktor Nikiforov announces surprise engagement to THIS musician - they have been dating for “almost three years”!
Pop News @popnewssource
Viktor Nikiforov’s fiancé is about to release a new album with his band, is the announcement of their engagement a self-promotion ploy?
Yuri Plisetsky @yuricat
@popnewssource is your capitalization on the engagement of a happy couple a self-promotion ploy? yup it is
Yuri Plisetsky @yuricat
and yeah! even though yuuri is a very private person i am not about above exploiting the media the same way they exploit us in order to get more people to listen to us
Yuri Plisetsky @yuricat
even if you are only vaguely familiar with our band that shouldn’t surprise you about me
Alternative Sound @altsound
Official video for “History Maker”, Falling Through the Ice collab with Viktor Nikiforov, is now available
Alternative Sound @altsound
FTI’s new album Advent Appasionato will be available for purchase tomorrow
fallingthroughthenikiforov
oh shit so many things to talk about. first of all viktor and yuuri are actually dating and engaged which is so damn romantic since yuuri started off by posting a cover of “stay close to me”. also, history maker is so good??
moving on, yuri literally destroyed pop news. i can feel that burn from here. can i also point out that the literal meaning of the new album is “passionate arrival”. something to think about.
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Pitchspork @pitchspork
Viktor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki talk the thematic significance behind the “History Maker” video and more! http://pitchspork.com/features/v…
Sitting down with Viktor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki of Falling Through the Ice
By Shondra Michaels
PS: To start us off, Viktor, it has been several years since you last released music.
VN: That’s right. As you know, I took some time off from my own singing career to write and produce for other artists. I was getting burnt out after over ten years in the business.
YK: He was looking for someone to produce, and then my cover went viral, and Viktor wanted to meet me.
VN: The connection was instant. We have been seeing each other ever since.
YK: But I ended up joining Falling Through the Ice, so Viktor never worked with me until “History Maker”.
PS: Who proposed?
VN: Well, actually –
YK: We both did, we both kind of just knew it was the right time, and already had rings picked out.
PS: Do you have a wedding date picked out yet?
VN: Not yet.
PS: About the timing of the announcement of the engagement and the new album coming out from your band, Yuuri…
VN: Yuuri prefers to keep the details of our relationship private, but [Yuri] Plisetsky knew it would help the album, and I agreed!
YK: I am immensely proud of both my relationship with Viktor, and the new album, so in the long run, it doesn’t really matter.
PS: The accompanying video for “History Maker” is very visually striking, can you guys tell me a little bit about it?
[Note: For those haven’t yet watched, the video is filmed in black and white. Viktor and Yuuri dance energetically and gracefully in the foreground. In the background, Otabek, Yuri, and Mila dance with three gender-ambiguous, nearly identical individuals, but periodically switch partners.]
YK: Well, Yuri, Mila, and Otabek had a lot of input as well.
VN: We wanted to combine several forms of art like music, dance, and film. But, generally, I think it is about gaining confidence and meaning in life through your relationships with other.
YK: People often say “You can’t have a happy relationship until you’re happy with yourself,” but I don’t think that’s true. You can’t depend on the person you’re in a relationship with for your happiness, but if they help you gain confidence in who you are from them, then what’s wrong with that?
PS: Yuuri, can you give us a preview about the musical direction of Advent Appasionato?
YK: As I’ve mentioned before, it has sounds ranging from rock to pop to folk music, and draws influence not just from Russian but Japanese and Kazakh music as well.
PS: Thanks for stopping by, both of you, and I can’t wait to hear it!