Леонид Агутин

10 brand-new songs about Hope, Faith, and Love — now available on all streaming platforms. Listen, add to your playlists, and share with your loved ones using the links above. 

Leonid Agutin: 

 

"I love doing this: I enjoy writing songs. When they come to me — I release them. Why not? N.V.L. is the title of the album and also of a song on it. It stands for ‘Nadezhda, Vera, Lyubov’ (Hope, Faith, Love). The song became the soundtrack to a film where the main characters are Nadezhda, Vera, and Lyubov. Just imagine — each of these words has multiple meanings: they are both abstract concepts and names of people at the same time. I realized you couldn’t name the record better, because every song in it is either about one or the other. And each track on this album is especially dear to me." 

 

"But the most important thing is the state I’m in: when I’ve already come up with everything — the word, the note, when the arrangement is ready, when I step up to the mic and dive into this special world, and I start to feel joy from what I’m doing in that moment. And when I get goosebumps and can barely hold back tears myself… 

 

That’s exactly what I want: I want the listeners to catch that feeling, to enter that state, to immerse themselves in this album. And if that happens — then it was all worth it."