However, the strong influence of the producer eventually played a cruel joke with the band. Disagreements began in the team. The girls decided to break off their relationship with Shapovalov. It seemed that there was a chance for a new life for the "t.A.T.u.": the girls could finally become themselves — and sing about whatever they wanted
But "t.A.T.u." could not exist without Shapovalov, his vision and ideas – instead of daring
The result of the collaboration of these four outsiders from the world of pop music was the track "I went crazy", which glorified both "t.A.T.u." as a whole and each of the authors. The debut album was also successful, the band began to perform all over the world, and millions of people bought its records
In other words, there was a resounding success, which neither before nor after was achieved by any Russian group
And it was the "t.A.T.u." that put an end to the history of Russian pop music of the 1990s — the next decade turned out to be much more modest, sleek, conformist
topical
group
«t.A.T.u.»
became
a group
without a face
Having freed themselves from Shapovalov's dictate, Katina and Volkova vied with each other to tell that they had never been in a relationship — but they could not offer listeners anything new. The number of fans was falling, the new two albums could not repeat the success of the debut, the contract with Universal was broken