Art During Wartime: OTOY
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2024
- OTOY is a project of Ukrainian hip-hop artist Vyacheslav Drofa, which he presented in September 2020. In the tracks OTOY raps only in Ukrainian and English, expresses his civil and social position, as well as tells about current events in Ukraine and the world.
In this episode, OTOY talks about his first music impressions and influences, the balance between his UX designer job and music career, how the war impacted his music, and how it felt to be on the frontline.
"There is no chance I will have another life when I can do my music. I don't have a lot of time on this planet.
The war is happening.
We are doing war.
We are doing rap.” - says OTOY
Our Team:
Producer - Olya Dibrova
Video - Serhii Siviakov
Video editing - Oleksii Varenytsia
Audio recording and editing - Olya Dibrova
OTOY on social media:
/ otoysounds
/ ddrofa
/ otoysounds
Follow us on Instagram:
/ artduringwartime
🎧 Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/4bz5YRq
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3OFrPwE
🎧 Listen on Google Podcasts: bit.ly/artduringwartime
Our website: www.artduringwartime.org
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - IT industry, UX design
04:55 - First job
06:57 - Should artists suffer?
09:46 - Big shout out to mother
12:28 - First poems
14:02 - Ghostwriting
16:21 - Brian Bennett vinyl
17:57 - Backyard story
19:03 - Lviv
22:02 - Favorite American rappers
24:10 - Okolofront
26:16 - Short-term relationships
27:54 - Temna
31:28 - “Rap music is a tough music.”
33:16 - Find My Country
37:58 - Story about brother
40:42 - Frontline experience
45:02 - Ukrainian Renaissance
50:55 - Taras Shevchenko
54:52 - Changes in Ukraine
Thanks! I am waiting for a new video and definitely will share with my friends)
Otoy is the TRUTH ✊️ real rap
Thank you for this podcast. I heard OTOY for the first time last year and it was a real discovery. Good choice to start a new season.
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я в шоці яка в нього англійська! акцент відсутній, багата мова, гарний голос