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05-30-2017, 11:30 AM
Kremlin's ***y music video tells kids protesting corruption isn't cool
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Kleptocracy is lit AF.*
Political opposition? Lame, according to Russian pop singer Alisa Vox—who, according to a source who talked to Russian news site Meduza (https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/17/alisa-voks-snyala-antiprotestnyy-klip-ego-zakazal-kreml?utm_source=email&utm_medium=briefly&utm_campaign=2017-05-17), was paid $35,000 by the Kremlin for her new music video.*
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The song is called "Baby Boy," and it's all about the joys of **t protesting. Here's a sample of the lyrics, as translated by The Moscow Times (https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/say-hello-to-russias-hip-new-anti-protest-music-anthem-57997):
The rest of the song describes a student protester who holds signs with "weak hands," missing classes and getting bad grades because he's a "puppet" of opposition forces who falsely promise him "great riches." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/29/alisa-vox-music-video-russia-corruption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Kleptocracy is lit AF.*
Political opposition? Lame, according to Russian pop singer Alisa Vox—who, according to a source who talked to Russian news site Meduza (https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/17/alisa-voks-snyala-antiprotestnyy-klip-ego-zakazal-kreml?utm_source=email&utm_medium=briefly&utm_campaign=2017-05-17), was paid $35,000 by the Kremlin for her new music video.*
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The song is called "Baby Boy," and it's all about the joys of **t protesting. Here's a sample of the lyrics, as translated by The Moscow Times (https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/say-hello-to-russias-hip-new-anti-protest-music-anthem-57997):
The rest of the song describes a student protester who holds signs with "weak hands," missing classes and getting bad grades because he's a "puppet" of opposition forces who falsely promise him "great riches." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/29/alisa-vox-music-video-russia-corruption/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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