DOROFEEVA gave a film the song she had been keeping unreleased — ‘Murakami’ became the soundtrack to ‘Pesyky’

DOROFEEVA has released the track ‘Murakami’ — the official soundtrack to the Ukrainian romantic comedy ‘Pesyky’.

The radio station Lux wrote about it.

The film was made by FILM.UA Group with support from Novyi Kanal, and stars Lesia Nikitiuk. Her character Yana goes through a trial that is less a comic obstacle than a reason to think, for the first time, about real love and responsibility.

The song rhymes with that plot: its heroine dares to be honest with herself, draws a line and leaves past relationships as memories — like a Murakami book gathering dust on a shelf. The writer is no accident in the film either: Yana loves his prose, and one of his books even appears on screen.

“This song waited for its time — or rather, for its film. It never came out on my album and I was keeping it for some occasion. When I listened back through all my unreleased tracks, I realised ‘Murakami’ was the perfect match,” the artist said.

From the film’s side the choice was deliberate too. “We were looking for the perfect song for the finale and considered working with DOROFEEVA from the very start, because her hit ‘Heartbeat’ already played in the teaser,” explained the film’s producer Anna Yelisieieva.

A video arrived on release day: director Indy Hait combined footage of the artist and her musicians with the brightest moments of the film.