Igor Krutoy, Polina Gagarina, Valeria, Joseph Prigozhin, Pelageya, Anna Pletneva, Julianna Karaulova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Nadia Mikhalkova and others attended the presentation of Leonid Agutin's new album "N.V.L.", organized jointly with VK

      On May 19, Leonid Agutin and VK welcomed guests at the Volkhonka mansion at the large—scale presentation of the musician's new album, N.V.L., created in collaboration with Velvet Music. The creative studio Bizarre was responsible for the conceptual component of the evening. The guests of the presentation were Polina Gagarina, Valeria, Joseph Prigozhin, Pelageya, Anna Pletneva, Julianna Karaulova, Natalia Podolskaya, Fedor and Ivan Dobronravov, Moth and Maria Melnikova, soloists of the Uma2rman group Vladimir and Sergey Kristovsky and others.

      

      

      

      

      

      "N.V.L." is the name of the album and the song of the same name in it, stands for "Hope, Faith, Love". The guests of the evening were the first to hear the compositions from the new album, as well as to see the video works created for each track. The album will be released on all music venues on May 23rd. 

      Leonid prepared a preface to each song especially for the presentation of the album. The video for the first single from the album, "Let's Go Home," was helped by the artist's fans. In his social networks, Leonid asked subscribers to share their childhood photos — with their parents, from a walk with friends, with their favorite pie. The director animated the footage with the help of AI, it turned out to be an incredibly warm video — childhood memories came to life in the video. 

      The artist's iconic video work, "Lullaby", created as part of the VK "10x10" project, was also not ignored. An independent artistic statement about peace, acceptance and inner silence, performed in a blues style.

      "There is such a thing — creative energy, it comes by itself, knocks on the door and says: "I want to go outside."…. I want to say a huge thank you to those who participated in the creation of this album. The musicians and the entire team who worked with me on the album are wonderful people who have accompanied me on my creative path for a very long time.. I'm very lucky to find like-minded people, fellow tribesmen." — Leonid Agutin commented. 

      The highlight of the presentation was Leonid Agutin's speech. The artist performed several tracks from the album "N.V.L." and his iconic hits.

      At the end of the evening, the guests were offered a treat that Leonid loved very much as a child — a sponge cake thickly soaked in condensed milk. The dessert was made according to his mother's recipe, and his actor personally handed it over to the chefs of the evening.

      Leonid Agutin once again reminded everyone that real art is when emotions, sound, taste and atmosphere combine into one whole.