Yulia with the braids

It wasn't until the second listen of Ukrainian girl group XS's song Yulia, that I realised what, or more precisely, who the sound is about. The line "Yulia with the braids" gave it away, and the video confirmed my suspicions. Yes! It's about our friend Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister and now opposition leader of Ukraine. In the video we see one of the girls from XS sporting Ms. Tymoshenko's trademark blonde rap-around braid, dancing in front of a red heart, the symbol of the former PM's party, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. There are also some nice looking Ukrainian men in Cossack dress, if you like that sort of thing. XS's music is much like that of their fellow countryslags VIA Gra, except that they actually sing in Ukrainian. In fact, Yulia sounds more than a bit like VIA Gra's song Stop! Stop! Stop!

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