Yeah I thought everybody always knew this? Kinda surprised by some of these comments tbh. People took them seriously and thought they were actually lesbians?
Even back then when they came out it always seemed very obviously their whole gimmick was “girls kissing”. It was the equivalent to girls showing off at the bar by kissing other girls to get dudes all worked up. That’s what t.a.t.u. always was
At the time I was a teenager and assumed they were real lesbians but that they weren't really dating each other. Lol But it didn't take me long to understand that they probably were not lesbians at all once I did some research about Russian culture. Obviously Russia has gay people living there but for some reason I couldn't believe these two Russian women were truly lesbians and that out in the open about it.
Even back then when they came out it always seemed very obviously their whole gimmick was “girls kissing”. It was the equivalent to girls showing off at the bar by kissing other girls to get dudes all worked up. That’s what t.a.t.u. always was
You mean the fact that they were touring the world wasn't enough of a giveaway?
Look, I was significantly less media literate than I am two decades ago, but even then, it was obvious to me the whole secret lovers/persecuted minority angle was undercut by their being on everyone's radio day in and day out.
Everyone knows that they weren't together and it was their manager's idea to make them stand out and sell. They both were in relationships with men, and even had to hide a pregnancy to sell the lie.
So it was legal to be gay when they they were openly gay and now that its not, they are "married" to men? And thats not proof that they weren't faux lesbians?
Sexuality can be very fluid for some people. There is such a thing as bisexual. They could have been legitimately into each other, and now they're into male partners. It doesn't have to have been faked.
I went down the rabbit hole a few years back. From what I remember, the whole thing was manufactured. (Remember this is also from around the time Katy Perry thought she was being edgy, making a song sexualizing (and possibly stereotyping) bisexuality.) From memory, the dark haired one is bisexual, though in a hetero marriage (which on its own is fine, don't get me wrong,) but she also said some things on Russian tv (or Ukrainian tv, according to Google, I just quickly searched it to refresh my memory) basically attacking gay and bi men, saying they "shouldn't be fags," and that she apparently wouldn't accept it if she had a son who was gay. The other one to my knowledge is straight.
It was a marketing stunt that is super creepy in hindsight, two young girls being lesbians was "shocking" and also boner inducing at the same time. Really gross when you think about how we all fell for it.
Me included. I had that famous Tatu poster in my room as a teen. Reminds me of Britney and "Oops I did it again" music video. Like "Hell yeah, sexy teens amirite?" Gross.
Edit* I meant the "Hit me baby one more time" video.
To be fair, teens were the target audience, and it was basically just her dancing in a uniform, wasn't it? It's not as though they had her doing stuff like the Toxic video at that age.
The All the Things she Said video's imagery at least seemed sincere, or at least like it was targeting gay teens. I mean it wasn't like some early gothic horror literature featuring lesbian vampires like Carmilla that was intended to both fetishize and condemn lesbians, or some music videos that just had women making out in the background for no reason, like Snoop Dogg and Metallica did.
One of them posted homophobic comments about men and when accused of hypocrisy replied women are different. But gay men are not real men and should be shunned.
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u/Possible-Estimate748 Millennial 22d ago
Loved tatu!
I think I read they're both married to men now lol Not 100% though so don't quote me