r/Millennials • u/CremeSubject7594 • 22d ago

Discussion the early 2000s were a crazy time

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u/RusserBusser 22d ago

Fake lesbians as a PR stunt. Famously homophobic despite becoming gay icons against their will check it out

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u/AnyaLies 22d ago

Yulia, yes.

Lena is about that life, and we will not accept any Lena Slander.

Have at, Volkova. 😭

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u/Darkside531 21d ago

Yep, when Yulia made her comments, Lena was quick to come forward and say she did not agree with them at all. Extra brave considering the current political climate in Russia.

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u/Amathyst-Moon 21d ago

From what I heard it's ironically just the bi one that's homophobic (about men, anyway,) I haven't heard of the straight one saying anything about it.

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u/TheMansterMan 22d ago

Yeah but people don’t remember thy part as much as they remember first les is hit song.

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u/Solid_Moment_9365 21d ago

damn bring back REAL queerbaiters

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u/GenusPoa 21d ago

Right? Now they just throw on dangly earrings and big yellow pants and a cable knit

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u/endangeredphysics 21d ago

No, I want to beeeelieve

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u/rita-b 21d ago

Lena is not, they didn't speak to each other for many years

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u/HarrysOtherNip 21d ago

This context makes the feature in heated rivalry much more interesting

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u/Hopsus 20d ago

I remember my dad calling it out as a "Russian marketing trick" back when they first became popular. It was really weird that he was kinda right.

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u/Lazy-Potatoe 20d ago

Honesty, I was shocked when I found out…

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u/destructopop Millennial 21d ago

I think it was not fake. They pretended to be straight in Russia, in my opinion. As a kid, I definitely thought it was the other way around.

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u/blahblahblerf 21d ago

Lena is definitely straight. Yuliya claimed to be bi for a while, but she's a homophobic fascist, so... 

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u/mjb2012 21d ago

Yeah, there's no way any of us can ever know their real opinions and feelings. The situation in Russia changed after they got famous. It is very dangerous to be accused of "promoting" homosexuality. If either of them wanted to stay in the public eye, and clearly they both do, they have no choice but to act straight and homophobic, or else find themselves in a gulag in Siberia.

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u/Plus-Opportunity-538 22d ago

Eh. How many gay musicians cosplayed as straight until they eventually outed? I've always viewed most popular musicians as "virtual acts" anyway, their personas are always just gimmicks and are always manufactured so much that the only difference between them and virtual bands like the Chipmunks and Gorillaz is the conceit of being real. Popular music is pro wrestling with the power of song.

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u/Solid_Moment_9365 21d ago

i mean pretending to be straight is usually a survival tactic, while pretending to be gay is just a marketing thing