1) The Russian dan… Read Full Bio ↴There are two artists going by the name of Shura.
1) The Russian dance/pop singer Alexander Medvedev, born on May 20 1975 in Novosibirsk (correct tag Шура). He is a self-made artist who never studied music professionally acquiring his experience at the local restaurant in Novosibirsk where he had been singing since the age of 13.
After completing the designer studies in the city of Riga, Latvia, he moved to Moscow to pursue music career under the pretence of being a foreign pop star. His personal life was wrapped in mystery despite his rapid shot to stardom and much talk caused by it nationwide. And the talk was not always a pleasant one. Giving him credit for his extraordinary gifts and merits in music people noted unanimously that he was very hard to deal with.
The rumor has it that Shura enraged the whole crew at the shooting of his first video Cold Moon. He was angry with just about everything; the plot, the cast, the crew, the director, even the weather. And he was expressing his indignation very fervently, stomping, shouting. He found two cross-dressers at the site of the filming (actually, Candyman gay club in St. Petersburg), brought them to cast and demanded 200 dollars' fee for each of the two.
1997-1998 was the most fruitful period for him as he released his major hits Cold Moon \Holodnaya luna\, Summer Rains Ended \Otshumeli letnye dozhdy\ which were in heavy rotation and topped many charts and radio airplay counts. 2001 earned him another success with Do Good Things \Tvori dobro\ single. He was extensively touring Russia and it was the time when he started to develop his now trademark bizarre feminine outfits and iridescent stage persona. Another notable feature of the performer's image was his toothlessness of which he constantly boasted, singing with conspicuous lisp (at least on his first three albums as he had had his teeth fixed later on). Since 2001 his fame began to fade and for the past 6 years he has moved out of the limelight.
He continues to tour Russia and post-Soviet countries today, performing chiefly his old material and playing small venues like night-clubs or private parties for business tycoons. In 2010 he put out a new single Balloons (Vozdushnye shary\ to almost zero publicity.
Shura is reportedly gay though in May 2010 he revealed the prospect of marrying Liza, his long-time friend.
2) Alexandra Lilah Denton (also known as Aleksandra Lilah Yakunina-Denton, born 17 June 1991 in Hammersmith, England), known professionally as Shura, is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. She is best known for her work in the genres of electropop and synth-pop. Shura released her debut single Touch in February 2014. She started to record with Hiatus in 2011 with their project Hiatus & Shura. Her debut album Nothing's Real was released on 8 July 2016 via Polydor Records.
Shura grew up in Manchester. Her mother is a Russian actress and her father is an English documentary filmmaker. Her parents divorced when she was three. Shura has two brothers, including a twin, Nicholas, who has starred in four of her music videos: "Touch", "White Light", "2Shy" and "What's It Gonna Be?". She began playing the guitar when she was 13 years old and started recording music at 16. Shura had been a promising footballer in her youth and played for Manchester City from under 11 to under 16 level. While reading English Literature at University College London, she formed a band with guitarist Patrick Duncombe and collaborated with producer Hiatus (Cyrus Shahrad). Shura took a gap year after her university studies and developed her songwriting skills while working in the Amazon rainforest.
Shura is an out lesbian. In summer 2014 she experienced a severe panic attack, which she described as "feel[ing] like I [was] dying." Her stage name comes from a Russian short form of her first name. Shura is also fluent in Russian.
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Shura Lyrics
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It's our religion
No preacher to teach us to love
Two bodies
One vision
No one's watching over us
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
It could be LA
It could be Heaven
If you're an Angel, can I be your God?
You in all your glory
It's not confession
Baby don't apologize
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
You can lay your hands on me
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop
please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop
please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
You can lay your hands on me
The song "Religion" by Shura explores the idea that falling in love with someone can feel like a religious experience - it's something that takes over you and becomes part of your belief system. The lyrics "It's human, it's our religion" suggest that falling in love is a natural human experience and that it can be just as significant and sacred as following a traditional religious path.
The lines "Two bodies, one vision, no one's watching over us" convey the idea that two people can come together to create a shared vision and experience that is unique to them. The lyrics also suggest that there is no external force or higher power that is dictating their relationship - they are in control and making their own choices.
The chorus of the song repeats the lines "Oh girl, don't stop, please, you can lay your hands on me" which could be interpreted as an invitation to physical intimacy but could also suggest a deeper desire to be vulnerable and connected with another person. Overall, the song paints a picture of two people who have a deep connection and are exploring this connection without judgement or external influences.
Line by Line Meaning
It's human
Our natural desires and attractions are human
It's our religion
Our desires and attractions are what we worship
No preacher to teach us to love
We don't need religion or society to teach us how to love
Two bodies
We are two people, individuals with desires
One vision
Our shared vision is to fulfill our desires together in love
No one's watching over us
Our love is not dictated by society, traditional values or religion, but is purely ours, with no one else's eyes upon us
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Our conversations stem from a deep connection and attraction between us. We enjoy sharing our deepest desires and talking through them together.
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
Kissing is just a surface-level description for the deep, passionate desire to share our bodies with each other
I wanna consecrate your body
Our love is not solely physical but spiritual too
Turn the water to wine
Our love is not just love but a celebration of life and physical existence itself
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Our attraction is mutual, and we're both waiting to get lost in each other's passion.
If you're an Angel, can I be your God?
In this moment, it is as if we have created our own heaven, and I am so in awe of you that I'm giving myself to you like an angel worships a god.
You in all your glory
With you, I am able to be honest about who I am regardless of what society says I should or should not be
It's not confession
I don't need confession, approval or permission to be myself around you
Baby don't apologize
You don't need to be anything other than yourself around me either. We're equals in this love.
Oh girl, don't stop, please
Our love continues to inspire and drive us both forward in desire
You can lay your hands on me
Our passion is mutual, we both seek each other's intimate touch
You can lay your hands on me
We are perfectly in sync physically, and we seek to make the most of our time together
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Alexandra Denton, Joel Pott, Luke Saunders
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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It's human
It's our religion
No preacher to teach us to love
Two bodies
One vision
No one's watching over us
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
It could be LA
It could be Heaven
If you're an Angel, can I be your God?
You in all your glory
It's not confession
Baby don't apologize
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop, please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
You can lay your hands on me
We've been talking on the telephone for hours at night
Whilst I've been thinking about kissing you
I wanna consecrate your body
Turn the water to wine
I know you're thinking about kissing too
Oh girl, don't stop
please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl, don't stop
please
You can lay your hands on me
Oh girl
You can lay your hands on me
You can lay your hands on me
roserocksrapidly
I want Shura to stand ominously in the background of my life occasionally nodding in lesbian approval too, damn
Ashima
Omg ur Utena profile?! Haha nice taste
KLARC71
Me three! It's Sunday so I am appropriately ashamed! Great video!
herbert hidgens
I can't even describe how happy I felt when it cut from the scene of them kissing to a scene of them getting happily married. I totally expected that this is gonna be one of the "girls fall in love even though it's against their religion and then someone founds out and they get punished" stories and not that there's anything wrong with those, it's important to tell them, but the fact that Nothing (other than their feelings) is standing against these women's love just brought me so much joy. Also all of the ladies in this are absolutely stunning.
duvet000
is anyone not gonna acknowledge the brilliant " i wanna consecrate your body, turn the water to wine" that is some fine lyricism maam
Stefan Manojlovic
"It’s human, it’s our Religion. No preacher to teach us to love.
Two bodies, one vision. No one’s watching over us."
Masterpiece!
Ishmael sassoon
i see you liked the most disrespectful mocking line .
CN Tom
@Ishmael sassoon that didn't even pertain to any specific body of faith, how is it disrespectful?
Ishmael sassoon
@CN Tom did i say it did , the whole issue is that it mocked most religions in general with that one line that doesnt mean the effects of the one line dillutes in fact it probably makes it even worse since youre mocking most religions., plus if i had to take a guess if there was a specific religion i think we could all tell from the video .
CN Tom
@Ishmael sassoon bro you're reaching. Asides from not being specific to any religion, that line was not disrespectful at all.
It simply means if you are queer there's no rules to follow set by religion. Which is objectively true. Just because there's a mention of preachers doesn't mean it's mocking. If you get offended by that then you're insecure.