Listen to the new album from Russia’s witty, provocative pop star Monetochka

Russian artist Monetochka has just dropped her new album Arts and Crafts.

The album is the latest release from pop star Liza Girdimova, a Yekaterinburg-born singer who rose to fame in 2016 after uploading home-recorded videos to YouTube and Russian social media site VKontakte. Her sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek lyrics brought the teenager internet stardom, and her fanbase has been growing ever since.

Arts and Crafts is Monetochka’s third album, after the 2018 release Colouring-In for Adults, and her first album, I am Liza.

Her latest tracks replace the dreamy, electronic sounds of her previous drop with guitar and drum beats, but keeps the same high-pitched vocals and sharp lyrics that characterise her songs, with witty pop observations on everything from drinks to politics.