Ukrainian singer Maruv (Hanna Korsun), who won the national selection for the Eurovision 2019 contest, said that the main disagreement in a contract with UA:PBC was not a clause to cancel concerts in Russia, but there were other “enslaving” points.
“Today our meeting with UA:PBC lasted about seven hours, but it did not result in agreement between the two parties. A few hours prior to the draw, I was asked to participate in the national selection for Eurovision 2019. I agreed and won, and was very proud to represent my native country, Ukraine, at the international song contest,” she wrote on Facebook on Feb. 25 evening.
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The singer said that the clause making her cancel a tour in Russia was not important to her.
“The main disagreement concerned other clauses of the contact, which, if I signed, would become enslaving,” Maruv said.
“I am a citizen of Ukraine, I pay taxes and sincerely love Ukraine. But I am not ready to perform with slogans, turning my participation in the contest into promotions of our politicians. I am a musician, not a bat in the political arena,” she added.
The singer thanked those who believed in her and voted for her. “And I ask you to accept this fact and not to get into confrontation. This is today’s reality. I want to give my creativity without censorship,” Maruv wrote.
