In the RIA Novosti article, we tell the story of the creation of the hit “Sigma-boy” and the resonance this song caused among Russian and foreign listeners.
The teenage track "Sigma-boy" went viral on social networks back in late 2024. Thousands of TikTok users began recording videos with "Sigma-boy" — unexpectedly for the track's authors — then the song appeared on the first line of the popular Spotify service, and in December, the Italian football club "Atalanta" posted a video with the voiceover from the song on its official channel. In mid-January 2025, the track reached seventh place in the dance top on the Billboard music chart.
What is known about the authors of the song "Sigma-boy"
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The performers of the hit are 12-year-olds Svetlana Chertishcheva (Betsy) and Maria Yankovskaya. Svetlana lives in St. Petersburg, Maria in Moscow. They had recorded teenage songs before, but "Sigma-boy" was their first breakthrough not only on Russian but also foreign platforms. At first, the track did not cause much excitement among the oman mobile database Russian-speaking audience, but immediately became a favorite among foreign listeners. The official audio clip has more than 65 million views on YouTube.
The author of the song "Sigma-boy" is Svetlana's father Mikhail Chertishchev, a composer, music producer and arranger. Mikhail mainly writes music for cartoons, his portfolio includes musical themes for the projects "Barboskins", "Luntik and his friends", "Three heroes on distant shores", "Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 2", "Three heroes. Knight's move" and others. In 2015-2016, Mikhail acted as a producer for Alisa Kozhikina, the winner of the first season of the show "The Voice. Children".
The composer himself explains that he planned to write a hit right away: "The song "Sigma Boy" is very well thought out so that it would be interesting to a large audience. It has a meme element, but at the same time I tried to make it a full-fledged song that is simply pleasant to listen to outside the framework of social networks. I integrated a folk motif into it, and this also influenced its future fate in its own way. Any ethnic music, made with talent, is very popular with listeners."