SINISTER, BUT GORGEOUS | Reaction to Diana Ankudinova - Baikal
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- Reaction to Diana Ankudinova - Baikal
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00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Reaction
04:16 - Final Thoughts
Wow there doesn't seem to be a limit to this young ladies creativity when it comes to haunting melodies! You are absolutely correct this song is 100% her.
You're spot on, the right word for the type of music that suits her best is haunting.
Mystical songs are very suitable for her!
Exactly!
Diana is so versatile, her underwater scenes were filmed in a Moscow swimming pool.
I would hope they weren't filming it in the frozen lake. 😂 But it is masterfully done.
The lyrics describe a recently deceased Mother, who the boy grieves for. He is lost in a blizzard, and believes he is being told she is not coming back. The Spirit of Baikal drives him on telling him that death is not for him, but rather life. It is wonderful, and I wish the movie was available to us in English. Thank you for a fine and thoughtful reaction to a masterful movie theme. 👍 This was Oscar worthy. Agreed: no one else could have done this.
Thank you as well and I'm glad we agree that was made for Diana. Everything in this video was great, but without her voice it just wouldn't have worked.
Thank you for nice reaction to a mazing Diana
Thank you for watching it! I think she was amazing here, this one is my favorite so far.
👉 This is Diana's first theme song for a film.
How could it be otherwise than that she sings the song about the spirit of Lake Baikal and of course also embodies it. The Buryat (indigenous people who live on Lake Baikal) sounds and rhythms fit perfectly with the theme of the film and Diana's voice. Her voice sounds warm, primal, mysterious, inexplicable, frightening, but also encouraging and comforting.
Diana's movements are like water, supple, fluid ... and her abrupt, attacking movements associate the frightening sounds of the lake's ice breaking (video below the comment).
For me the eyes are the most beautiful thing. The boy's amber eyes look fearful and questioning, but I'm fascinated by Diana's black eyes. The look is so deep, hypnotizing.... goosebumps! A beautiful song and a wonderful video. I am enchanted. ❤
Composer: Dmitry Lazarev
Text: Mikhail Rashodnikov
Director of the music video: Polina Raskhodnikova, Mikhail Raskhodnikov
Story of the film: Hoping to distract the boy from the loss of his mother, his father takes him to visit his grandfather for winter fishing. But they get caught in a snowstorm and get lost on the ice of the huge lake. The love and mysterious powers of Lake Baikal will help them overcome their grief and find each other. (from the trailer description)
* Lake Baikal is a huge lake (seventh largest in the world. It contains as much water as all of the United States' major lakes combined.) in Siberia in Russia near Mongolia and lies in a rift valley (growth approx. 2 cm/year). It is the deepest (1642 m/ 5387 ft) and oldest lake on earth (25 million years). It is over 620 km/385 miles long and is shaped like a giant crescent moon. In some places the lake is so wide (80 km) that you can no longer see the other shore.
The transparency and purity of the water is unique and the ice in winter is also crystal clear. Up to a depth of 40 m/131 ft one can see fish, green stones and plants. An incredibly rich and unique flora and fauna arose in and around Lake Baikal.
Baikal is also considered the largest freshwater reservoir in the world - its contents could supply all of humanity for 50 years. Over 300 rivers flow into the lake, but only one river, the Angara, originates from Lake Baikal.
People have lived in this area for more than 20,000 years and have believed in the powerful energy of the lake for thousands of years. Lake Baikal has always been one of the holiest places in Asia.
The local Buryats call “their” lake the “Sacred Sea”. One of the most famous personalities of Buryat descent was the Hollywood star Yul Brunner.
There are many legends surrounding Lake Baikal: a huge lightning bolt is said to have struck this part of the world and cut through the earth down to the groundwater. This water then flooded many valleys and mountains and became Lake Baikal.
An international team of researchers (led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany) has discovered the oldest connection to date between the inhabitants of Siberia and the Indians of North and South America. (www)
* Buryat folk song - czcams.com/video/sjvoq7aFseM/video.html
* Lake Baikal mysterious sounds (the sound of the ice cracking) - czcams.com/video/x_8jKnz5VAI/video.html
* Lake Baikal: A biological treasure trove - czcams.com/video/SAcReQHYnuE/video.html
Thank you for sharing all this information! I don't think there's a need for me to praise Diana further. I can say though that I agree with you when it comes to her eyes. It might be one of the reasons I like her, but I won't go into details on that.
Someone else shared a video on the lake Baikal and the most interesting part for me, aside from the legends is that 50% of the life there are endemic species. The video "Lake Baikal: A biological treasure trove" shared more about it, very interesting! That in itself tells how very specific this environment is. Another interesting point was the length of time this lake exists and its self-cleaning ability (with the species of plankton they were describing).
Once again, thank you!
This was a great video. There are a few behind the scenes shorts on "Diana Ankudinova Shorts" here on CZcams. I have a few more in my Diana Shorts playlist too. Diana + Russian Folk is a delightful combination.
Thank you! I prefer to skip the behind the scenes, but I do agree that Russian folk suits Diana really well. Rechenka proved it for me, but I'm sure there's more to discover.
This was a pretty cool clip from the movie "Spirit of Baikal". It was filmed in Moscow in a swimming pool by the movie director and the production team as a thank you to Diana Ankudinova for her participation in the movie by voicing the soundtrack. The director Mikhail loved the results of her work! He also wrote the song. As to the story, yes the Spirit of Baikal gave two options to the lost boy, either give up, stay on the ice and slowly die and stay with her forever, or accept life and move forward. She led him out of the darkness and saved him, by the boy's choice. Thanks for checking this out, makes me want to see the movie! Diana voiced the soundtrack but did not appear in the movie visually.
Ah, you're the first who is mentioning two options presented to the boy. Sounds like there was a choice after all. Diana did an amazing job, both singing this song and acting in the video. I'm only sad to hear she's not playing the role of the spirit in the movie. Thank you so much for watching this! Glad we're both likely to watch the movie now. 😊
He survived. This movie is based on real events and the real life little boy plays the father in the movie. Diana also voice acted the spirit of Baikal and the deceased mother's spirit. This is Diana's first soundtrack for a feature movie. There is a short video of Diana recording for this movie and when it comes time to mix it they canceled adding the effects and go with raw Diana.
Who'd need effects? Her voice is so beautiful, effects could only ruin it. I did not know that the real life little boy plays the father in the movie. Thanks for sharing that!
Спасибо🥰😍😘
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Tell me, who else among modern days greatest vocalists in the World can do professional stunt tricks?
NONE, ZERO........
Only Diana can do it!!!
She is a Spirit not just a lake Baikal, she is a spirit of our planet Earth.
I don't know. I do like Diana very much, but I am simply not the type of person to idolize anyone. However, her voice is indeed gorgeous and haunting, so this song fits her perfectly.
Greetings from Moscow! This is the soundtrack from the film "The Spirit of Lake Baikal". Diana herself was filmed underwater. In addition to the song, Diana voiced the voice of the boy's deceased mother. The boy went fishing with his grandfather and they got lost during a storm. In the film, they also escaped from wolves. The spirit of the lake was breaking the ice from below, showing the boy the way home. / Alex, are you lost in the "stone jungle"? I'm smiling. / A new song by Diana was released today, watch on the Diana Ankudinova life channel.
Здравствуй Москва! Thank you! I can't watch the song published today, if I am to continue reacting to Diana's music. I can, however, add it to the list of songs to react to, which with Diana is almost always a rewarding experience.
I tried to find the name of the song, but I'm finding performances at awards ceremonies and concerts. What is the name of the new song?
Nevermind, @Kwstas_Vagias helped me find it. 😉
@@AleksReacts Yes, yes, it is the performance at the ceremony! A new performance. And the new song will be released very soon. I didn't put it that way, I'm sorry. It's just that every song performed by Diana is always new.
No worries, we figured it out 🙂
Today on the LIFE channel a video was posted with a performance of the soundtrack of the film Quiet Outpost, which was released in 2011. This is not a new song.
@@monolit73 New to Diana...
The song is poetry, and all is metaphor.
The frozen lake is the shut-down heart of the depressed boy, who grieves inconsolably for his dead mother.
The spirit beneath the ice is his own soul. (Notice the images in which the reflections, on the first occasion of Diana's face, and on the second of Diana's hand, can be seen within his own eye.)
Nothing can save him from his despair - that is being frozen to death unless he finds his way out off the ice - but himself, his inner resources.
The final images at the end of the video signify that happily, he does manage to do this.
I do believe this would be easier to pick up on if I spoke Russian. The translation seemed weird somehow, like some nuances are missing.
I did notice the reflection, but prefer to imagine the spirit of Baikal as a spirit rather than the reflection of the boy's soul. Just a personal preference, not a fact.
@@AleksReacts
Lake Baikal itself is in reality a sacred lake that is believed by some folk to harbour benevolent and restorative spirits. It is a site of effective pilgrimage.
The film/song operates at different levels. Within it, the Spirit of the Lake is real. (Diana herself is cast in the film, albeit only as an audio part. She does not appear in the film, this video being made by the film crew separately, by way of interpreting the song.)
But at the level of metaphor, it is as I said. The frozen lake is metaphor for the boy's grief-stricken shut down heart; the physical danger he faces of being frozen to death unless he finds his way is metaphor for his spiritual demise; the Spirit of the Lake trying to help him is metaphor for his own soul, and for his trying to save himself by recourse to courage and his own inner resources.
I am not disagreeing with you and I did understand what you meant. What I mean is that Diana as the spirit of the lake Baikal has played her role so well that I prefer to think of that aspect of the song.
According to the movie that this is the soundtrack of is like this:
The boy's mother died and he is stuck in extreme grief, his father decides to take him to his Grandfather for some ice fishing on the frozen shores of the lake Baikal in order to make him forget his grief.
Unfortunately the boy gets separated by his grandfather through a snowstorm and while his grandfather and his father are searching for him he ends up stranded on ice and slowly he falls asleep on the lakes frozen surface.
Now you can interpret the following both literally and metaphorically.
The literal meaning goes like this:
The spirit of the lake Baikal sees the boy sleeping, it takes the form of his mother that has passed on and it wakes him up by hitting the ice from underneath him, the boy is stunned at first but then the spirit urges him to move so that he does not freeze , it uses all manner of things to keep him moving, it talks to him about his grief and how to surpass it, it scares him away from cracking ice and other natural hazards, it gives him courage by lighting a path under the ice so that he can follow a safe route etc.
We see at the end when the light of day arrives the child is still alive and he safely reaches the shores of the lake.
The metaphorical interpretation goes like this:
The boy is depressed and grief stricken, his heart is slowly turning to ice like the environment that surrounds him, he is slowly getting lost in it but the image of his mother/spirit of Baikal comes to his thoughts and gives him courage, he has to act and surpass his own psychological barriers in order to survive physically in the harsh environment he ended up stranded at.
At the end he manages to wake up from the slumber of grief and come to the light of life again, the image of his mother/spirit of the lake is always with him.
All the scenes you see with the boy play as you see them here in the movie but the spirit itself is implied, the song plays in the scene and you hear Diana talking and singing since she gave her voice to both "The spirit of Baikal" and the boy's mother.
In the video clip that is the promotion of the movie they decided to show the spirit (Diana) to the viewer as a more literal version of the same scene.
I have a video ready that shows the same scene but this time from the movie perspective, i will upload it sometime in the future.
Anyways this is an incredible song Diana did what she does best, her unique voice gave life to a spiritual/magical song once more, the director of this movie wanted to use effects to make the voice of the spirit but when he heard Diana singing and talking he was dumbfounded, he did not have to touch anything her voice did it all without effects.
Diana herself filmed all the underwater scenes, there are short videos that show the process that was very hard but at the end of the day we have here the best video clip of 2023 easily in my opinion.
Diana said that this is the first song she felt goosebumps herself by listening to it.
I am glad that you liked it.
I knew you'd know the real story behind this.
I didn't like it, I loved it. What I meant when I said I understood why you're hooked on it is that now I am too. Played it on repeat after doing the reaction.
@@AleksReacts As for your comment that this is the best you have seen Diana look like this is natural since the girl is growing in to a beautiful woman and this video has not yet closed a year since it's release.
If you want to see something very recent, Diana just released today on her "life" channel (the blue one) a performance that she did on the Russian film awards (like Oscars) a very emotional song dedicated to all the actors that passed on last year, her voice is just stunning and the emotions are overflowing, Diana also looks incredible.
I think her beauty was even more enhanced by the dimmed tones of the "lake" surrounding her and the dress floating around her like silk, but most of all, her eyes stood out in this setting. I honestly don't know what I liked the most. The way she sings, the way she looks, the overall production, the fact that this song was perfect for her and vice versa, everything was just wow! You sure know how to pick a song. ❤
The performance you're referring to (as well as someone else in the comments), is it: Quiet Outpost / Performance at the Nika Film Awards?
@@AleksReacts Yes this is the one.
People even cried in the audience.
I'll go for that one soon, if not next. Thank you, as always, friend! ❤
Великолепная необычная песня Дианы и завораживающее мистическое видео!
И отличная искренняя реакция!
Диане - браво, а за реакцию - лайк и спасибо!
A magnificent unusual song by Diana and a bewitching mystical video!
And a great sincere reaction!
Diana - bravo, and for the reaction - like and thank you!
Thank you as well, Thunder 😉
Hi,
Mostly, the boy lost his mother. He can't get her back. But he can find strength within himself and move on with his own life. The spirit, and his remaining family, will be there to help him.
I am not sure if it's the translation or the lyrics are confusing in Russian as well, but I to me it's one of those 3 options. Regardless of the meaning, though, this was a perfect song for Diana and I really loved it.
@@AleksReacts Trust me. That is what it's about. It's the story of the movie.
The boy is consumed by grief over his mother's death. His father has his own troubles dealing with his own loss. The father takes the boy to the grandfather where the two go on a fishing adventure to possibly distract the boy from his pain.
A storm comes and the boy and grandfather become separated. The boy wanders around aimlessly until he becomes exhausted. Then, he falls asleep on the ice. This will kill him. The spirit finds him and forces him awake and pushes him back to the safety of his now healing family.
Oh, good. So one of the options that came to mind is correct. There's a movie???!!!! Does Diana play in it?
@@AleksReacts Diana performed the vocals for the soundtrack. She doesn't appear in the film. This song played during the closing credits.
I think, maybe, that the filmmakers created this video either in partial payment, or as a gift, for her work.
Too bad, I'd love to see her playing the spirit in the movie.
Hi Alex, thank you for a thoughtful and intelligent reaction. You got the essence of the story!! Congratulations iThis performance is a clip from the original soundtrack of a film called "Spirit of Biiakal" Biakal is the oldest ,largest , and deepest fresh😅 water lake in the world, and is situated in Siberia and some believe it has spiritual properties. The plot of the film is that his mother dies and to help him get over her death his grandfather takes him fishing on the frozen lake. The boy gets lost in a storm and to prevent him from falling asleep and dying the spirit / his mother of the lake keep him awake through fear, then lead him to safety.
Thank you so much! It is a pleasure to do this, among other things, because of such lovely comments. ❤️
Отличный шедевр!!спасибо за реакции на Диану Анкудинову
Thank you so much! I agree, this entire production is a masterpiece. 😊
This is absolutely incredible, isn't it? I am glad you appreciated it. Yes, only Diana could pull this off so magnificently. We wait for further such opportunities for her that are equal to her talent and abilities.
Absolutely, we fully agree on all counts. ❤️
Диана Анкудинова, ты Супер🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Спасибо за реакцию👍👍
Thank you for checking it out. I'm glad you liked it. ❤️
Это было ГРАНДИОЗНО!!!
Спасибо вам! Я согласна. This is one of her best, if not THE best song by Diana I've heard so far.
Thank you ❤
Thank you as well! ❤️
You bring so much to the table with your reactions and thoughtful interpretations, and I am (and I'm confident we all are) grateful for that. Btw, you make a good case each one of the interpretations you offer, although fwiw I believe your second is the "right" one.
Thank you so much. I've said it many times before, but I'll say it again. Comments like yours keep me going and enhance my joy in this journey.
As you've watched more than one reaction, I'm sure you know by now that I try to interpret what I can with no prior knowledge of the song.
I am glad that I am making sense when doing that. 😂
I understand that many know exactly what the song is about, but what's the point of reacting if I learn about it beforehand.
Диана великолепна !!!❤❤❤Спасибо !😊
Спасибо вам! ❤
Excellent reaction with your warm voice as always!
Thank you! 😊
+1
Thank you!
@@AleksReacts i don't comment on Diana.
i love this kid almost the same as Ren. so..
What's to comment on. The song is just perfect - that's pretty much the entire comment.
Байкал❤❤❤❤
Thank you @Kwstas_Vagias, @jitkasvarovska1922 and @LinK-dn4ov for suggesting this one!
@Kwstas_Vagias if you get to the end, you'll hear me talk to you directly in relation to the song. 😉
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Except for the third version, the interpretation is approximately correct!
Thanks!🙋♂
Thank you! Had me running in circles there 😂
Diana in the pool filming the scenes - Spirit of Baikal, behind the scenes - czcams.com/video/Ou_gyx9OZ08/video.html and czcams.com/video/cWx0PgCgod8/video.html
Greetings from Scotland! I agree Aleks, this is a very well produced video of Diana in full "Shamanic mode" which is always a great pleasure to hear, and doesn't she sound amazing! It was a great choice by the film's producers, Diana fits the requirements perfectly!
*Synopsis* - The boy's Dad decides to go on a family adventure to distract his son from the loss of his mother, his Dad drives him to his grandfather's home on the shores of the vast Lake Baikal for some winter fishing. However, things do not go well and the boy and his Grandfather get caught in a bad snowstorm. The boy gets lost on the vast ice of the world's deepest lake. Only love and the mysterious powers within Lake Baikal will save them all. He is helped by the Spirit of Baikal (for which Diana provides the ethereal voice). She also provides the voice of the boy's deceased mother who is connected with events in the film. Diana's video is a combination of scenes from the film and some added effects with Diana as The Spirit. All-in-all a pretty cool video and what looks like a very good film, which was released on October 19, 2023. It has already won Best Feature Film at the Baikal Film Festival. I hope this will attract interest in Diana's vocal and acting abilities around the world!
*At a concert in OMSK, Diana said: "Who hasn't watched the soundtrack to the film THE SPIRIT OF BAIKAL, be sure to watch, it's the first time I've had goosebumps from my own song!!!"*
Below are some info videos for you:-
The making of this video czcams.com/users/shortsOu_gyx9OZ08
THE SPIRIT OF BAIKAL | Trailer | In the cinema from October 19 - czcams.com/video/Qzh5vacTJIY/video.html
12K Video of Baikal in winter 360 degree czcams.com/video/YAABA-Ri0YI/video.html
"The Spirit of Baikal" - a new Buryat film - czcams.com/video/9FSt9CzFD80/video.html
Ah, once again, good to see you my friend! I believe Diana when she says she got goosebumps from her own song. Since I heard it, I can't stop playing it. This one is the closest to Rechenka and even partly to Wicked Game. It's as if she's gone "back to her voice of nature" mode, which is why I find her unique. Just loved it!
@@AleksReacts This voice just cries out to producers worldwide - "I can sing your OST and make you money!" She has that truly unique vocal quality the people will be attracted to in any big film, at least I think so. Glad you are enjoying your journey with Diana, Aleks! 😊
I agree with you, this and music like this is what she was born to sing. I hope she continues right down that road.
@@AleksReacts Amen to that! 😊
@@AleksReacts She is still experimenting, she said in a recent interview that she can still afford to do it since she is still only 21, but she also knows that folk is her main attraction/specialty, one of the new original songs she teased recently is on that style and everyone is pumped to listen to it, her fanclub already gathered the money for a video clip and just today she asked from people to gather at a location to help with the filming by playing the crowd, so that means that the video clip is already being filmed.
just uploaded so i got to share:
she's greek. maybe the best voice atm in the country.
here, she sings a composed poem of Yiannis Ritsos.
Yiannis Ritsos (1 May 1909 - 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left".
the poem talks about the leftists exile durin the grewek civil war after WW2 ends
/czcams.com/video/HMELlZS50pg/video.html/Yiannis Ritsos
enjoy
Thank you for sharing this with me! I could not understand a single word, but she certainly leaves an impact.
@@AleksReacts
I recommend this song performed by Diana! You will not regret!
Рекомендую эту песню в исполнении Дианы! Не пожалеете!
Diana Ankudinova and Brandon Stone. "The day you..."
(Диана Анкудинова и Брендон Стоун. "День, когда ты...")
czcams.com/video/u9rBsvNRY3I/video.html
Thank you! I have already reacted to that song, it can be found on my channel together on a list with all Diana songs I already reacted to.
@@AleksReacts
Yes, I completely forgot! I saw this reaction!
I have not yet agreed that Diana's song in the reaction was mediocre!
That reaction was the only one I didn’t like!
That's ok, this one I'd say makes up for it for both of us. I loved this song 💓
Wow!! What an amazing song and video 😮
In one of the Narnia books Lucy sees a mermaid in the water looking up at her and she felt that they knew each other and would rush together with their arms stretched out when they met again. This song reminded me of this.
Have you listened to any Aurora? She is from the same planet ❤
Love, Sally in Sweden xx
Have not read Narnia books, but I am aiming to finally watch the movies in sequence. Just watched parts from time to time. Now, what would you suggest by Aurora? I heard her once, the video was something in snow and I believe she was wearing only a sweater, but I can't say I actively listened to Aurora...
Aurora is so her own genre, so her own soul and it is difficult to just pick one.
I would suggest 2, very different ones. One is a cover, a song called Rasputin. The other, a live performance of her composition Murder. For your own enjoyment there is a 3-part documentary with many live performances, which is quite magical.
Thank you! I will take a look, as I do remember I didn't mind her voice. Sometimes even background music can be grating and then I do pay attention, usually to ask people to shut it off. If I'm not really listening, but I don't mind it, it usually means it's probably either really good, or at least ok. Still, it was just in the background, my focus wasn't on her at the time, so I should actually listen.
To understand the “Spirit of Baikal”, watch these clips:
360 видео, Байкал. Волшебный лед. 12К czcams.com/video/YAABA-Ri0YI/video.html Baikal. Magic ice.(with subtitles)
Amazing Walk Across World's Deepest Frozen Lake czcams.com/video/b2XNTWwCBGA/video.html
Lake Baikal - World‘s Oldest And Clearest Lake From Above czcams.com/video/rm12sxsn08Y/video.html
czcams.com/video/7dTNOLk7wwI/video.html Ice tsunami Lake Baikal
czcams.com/users/shortscWx0PgCgod8?feature=shared Behind the scenes.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I watched the first video and aside from being very beautiful, it's also very educational. Both legends described are also interesting and explain why it would be seen as a magical place with spirits.
Like for the reaction, but where are the subtitles?
Thank you! Automatic English subtitles are on, I double-checked.
@@AleksReacts I watched your reaction in three browsers on computer and on smartphone - for some reason there were no subtitles anywhere.
It seems to be set to English, whereas it should be set to English (auto-generated). Let me see if I can fix that on my end.
I think I have fixed it. Please do let me know if it's working for you now.
@@AleksReacts Thank you very much.Everything is fine now. Diana voiced the Spirit of Lake Baikal and the boy's dead mother in this film. The boy got lost in a snowstorm at night and the Spirit of Lake Baikal and the spirit of his mother helped him find his way.