She is also a gifted and popular singer, performing in her native
Russia under her nickname Slava.
Although known for her sultry and smouldering sexuality, particularly
in her music videos, she describes herself as a "domosedka"
("homebody"), who prefers staying home in quiet contemplation to the
glittering nightlife of Moscow.
Before her music career began, she studied in five different
institutes, with four different majors: psychology, hotel management,
world art, and linguistics.
Her nickname, Slava, is a short form of male Russian name Stanislav or
a female name Stanislava, that means "glory" or "fame". She has gone by
this since friends and classmates first gave her the moniker in
elementary school.
She briefly considered a career in fashion modeling.