Nu Virgos (or ВИА Гра, as better known domestically) is Ukrainian Girl Group created in 2000 by Dmytro Kostyuk and Konstantin Meladze on the height of girls band wave. Its first lineup consisted of Alyona Vynnytska and Nadezda Granovskaya-Meykher. But the band became really notable in 2003 when, after years of lineup changes and Troubled Production, the group released an album named "Stop! Stop! Stop!" with lineup consisting of Nadezhda Granovskaya, Anna Sedokova and Vera Brezhneva. This album became a huge success both in Russia and overseas (especially in Asia), with Nu Virgos becoming one of the synonims to girl's band in Russian-speaking countries. However, after Anna Sedokova left the band in early 2004, Nu Virgos fell in Troubled Production territory again (despite still being very successful). After that, Nu Virgos were disbanded by Konstantin Meladze in 2012... only to be resurrected via Talent Show next year. The first new line-up consisted of Erika Herzeg, Anastasiya Kozhevnikova and Misha Romanova.
Nu Vigros provides example of:
- Angelic Beauty: "Мир, о котором я не знала до тебя" ("The world I didn't know about before you" or "Take You Back" in English version) music video shows the singers (Vera, Nadya and Albina Dzhanabaeva, who replaced Anya) in Fluffy Cloud Heaven wearing outfits of angels (with white wings for Vera, red for Albina, black for Nadezhda).
- Baseball Episode: "Rikoshet" shows girls from the new lineup in baseball gear batting the balls.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The most common pattern for casting the singers. For example, "Golden Lineup" (the most successful one) consisted of Vera Brezhneva (blonde), Anna Sedokova (redhead) and Nadezhda Granovskaya (brunette). In fact, the band is a Trope Namer in Russian-speaking countries.
- Disappeared Dad: "Good Morning, Papa!" is about a young woman who was abandoned by her father many years ago and still hates him.
- Double Entendre: The name of the band itself may have three meanings. First, it is the abbreviation of the names of the girls from the very first lineup (VInnitskaya Alyona GRAnovskaya Nadezhda). Second, it is the pun of the well-known medication by Pfizer (emphasizing the Ms. Fanservice appeal of the band). And, the last meaning is VIA standing for "вокально-инструментальный ансамбль" (Soviet name for music groups), while GRA stands for Ukrainian "гра" (game, that also has some sexual meaning).
- Embarrassing Last Name: Vera Brezhneva's last name was actually Halushka, which means "dumpling" in Ukrainian.
- Freud Was Right: "Stop! Stop! Stop!" is a song about sex which is sung (in music video) in front of Sigmund Freud.
- Lyrical Cold Open: "My Emancipation".
- Ms. Fanservice: All group members were favourites of men's magazines. Most of them don't give up on fanservice in their social media accounts.
- Murder Ballad: "Цветок и нож" (The Flower and The Knife) is a song about a woman who killed her boyfriend for cheating.
- Named After Someone Famous: Vera's Embarrassing Last Name issue was resolved by giving her the pseudonym "Brezhneva". Why? She is from Dniprodzerzhinsknote , the city where Leonid Brezhnev was born.
- Obligatory Bondage Song: "Не оставляй меня, любимый" ("Don't ever leave me, love" in English) isn't the BDSM song itself (it's about a complicated relationship or unrequited love), but the music video literally screams about it. Imagery ranges from wax play with Vera to Nadya with the tape on her mouth.
- Parents Walk In at the Worst Time: "Познакомься с моей мамой" ("Let Me Introduce My Mama") is about a guy who runs from girlfriend's flat in order not to be busted by her mother.
- Revolving Door Band: The group is particularly notorious for this. There were so many lineup changes, we can't (and needn't) list them here.
- Sexophone: "Не оставляй меня, любимый" features long saxophone solo in a very sensual song.
- Sex Is Violence: Music Video for "Good Morning, Papa!" (in its second half) shows girls fighting the crowd full of men and visibly enjoying it.
- Title-Only Chorus: "Убей мою подругу".
- Translated Cover Version: Most of their 2000s songs got English covers sang by the girls (there were two English-language albums: "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "L.M.L." (the latter was an attempt to get an international label deal after Sony Music deal expired). "Убей мою подругу" also got a Japanese cover - "Ai no Wana".
