Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, pronounced [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər]; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist.
After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's independent music scenes, particularly the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004 resulting in greater mainstream recognition. After giving her third album a major label re-release, Sire released Spektor's fourth album, Begin to Hope, which achieved a Gold certification by the RIAA. Her following two albums, Far and What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, each debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed June 11, 2019, Regina Spektor Day in New York City. Spektor was also inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame on May 18, 2019, by Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.
from this album in RP library
albums by Regina Spektor
please stop playing this one. :)
Please keep playing this song
I love the show but hate the intro to it.
Twisted crazy fickle girl I am...lol
Disagreed! I am glad she gets fairly heavy rotation around here.
It's a great song, and I gave it a high rating, but cause of the show, I'm sick of it.
Luckily I've never seen the show as (gasp!) I don't do Netflix, so to me this is fresh and exciting. 8 from the Nottinghsm jury.
There is a deliberate quality to her presentation that could be described as "cute" layered paradoxically on top of dark, edgy, thoughtful and often cerebral topics and for me, artful lyrics.
Your comment implied that despite (liking? Not disliking?) this song you usually find her (I'm paraphrasing): trying too hard to be cute.
You’re a commenter I hold in high regard so this comment struck me as out of character (well, that's my perception and you're of course not under any obligation to meet my expectations).
However, please consider that you are dismissing her: 1. In a fashion often used by those who have a bias against female artists (unintentional I hope as other comments of yours don't seem to indicate such a bias), and 2. Undeservedly if you look past the intentionally "cute" surface to the meaningful content beneath.
Peace
Kind of you to say.
I think you're right, in fact; that comment is a little out of character, as I generally don't tend to post about how much I like or dislike a particular song, much less an artist. I leave that to numeric ratings (which for this song happens to be a 7, since we're specifically discussing it).
My personal reaction to Regina's music has mellowed a bit since I posted that comment, for what it's worth. I don't necessarily perceive "CUTE!" overriding everything else, and find myself more interested in the music. So maybe there's hope for me yet.
Also FWIW, this reaction is pretty specific to this artist; any apparent resemblance to comments showing a bias against female artists was unintentional.
never go to prison hotels - it is wrong on every level.
A change from her more piano driven music, but I like it.
This song sounds much better here on RP....lol
I love the show but hate the intro to it.
Twisted crazy fickle girl I am...lol
I really is so much better when you listen to the whole song.