Max Korzh

Maksim Anatolievich Korzh (Russian: Максим Анатольевич Корж; born November 23, 1988), professionally known as Max Korzh (Russian: Макс Корж) is a Belarusian singer and songwriter.

Max Korzh
Background information
Birth nameMaksim Anatolievich Korzh
Born (1988-11-23) November 23, 1988
Luninets, BSSR
OriginBelarus
Genres
Occupation(s)singer, singer-songwriter, director
Years active2006–present
Websitemaxkorzh.live

Biography

At a young age Max Korzh was enrolled into music school by his parents. At the age of 16, Korzh started his first band called “Lun Clan”, alongside his friends but the band didn't last long and dissolved. Korzh was a part of a couple other projects, although none of them proved to be successful. In his teen years he used to record songs in Belarusian.

Shortly after Korzh followed the path of becoming a beatmaker making music for other artists but to no critical success. This made him decide to record his own songs over his own instrumentals.

Korzh recorded his first solo song while studying at Belarusian State University; the biggest university in Belarus. During the 3rd year of studying at the university he decided to drop out and concentrate on his music career. He borrowed $300 dollars from his mom, went to a studio and recorded "Nebo Pomozhet Nam" (English: "Sky Will Help Us") and posted it on VKontakte, the biggest Russian social network. Shortly after he was enlisted in the military. When he returned from military service, he found out and learned that the song went viral and gotten big in Belarus. The track “Nebo Pomozhet Nam" (English: "Sky Will Help Us") garnered a big following and gotten airtime on the radio. To make it gain more popularity, Korzh then proceeded to send the track to various Minsk DJ’s for them to play at parties.[1]

Solo career

On April 7, 2012 Korzh released his first ever music video "Nebo Pomozhet Nam" (English: Sky Will Help Us”). It proved to be successful on the charts.

On May 1, 2012 he released his debut album "Zhivotniy Mir" (English: "Animal World") which consisted of 16 tracks, each written by Korzh himself. Later that same year he signed with a Russian record label: Respect Production founded by Kasta, a legendary Russian rap group. This allowed Korzh to travel more and play shows not only in Belarus, but in Russia and Ukraine also.

When asked about the theme for his debut album by a Russian publication "Argumenty i Fakty", Korzh said in a statement:[2]

"I've been writing these songs for three years. And I noticed they all fall fit thematically which I titled "Animal World". This album is for different ages: from teens to more adult people. The main theme is human sin, from cheating to committing a crime".

In the early stages of 2013 Korzh went on his "The Take-Off March" tour around Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. One show took place at the Minsk Sports Palace in his home country of Belarus and he hesitated to take on the venue because he felt that "we could have lost a tonne of money" but eventually decided to go with it and the venue sold 6,500 tickets.[3]

In the summer of 2013 Korzh was nominated as a Breakthrough Artist at Muz-TV Awards.[4][5]

On November 2, 2013 Korzh had the honour of becoming the first Belarusian musical artist to have ever performed a sold-out show in Belarus, Minsk-Arena for 13,000 people.[6][7][8]

Reputable Russian magazine ‘Afisha-Volna’ described Korzh's music as "pop-rap with club energy and street honesty" and said its "hybrid of genres presents 100% bestsellers that tend to stick in your head".[9]

His 2014 “Torn Out May" tour gathered 6,000 people in Minsk and sold out Moscow’s Luzhniki Palace of Sports.

In June 2014, Korzh won the nomination for Best Album at Muz-TV Awards for his second album "Zhit’ V Kaif".[10]

On November 8, 2014 Korzh released his third album “Domashniy” (“Domestic/ Homely”). The tour performing in Europe and CIS countries to support this album was called “The Big Flat” tour.

In June 2015 Korzh was nominated for three awards at Muz-TV Awards: Best Hip-Hop Artist, Best Album and Best Live Show.[11]

On December 16, 2017 Korzh now marked his second sold-out show in Minsk-Arena.[12]

In 2016 and 2017 Korzh decided to release his fourth album in 2 parts; The first part in 2016 and the second part in 2017. He titled the fourth album "Maliy Povzroslel" (English: “The Boy Has Grown”). The first part was released in 2016, "Maliy Povzroslel, Pt.1” (English: “The Boy Has Grown Pt.1”) and the second part in 2017, "Maliy Povzroslel, Pt.2" (English: “The Boy Has Grown, Pt.2”). On December 22, 2017 his "Maliy Povzroslel" album won the VK Music Award.[13]

In 2018 Korzh had his first ever tour of the United States.[14]

In 2019 Korzh went on a huge ‘stadium’ tour around Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Discography

Studio albums

2012 — "Zhivotniy Mir" (Animal World)

2013 — "Zhit’ V Kaif" (Live Dope/ Life Is Good)

2014 — "Domashniy" (Domestic)

2016 — "Maliy Povzroslel, pt. 1" (Boy Has Grown, Pt.1)

2017 — "Domashniy (Extended Version)" (Domestic, Extended Version)

2017 — "Maliy Povzroslel, pt. 2" (Boy Has Grown, Pt.2)

Remix albums

2016 — "Best Remixes"

Singles

2016 — "Slovo Patsana (The Word of a Man) (Bassquaid & ST Remix)»

2016 — "Slovo Patsana (The Word of a Man) (Subranger Remix)»

2017 — "Optimist»

2018 — "Proletarka" (Proletariat Station)

2019 — "Control»

2019 — "Shantazh" (Blackmail)

2019 — "2 Tipa Lyudey" (2 Types of People)

2020 — "Raznesem" (Crash the Stadium)

Official clips

Year Video Director
2012 Nebo Pomozhet Nam (The Sky Will Help Us) Max Korzh
2012 Gde Ya (Where Am I) (First Version) Max Korzh
2012 Gde Ya (Where Am I) (Second Version) Egor Abramenko
2013 V Temnote (In The Dark) Ivan Lebedev
2013 Zhit’ V Kaif (Life Is Good) Alexey Bochenin
2014 Motyle’k (Papillon) Max Korzh
2014 Stan’ (Become) Rustam Romanov
2014 Amsterdam Max Korzh
2014 Domashniy (Homely) Max Korzh
2014 Ne Vydumyvay (Do Not Make Stuff Up) Max Korzh
2015 Plamenniy Svet (Fire Light) Max Korzh
2015 Flat (feat. F.O.T.H) Max Korzh
2016 Bessonitsa (Insomnia) Anton Mamonenko
2016 Slovo Patsana (The Word Of A Man) Max Korzh
2016 Moy Droog (My Friend) Anton Mamonenko
2016 Style’vo (Stylish) Andrey Svetlov
2017 Maliy Povzroslel (The Boy Has Grown) Max Korzh, Mitriy Semenov-Aleinikov
2017 Maliy Povzroslel 2.0 (The Boy Has Grown) (Rozochka Remix) Max Korzh
2017 Optimist Max Korzh
2017 Napalm Max Korzh
2018 Malinoviy Zakat (Raspberry Sunset) Max Korzh
2018 Gory Po Koleno (Knee High Mountains) Max Korzh
2019 Control Max Korzh
2019 Shantazh (Blackmail) Max Korzh, Andrey Svetlov

References

  1. "Певец Макс Корж: "Я без блата и каких-то связей"" (in Russian). Комсомольская правда. April 4, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  2. "Макс Корж: "Музыку нельзя назвать работой"" (in Russian). АиФ. June 26, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. "Макс Корж: "Я в шоке от того, что смог собрать Дворец спорта"" (in Russian). news.tut.by. March 7, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  4. "Стали известны номинанты "Премии Муз-ТВ 2013"" (in Russian). apelzin.ru. March 27, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  5. "Премия МУЗ-ТВ 2013. Перезагрузка" (in Russian). Муз-ТВ. June 13, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  6. "Макс Корж все-таки собрал полный зал в "Минск-Арене"" (in Russian). Наша Ніва. November 4, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  7. "Макс Корж бьёт новые рекорды: концерт хип-хопера на ОНТ потеснил мировые тренды в Twitter – ОНТ" (in Russian). ont.by. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. "Феномен белорусского шоу-бизнеса: Макс Корж собрал полную "Минск-Арену"" (in Russian). afisha.tut.by. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  9. "Как рэпер Макс Корж завоевал Белоруссию — и почему с Россией будет так же" (in Russian). Волна-Афиша. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  10. "Белорус Макс Корж получил премию "МУЗ-ТВ" за лучший альбом. Список победителей" (in Russian). ctv.by. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  11. "Номинанты на премию "Муз-ТВ 2015"" (in Russian). Муз-ТВ. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  12. "Концерт Макса Коржа во второй раз отгремел в "Минск-Арене"". Белорусское телеграфное агентство (in Russian). December 17, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  13. ""Вконтакте" назвала победителей первой музыкальной премии VK Music Awards" (in Russian). moi-portal.ru. December 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  14. "МАКС КОРЖ В ТУРЕ ПО АМЕРИКЕ ОСЕНЬЮ 2018" (in Russian). Russian perspective. August 13, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
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