Tatyana Bulanova named her best husband

- I live for my family, but for me work is also very important, - says Tatyana. - Although I work, of course, for my family.

- You have been married three times in your life. Does that mean you are amorous?

- Of course, I can't say that I'm monogamous. I understand this feeling - love. But I can't call myself amorous. I loved all my husbands. Of course, I love the third one the most (laughs). But in general, I'm a very faithful person. That's absolutely true.

- Why do you think you weren’t able to create a family once and for life?

- I don't know. Unfortunately, it happens. Maybe I am to blame for this too. I think that in such stories, it is never the fault of just one person. The reason, as a rule, is in both spouses. I am still friends with my first husband (producer Nikolai Tagrin - author). He recently had a birthday, I congratulated him. He is a normal person: well-mannered, intelligent. We still work together - this is fundamental.

- You said that you love your current husband Valery more than anyone else. Do you have an ideal relationship?

- I hope, knock on wood, I hope I don't jinx it. I've never really had a relationship like the one I have now. All three of my marriages were completely different. Each of them had its pros and cons. Now, with my third husband, there are more pros. And honestly, I can't even remember the cons. Even if there are any, they are very insignificant, unnoticeable. Of course, it's not like everything is always good. But we haven't even had a fight yet.

- Is it true?

- Yes, we haven't had a single serious scandal in these two years. I hope there won't be any in the future.

- What do you think is the secret of such an idyll?

- In love. When there is love, there is respect, there is reverence, a desire to give in, not to argue. Valera and I have all of this.

- Unlike you, he is not a public figure at all! Doesn't that bother you?

- Yes, you noticed that correctly. He rarely appears with me anywhere. He only comes out when I ask him myself or I need his help, or we end up in the same city together. Thank God he is not a public figure (laughs). I even like it.

- You have two children from previous marriages. Did Valery find a common language with them right away?

- Yes, he immediately began to communicate well with the children. Moreover, both my children, although they were born under the sign of Pisces, have different characters. But Valera was able to establish excellent relationships with both the older and the younger.

- Your youngest son recently started singing...

- At 17, he has already released a whole album. He even beat his mother (smiles). At his age, I hadn't recorded a single song.

- Nikita has a line in one of his songs: "Mom says I won't pass the Unified State Exam." Did you end up passing everything?

- Yes, he has already entered the Institute of Technology and Design. I won't name the faculty, though: some trendy specialty related to branding and marketing. Let's see how it goes. Now he needs to study. Enrollment is only the first step. The most important thing is that he likes it.

- Doesn't your sons' mother's famous name bother them?

- The eldest son, it seems to me, suffered from this more than the younger one. The younger one takes it more easily.

- Tatyana, looking at you, you wouldn't say that you turned 56 this year: you look very young. How old do you feel?

- About 27 years old (laughs). I don't really do anything special. I rarely go to cosmetologists. But I have a doctor whom I've been visiting for a long time. I don't understand the procedures: they know better what I need. The only thing is that I haven't done hardware procedures lately. I used to, but now I can't. After them, you need a rehabilitation period, which, unfortunately, I can't afford.

- Your songs have become very popular among young people now. Did you think, when you had a sharp rise, that the people's love would last for so many years?

- A bad soldier is one who doesn't dream of becoming a general. Of course, I wanted to be a sought-after artist. Which is basically what's happening now. But I didn't have any sudden rises. We formed in 1990. Kolya Tagrin (the singer's first husband - author) came up with our group "Summer Garden". Like other artists who don't have a person to move them, it wasn't easy for us. We weren't accepted right away. The first comments about our songs were critical.

- What are you talking about!

- Yes. They said, for example, that it was unclear who was singing: a boy or a girl. And then there was the song "Don't Cry", which we worked on for a whole year. We had no producers or sponsors - we did everything ourselves. I remember one shift at the studio was four hours. We only had enough money for one shift. During this time, I had to record eight songs, a whole album. Now I understand that it was a heavenly time. Now I can sing 15 songs in four hours. I have to give Kolya credit, he immediately said: "There are four of us. We share all the earnings equally." Before Kolya came up with "Summer Garden", he worked in other bands and witnessed how everything fell apart before it even began. Precisely because of financial disputes. We didn't have anything like that.

- When you became a star, how did other, more established artists accept you?

- How would I know? They didn't say to my face: "Oh, so-and-so, she's come" (laughs). Probably, like any older artist, there was something (jealousy) towards the young one. Although, for example, I don't envy anyone at all. If I like an artist, I can tell him about it right away. I remember when Shura showed up, I was so tempted to go up to him and tell him how great he was! But I didn't: I was embarrassed.

- Haven't you yourself become tired of the increased attention after so many years?

- I have a unique ability to change my appearance. When I put on a regular tracksuit and boots, no one recognizes me. I travel calmly in St. Petersburg on public transport, which I love very much. I live in the center and I know which buses and trolleybuses go where. I also downloaded an application to my phone, it’s very convenient. I move around completely calmly – no one recognizes me. However, if I suddenly start talking on the phone, people, of course, look around.