Generation Z

"Поколение Z" (romanizing as Pokoleniye Z; known in English as "Generation Z") is a 2022 song by Russian rock band Nogu Svelo!. The song was released on 20 April 2022, in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, condemning the Russian army's actions in the invasion and criticizing Russia's actions in recent events, saying "Russians, we fucked everything up." Background In previous songs, Nogu Svelo! made videos protesting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, showing destruction caused by the invasion. In a statement from band frontman Maxim Pokrovskiy, he claimed that most people in Russia are against the invasion, saying "the proportion of people who are sane, according to our estimates, is 65-70%. This, of course, only applies to our audience. We do not claim to be a full-fledged sociological study - we simply present our feeling to you. And this feeling gives us hope that all is not lost." Composition The lyrics talk about how the Russian government have manage to subdue the Russian people into a "slave mentality", with the people believing increasingly into Russian propaganda, with it becoming so severe that they are "ready to break their teeth for the right to die as slaves". The song later goes on to say that Russia has already lost the war by simply invading Ukraine in the first place. Then, the song lists off Russian controversies that had affected the country in recent years, including the Russian Olympic doping scandal and the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline. It later goes on to debunk Russian propaganda from state television. The lyrics urge the Russian people to read the fable The Monkey and Glasses, urging the Russian people to "stay human".