REACH FOR TOMORROW STORY

Reach for Tomorrow is a collection of moments and chapters — a journey of facing and learning to accept the world as it is. A story that is deeply personal to me.

There are nights when the weight of the day feels impossible to lift — when everything inside you whispers that it’s easier to give up. Reach for Tomorrow was born in those moments. It isn’t a cry for help, but a quiet reminder to keep reaching — even when the light is faint, even when all you can do is take one more breath, one more step.

I started this album at a time when life felt a little numb—I was going through the motions, while disconnected from who I am. Then my friend Ilya brought me into the studio to record a song together, and suddenly I was alive again. It felt like a spring after a long winter, reminding me WHY music matters so much.

At that moment, just the guitar and voice felt exactly right. I thought, why not to explore different collaborations and the unique sound each one could bring.

I feel incredibly grateful and humbled to have recorded this album with musicians I once could not even have dreamed of working with. Recording in the same room without separation, fully present, creating together in the moment, with no possibility to fix or edit anything — a deliberate choice to capture something true.

You might wonder why horse is on the cover. Well, it symbolizes strength, movement, and something deeply poetic.

Horses have always been meaningful to me, almost like a totem animal. They are big, beautiful, elegant, noble, powerful, impressive animals. And yet they are incredibly sensitive and gentle. They’re herbivores, not predators. That combination of strength and sensitivity resonates with me. When I was three years old — I saw a movie where people were riding horses. It made such a strong impression on me that I would wake up at night crying and begging my mom to buy me a horse. Of course, it was impossible. We lived in a communal apartment in the Soviet Union with no hot water and no bathroom. Owning a horse was completely unrealistic — but in my three-year-old mind, it still felt possible.

The horse on the cover represents reaching for a dream, striving for something better — but doing

so in a gentle, non-predatory way.