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Azerbaijani trap duet

Rauf & Faik Рауф и Фаик
Rauf & Faik live at VK Fest 5 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Background information
Born	(1999-07-07) July 7, 1999 (age 25) Izhevsk, Russia
Origin	Baku, Azerbaijan
Genres	Pop music, R&B
Occupations	Musician, Composer, Music Arranger, Songwriter, Record producer
Instruments	Guitar, Piano
Years active	2015 - Present
Labels	Atlantic Records Russia (under exclusive license from Warner Music Group)

Members	Rauf Mirzaev Faik Mirzaev (az. Mirzəyev)

Website	https://youtube.com/@rauf_faik?si=P5tsteMF7yA1ULkq

Rauf & Faik (Рауф и Фаик) are a Russian pop duet of Azerbaijani origins, formed by twin brothers Rauf and Faik Mirzaev (Russian: Рауф и Фаик Мирзаевы; born July 7, 1999, Izhevsk, Russia). Their debut song is "вечера". They are best known for their Russian language No. 1 single "Childhood" (Russian: Детство), released in 2018. They release music sung in both Russian and English. They usually associate themselves with R&B and emo-rap grooves laced with aching keys.

Biography

The brothers are ethnically Azerbaijani. According to the brothers, they have always had a fascination with music, as they inherited musical talent from their maternal grandfather, who they knew as an opera singer and a director at an opera house in Baku. They began to study music at the age of 4; their neighbour saw that they were talented and offered to take them to a music-focused college, where they played the piano until 8 years old, where they transitioned to vocals. They later sung with the House of Children's Creativity (Russian: Доме детского творчества) and music studio Above the Rainbow (Russian: Выше радуги). According to the channel "Music First" (Russian: Музыки первого) their vocal range is 4 1/2 octaves.

They grew up listening to 90s Soul, R&B, and Pop and music, citing Brian McKnight and Michael Jackson. More recently, they have commented on receiving inspiration from western artists such as XXXTentacion, who they consider very inspiring, and to a lesser degree, Post Malone; though their profile on Music First also lists Sam Smith. XXXTentacion, according to Faik, means a lot to them and very inspiring. At the beginning of ”Detstvo” music video, a Tupac Shakur reference is seen. Before focusing entirely on music (2014-2018), they worked as singers in a cafe. They are both Muslims. Rauf & Faik released the single "Ramadan" in 2021.

Music

Their first music video — released for the song "Evenings" (Russian: Вечера) — amassed several hundred thousand views, and thousands of likes, resulting in offers to sing at multiple venues. A later music video for the song "I Love You" (Russian: Я люблю тебя), became the 28th most popular song of 2018 on the Russian social networking site VKontakte.

Their debut album, also titled "Ya Lyublyu Tebya”, was released later in September, 2018. According to the brothers, they invested only 1,500 Rubles (approx. $25) into advertising the album. Despite little inherent publicity, the song "Childhood" (Russian: Детство) reached number one on VKontakte.

"Pain & Memories", their second studio album, released on March 15, 2019, and quickly reached 8th place on Apple Music.

Since beginning their professional music career, the brothers have toured in over 20 Russian cities, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Germany.

Discography

Album

Name

Information

Notes

Я люблю тебя

Released: September 28, 2018
Format: digital distribution

* song list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Что между нами"
2.	"Мосты"
3.	"Апрель (feat. Интакто)"
4.	"Было бы лето"
5.	"Вечера"
6.	"Где моя любимая"
7.	"Голубые глаза"
8.	"Наркотики и алкоголь (feat. Интакто)"
9.	"Детство"
10.	"Просто друг мой"
11.	"Мама"
12.	"Скажи мне как ты любишь меня"
13.	"5 минут"
14.	"Солнце"
15.	"Я огонь ты вода"
16.	"Которую любишь"
17.	"Я люблю тебя"

Pain & Memories

Released: March 15, 2019
Format: digital distribution

* song list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"OLA"
2.	"Где солнца нет"
3.	"Любишь и не любишь"
4.	"My Pain My Pain"
5.	"Не так красива"
6.	"Метро"
7.	"Lonely (feat. Foreign Vill)"
8.	"Вальс"
9.	"Что такое любовь?"
10.	"Моя звезда"
11.	"Из-за тебя"
12.	"Просто любовь"
13.	"Извини меня"

Youth I

Released: August 19, 2021
Format: digital distribution

* song list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dream about.."
2.	"Goodbye"
3.	"Несутся часы счастливые (feat. Lyolya)"
4.	"Вотсап"
5.	"Где же ты была"
6.	"Delete"
7.	"Унесённые ветрами"
8.	"Lola"
9.	"Карнавал"
10.	"Money Money"
11.	"Случайная любовь"
12.	"Самолёт (feat. Интакто)"

Youth II

Released: July 8, 2022
Format: digital distribution

* song list
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Время летит"
2.	"Дракон на воле"
3.	"Первый поцелуй"
4.	"Кусочек пиццы"
5.	"Там, где мы с тобой"
6.	"Она звонила мне"
7.	"This game (feat. Интакто)"
8.	"Навсегда"
9.	"Ошибка"
10.	"Бутафория"
11.	"Горит душа"

Single

Year	Title	Table
		Commonwealth of Independent States
		Top Hit Top Radio & YouTube Hits	Top Hit & Top Radio Hits	Top Hit & Top YouTube Hits
2017	Не нужны мне слова	—	—	—
2018	Ego
	Я люблю тебя	—	—	—
	Апрель (feat. Интакто)
	Было бы лето
	Детство	54	861	13
	Детство - Amice Remix (Melali Beats)
2019	Из-за тебя
	OLA (feat. Никита N.B)
	Это ли счастье?
	Между строк
	Моя
	Скандалы
	Я люблю тебя давно
	Колыбельная
2020	Australia
	Wonderful
	Деньги и счастье
	Закат и рассвет
	Если тебе будет грустно (feat. Niletto)
	Угадай где я? (closing song Dani Milokhin and Artur Babich)
	Запомни, I love you (feat Shami)
	Тебя нет со мной (feat. TOXi$)
2021	Школа берёзка
	Засыпай спокойно, страна (feat. Bahh Tee)
	Can't Buy Me Loving / La-La-La
	Ramadan
	Унесённые ветрами
	Там, где мы с тобой
2022	Rubicon
	LUV
	17 лет (feat. Джарахов)
	Супергерой (feat. Bahh Tee)

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