Apashe and Alina Pash’s “Kyiv” fuses orchestral scale with hard-hitting electronic production, pushing dubstep weight and electro-house energy into a charged tribute to the Ukrainian capital. Directed by Adrian Villagomez, the 2026 project was filmed in Ukraine during the war, with its choir recorded between nights of air raids and shelling. Artist proceeds will be donated to charity.
This project was filmed in Ukraine during the war. The choir was recorded on a calm day, between nights of air raids and shelling. As I’m writing this, Kyiv is in a blackout.
This city has always meant a great deal to me, and I hope this video can, in one way or another, help people understand what is happening there.
The artist proceeds will be donated to charity. If you'd like to support it further, you'll find a link below.
KYIV Team: Cameo FX @cameofx
LA team: Drone operator: Henry Lipatov, Niohuru X, Sarah Singh, Muji, Ninocence, Shan SeRi, Arisha Guarana, Kostya Goncharuk, Olia Kharchenko, Mazhara, Anastasiia Oleksiuk, Nika Brzhezytska, Yulana Sychenko, Stepan Rainov
3D Department: Anton Deineha, Kostiantyn Kulakov, Eduard Martynov, Andrii Nezolenko, Vyacheslav Patalakha, Illia Reutov, Artur Svitlychnyi, Serhii Churikov
Compositing Department: Tetiana Amelina, Edhar Beimo, Hanna Bilym, Oleh Bohovenko, Daria Halaida, Mariia Horska, Kseniia Hudkovska, Illia Hudkovskyi, Avraam Dashtoian, Andrii Dzihovskyi, Elina Kazymahomedova, Kubantseva Kateryna, Kostiantyn Kuchuhurnyi, Arsen Lytvynenko, Serhii Lykhodeev, Andrii Mokeiev, Hanna Parakhonka, Mykyta Sizov, Taras Synevych, Evhenii Taran, Dmytro Fedortsov
Starring: Dasha Plahtiy, Arina Bocharova, Rostik Natkha, Denis Kupchak, Olexandra Horodetska, Sagaydak Igor, Artem Perepelytsia, Gerasimov Ilya, Kateryna Gordienko, Polina Sumarokova, Maria Kuyda, Nastya Lytvyn, Maria Sun, Eva Nedilchenko, Vitalina Dovgal, Daria Santana, Yaroslava Volynets, Marina Kononenko, Ilona Pryhara, Svitlana Voitko, Olya Shcherbyna, Yulia Shcherbyna, Olena Volytska, Naya
Choir credits: Alina Pash, Anna Khryshenko, Vasylenko Kateryna, Yuliia Romanyshyna, Diana Belova, Sharapat Anastasiia
Designers and Brands: Namysternia, Accesara’, Вʼязаний одяг від EMI, DZHUS, RYBALKO, Solomiia Hrynkiv, Всі Свої Маркети, UNMERE, MINT, Yankovska Brand, M1R
The song carries the spirit of the Ukrainian folk piece “Ой, боровая зязюліна (веснянка)”, recorded and preserved thanks to the work of folklorists and the ensemble Древо in Chernihiv region. Our gratitude to those who go into
Apashe & Alina Pash’s music video for “Kyiv”, released 2026. Directed by Adrian Villagomez. 2:50 in HD, 2,550,538 plays and 131,804 likes on YouTube. Filed under Classical, Dance and Electronic. AltSounds Curated.
- Director
- Adrian Villagomez
- Cinematography
- Borya Borysov, Yevhenii Usanov
- Producer
- Vladyslava Konstantinovska
- Executive producer
- Taj Critchlow, Fuliane Petikyan, Dean Rosen, Amir Karimi
- Editor
- Adrian Villagomez
- Colour
- Kostiantyn Semerei
- Styling
- Sonya Horobets
- Concept
- Adrian Villagomez, Apashe
- Line producer
- Nastya Kostiuchyk
- Production manager
- Ivan Rastov
- Focus puller
- Dimas Tartyshnikov
- Steadicam
- Andrew Tartyshnikov
- Set designer
- Lera Koval
- Location manager
- Viktor Shava
- SFX
- Vadym Lysak
- Stunt
- Illya Yurcyshyn
- Casting
- Vyacheslav Kuchynsky
- Style assistant
- Andrii Goverla, Lana Kurcha
- Make up artist
- Dasha Korenchuk
- Make-up assistant
- Anna Grabko
- Catering crew
- Tanya Okhrimenko
- Btc photo
- Mitya Borodin, Oles Sharyi, Andriy Kkyvenko
- VFX executive producer
- Sergii Mashevskyi
- Head of VFX
- Oleh Hrubyi
- Head of office
- Oleksandr Orlov
- VFX supervisor
- Andrii Bilym - 2D lead, Oleksandr Kolisnichenko - 3D lead
- Documentary cinematographer
- Illia Novatskyi
- Action cinematographer
- Yevhen Kosenko
- Integrated producer
- Mikayla Fasullo
- Operations manager
- Olivia Swayze