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[Alexandr Korol]

That’s how we come together and part ways. The same thing happens with the spiritual world, with the material world, and, as you can see, with the otherworldly realm as well. But of course, Richard was amused when I told him how long I had known about him – not just as a part of UNKLE but as an individual. Because many people only know the UNKLE project, but they don’t realize that the most talented person in UNKLE was actually him. He composed music for many other stars. I even posted a photo on my social media where I was in New York, watching music videos, and there was a track where he was bald, sitting with a girl. That track was “We Fell to Earth”, his project. And I had taken a picture of it, posted it, and later, he saw it and appreciated it. That’s how I move between worlds. How else could it be? These different worlds exist: sometimes I’m in one, then another, then a third, then a fourth, and ultimately, there’s also the fifth. And since we’re talking about death, when I was gathering music, movies, and elements throughout my life, people were most drawn to me – like a magnet – when I was tuned into the frequency of death. When I was in this fourth world, this somber world, everyone told me that I was like a character from “Twilight”, otherworldly, different. It captured everyone’s attention – that mystery, that melancholic depth. It scared the socially materialistic, the shallow show-offs, but those inclined toward spirituality were drawn to it like a magnet.
But again, what’s the conclusion? Do you understand that this is spirituality? After all, all my life I’ve been saying that I collect elements of my world, but my mood has always changed: sometimes I would immerse myself in classical aesthetics, sometimes I would become a materialistic skater-surfer, and sometimes I would sink into this dark, somber atmosphere. And I was constantly gathering more and more of this somber world – the world of death. This includes the scents of Comme des Garçons, the religious series. The candles Mad et Len – deep, black, mysterious. The clothing – something like Maison Margiela, or Saint Laurent. And the most interesting thing is that gothic culture is primarily found in England and France. But really, more in England. I even noticed that I am particularly drawn to English churches. Their churches, cathedrals, gothic architecture, films, series, music, performers – all of it is England. And truly, when you start reading about gothic culture and surround yourself with these scents, dress in all this dark, somber clothing, you fully enter that world. And you want to just walk through London – I could feel that paradoxical