Citi Zēni // Lieka Štuka
Director - Mārtiņš Goldbergs
DOP - Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
DOP - Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
Producer - Mārtiņš Goldbergs
Edit and Colorgrade - Mārtiņš Kivlinieks
Make Up Artist - Loreta Danche
Best Boy - Edijs Elksnis
Art Department - Ieva Filatova, Marta Kalnins, Emilija Podgaiska
Art Department - Ieva Filatova, Marta Kalnins, Emilija Podgaiska
Artwork and Social Media - Renāte Saulīte
Single Producer - Jānis Kļaviņš
Published by Forte Production
Special thanks to:
BBrental
Eliza Jordanane
Ermīns Baltais
fonFilms
Māris Lagzdiņš
Dita Nitiša
The song "Lieka Štuka" was initially written almost two years ago, but "Citi Zēni" were awaiting the right moment for releasing it. "In response to rising fuel prices, record high gas costs and massive inflation, it seems that a more accurate moment for a song about value for money is unthinkable. 'Lieka Štuka' as a concept is something unattainable, but it is worth striving for and dreaming about. I've never met a person who says he has too much money. Everyone has a desire that additional funds would help to bring closer to reality, ” about the group's latest single says singer Jānis Pētersons.
Dagnis Roziņš, the band's saxophonist, has taken on the role of singer in this single. He he has the following to say about the sound of the song: "This single is noticeably different from our other songs, so sometimes we get the feeling that this song in particular wasn't written by ourselves, but it was rather rented to us by some higher forces." The overall structure of the song is also commented on by the band's bassist and producer Roberts Memmēns: “When creating the arrangement of the song, we looked for solutions to surprise our listeners. Until now, 'Citi Zēni' had never collaborated with a choir, but it seems that this song fits the sense of togetherness that singing in a choir provides. This time we could not afford a choir, so I sang all the men's parties myself. In total, there are 190 voices that can be heard at the end of the song at the same time.”
Along with the latest single, the band is also presenting a video created in collaboration with Creators 22. The director of the clip, Mārtiņš Goldbergs, comments on the idea and realisation of the visualisation: "Although the lyrics of the song are full of irony and satire, in the video we tried to take artistic seriousness in order to visually create the same contradiction as in the title of the song. "Lieka Štuka" is an oxymoron, and that's what we tried to portray."
