Conceptual album about Pavlenko's hometown destroyed by Russian aggression. Release 28 May 2026 — anniversary of Mariupol's liberation.
Go_A presents the conceptual album 'Bakhmut' on 28 May 2026 — anniversary of Mariupol's liberation in 2022 (though Bakhmut remains partly under occupation in 2026). This is a 10-track LP fully dedicated to frontwoman Kateryna Pavlenko's hometown, which before the 2022 full-scale aggression was a city with 78 thousand population. The album started in Berlin (September 2023), completed in Kyiv (January 2026). Album concept — 10 'memories' from different generations of Bakhmut residents aged 12 to 87, who evacuated to different countries. Interviews with them were recorded from 2023 to 2025. Each track is dedicated to one 'hero': I. 'Grandma Zina' (87 years old, remembers the 1941 war); II. 'Taras' (35-year-old engineer); III. 'Marynka' (16-year-old schoolgirl); ... X. 'Me' (Pavlenko personally). Texts are based on real stories. Musically — adaptation of Go_A's signature electro-folk style to a more meditative and memorial format. Album duration — 51 minutes. The presentation concert runs on 30 May 2026 at the Kyiv Sports Palace (10 thousand spectators, sold out). All revenue from the album sales (digital + physical) and the concert is transferred to the Bakhmut Restoration Foundation, founded by Pavlenko in March 2024. The album releases on Mukha Records label.
