Wellboy is a Ukrainian singer, ward of Yuriy Bardash (2021), a participant in the X-Factor musical show. Today Anton Velboy (real name of the artist) is one of the most talked about people in Ukrainian show business. On June 25, the singer blew up the charts with the presentation of the track "Geese".
Anton's childhood and youth
The artist's date of birth is June 9, 2000. The young man spent his childhood in the village of Grun (Sumy region). He grew up in a traditionally intelligent and creative family.
Mom and dad of Anton Velboy are rural musicians. Apparently, he inherited talent and amazing charisma from his parents. By the way, my mother graduated from the piano class, and the head of the family played the guitar skillfully. He made a living by playing at weddings. Today Anton's father lives in Kyiv and works as a builder.
Anton was a good student at school. His musical taste and excellent hearing distinguished him from his peers. After receiving his high school diploma, Velboy set off to conquer the capital of Ukraine. In Kyiv, the young man entered the National University of Culture and Arts. He received a degree in Variety Director.
The young man spent his student years as actively as possible. It is worth noting that Velboy was never ashamed to work. He took on any job. He has worked as an MC, house painter, animator and actor.
The creative path of Wellboy
The creative path of Anton Velboy began with the fact that he attended the casting of the Ukrainian musical show "X-Factor". The talented guy managed to surprise the audience and the judges with the performance of a track from Monatik's repertoire.
After the performance, the audience and the judges gave Anton a standing ovation. He bribed the audience with eccentricity and original presentation of musical material. By the way, he does not pronounce the letter "r", and this has become his "trick".
In the music show, he took third place. After the project, he did not droop, but continued to "make" covers for the tracks of popular Russian artists. Around the same period of time, the presentation of their own tracks took place. We are talking about the musical works "Wind" and "Beautiful people".
Wellboy collaboration with Yuri Bardash
After participating in the X-Factor project, Anton was bombarded with an unrealistic number of proposals for cooperation. He was offered to sign a contract, both producers and recording studios.
Once an influential Ukrainian producer Yuri Bardash subscribed to Velboy's profile. He is known for the projects "Mushrooms", "Nerves", the Moon, etc.
Yuri Bardash saw in Anton not only a promising singer, but also a very interesting personality. Officially, Yuri and Anton started cooperation in 2021. Fans are sure that they are waiting for unrealistically cool musical work from two non-standard personalities.
Anton Velboy: details of his personal life
Nothing is known about the artist's personal life. Anton's social networks are also "silent". One thing is for sure - he is not married and has no children. In an interview, he said that he had never had a relationship with girls.
Interesting facts about Wellboy
- Anton has a tattoo that says: “Chervone is love, and chorne is zhurba.”
- For Velboy, Yuri Bardash is an authority and a good role model.
- He loves to experiment with looks.
- Anton studied at a music school. The artist knows how to play the guitar, ukulele, guitar.
- He dreams of a country house near Kiev.
Wellboy: Our Days
On June 25, 2021, the presentation of the video for the track "Geese" took place. The video was directed by Evgeny Triplov. A few weeks after the presentation of the song, she entered the top 20 tracks of Ukrainian Apple Music.
"The musical piece was born in my village, when I was inspired by nature, trees and green grass. In the song, I expressed my emotions in my native language. So that the rhymes, the vibe, the language itself were not plastic and cottony, so that this music would rock everyone without exception. I am sure that we filled the song not only with the right sound, but also with a relevant message," Velboy commented.
For this period of time, Anton lives in Kyiv. He settled in a hostel. The capital of Ukraine is one of his favorite cities and the artist is not going to leave here. But he does not mind at all, to skate a tour of Ukraine. Not so long ago, he conducted a poll: in which city they want to see him the most.
On July 8, 2021, the artist performed on the main stage of the Atlas Weekend 2021 festival. On August 20, Velboy, together with Tina Karol, presented an incredibly cool collaboration—the song "Cut the Spark!"
On October 22, 2021, Anton released a promising track called "Cherry". In addition, on the day of the release of the composition, the premiere of a “cherry” and incredibly juicy video took place. With this work, Bardash's ward hit the fans in the very "heart".
At the end of December of the same year, Velboy presented New Year's versions of the one hundred percent hits "Geese" and "Cherry". The cartoon "New Year's Guses" and "New Year's Cherries" were appreciated by the "fans".
Wellboy at Eurovision 2022
Wellboy expressed his desire to represent his native country at Eurovision in Italy in 2022. “Guys, we’ve just come to the studio and are going to record a brand new track,” the singer said.
The final of the Eurovision National Selection was held as a televised concert on February 12, 2022. Tina Karol , Jamala , and Yaroslav Lodygin served as judges.
On stage, Anton delighted the judges and the audience with the performance of Nozzy Bossy. The artist, as always, turned his performance into a real enchanting show.
Yaroslav Lodygin criticized Anton's number. He also added that each subsequent track of the artist loses its "taste". The singer tried to keep his face, but it was clear that it was unpleasant to listen to criticism.
Nevertheless, Anton received as many as 7 points from the judges. The audience gave the artist 6 points. Alas, 13 points were not enough to win. Anton took 3rd place.
Yuri Bardash published a post the next day in which he decided to support his ward: “Politics won once again at Eurovision. Why do we need a good and fun sound?!…”.
