Listeners first heard about Hellya at the beginning of 2004, when her song Naidu was added to the Podnebesnaya No.1 collection released by t.A.T.u's former producer, Ivan Shapovalov. It didn't take long for the London based record company Sony BMG to offer Hellya a long-term contract. The contract was eventually broken, and Hellya continued to write lyrics and music in the Podnebesnaya studio in her own German-fused style. The only problem was Ivan Shapovalov spent all of his time on other projects. Around this time, t.A.T.u.'s current producer (Boris Rensky) came to Hellya with an offer to manage her, and invest in the project. Ivan Shapovalov wasn't against turning over the Hellya project to Boris Rensky, but certain conditions were put in place, which Rensky honored. In the fall of 2005, the German Girl started to work with the president of the computer company RnK and patiently waited for all that was promised to her. About a year and a half passed, and practically nothing happened with the Hellya project. This was mainly due to the fact that Boris Rensky was engaged heavily in the management of t.A.T.u., and didn't have enough time for Hellya. The final straw between Hellya and Rensky took place during a rehearsal in Los Angeles. It's important to say that even Julia Volkova (one of the singers of the t.A.T.u. group) said she didn't know why Hellya had to wait so long. During 2006-2008, Hellya worked with the group SheZa. She created their main tracks, which were named the best rock debut under RAMP (2008.) During this past year, Hellya started acting as her own producer, recording new songs for a new album with the support of the company Ledokol. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.