Elena and Yulia together

A third Russian studio album, titled Veselye Ulybki was released on October 21, 2008 on iTunes, the Jelena Sergejewna Katina official t.A.T.u. web shop, and select Soyuz stores in Moscow. There is still no confirmed release date for its English counterpart.^[5]

After completing the duo, the producers decided on the name Тату (Tatu). nude TATU It is a shortened version from the Russian "Eta devushka lyubit tu devushku", meaning "This girl loves that girl".^[6] For the release of their first English-language album, they decided to go by t.A.T.u., using uppercased letters and periods to differentiate between an already existing Australian band also named "Tatu."

After t.A.T.u. broke ties with Universal Music in 2006, it was finally announced in 2008 that T.A. Music would become the standing record label for t.A.T.u., although only currently photos lene alexandra in the Russian market. Boris Renski is still currently the band's manager.