At Ningbo, Dimash recorded a duet with Luo Tianyi, a hologram. They sang 'Mo Li Hua' (Jasmine) beautifully!

The song that is close to my heart The Crown of Thorns (lyrics from Lyricstranslate.com) Entanglement, filled with twist and turns Dust, spectacular yet lonely Absurdity, repeats again and again Partings, so casual and indifferent Bitterness brings turmoil Infatuation brings despair Love is a thorny crown, why hold on to such pain? Memory, like a web of vines, A regret that breathes Let me wear the crown you give Like an ancient statue living in a museum Entanglement, filled with twists and turns Dust, spectacular yet lonely Absurdity, repeated again and again Partings, so casual and indifferent Bitterness brings turmoil Infatuation brings despair Love is a thorny crown, why hold on to such pain? Memory, like a web of vines, A regret that breathes Let me wear the crown you give Like an ancient statue living in a museum Giving you snowflakes from last night Giving you a long farewell Giving you a lavish yearning Like sheets of small, insignificant, ...

One of the miracles of words (poetry or song) is that they endure for as long as there is someone to read or sing the poetry. Dimash is giving life to the stories of his people when he sings songs like Daididau, Aliya and Samaltau. And when we sing these songs for love of him, we also breathe life into these stories. I think Dimash has made it impossible for these stories to ever be forgotten. And this reminds me of a poem by one of my favourite poet playwrights. Sonnet 18 (by WS) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, Whe...

Same program (Песня года - Song of The Year) but a year apart... and both times Dimash sang award-winning songs ❤️