The authors of the song about “simple-dimple” won 850,000 rubles at a Rosmolodezh grant competition for the creation of a “patriotic” video.

One of the members of the M&A group (Merelin & Nastya), Maria Sorokina, was included in the list of winners of the first season of the Rosmolodezh.Grants competition, discovered “Caution, news.”

The grant says that the group received 851,000 rubles for the competition track “# protect” for a “patriotic project to film a video clip” for the song “I, You, We!” The text contains the following lines:

“Don’t be afraid, step forward! It's your time to take a chance! In Russia, love and happiness will last for thousands of years! Go forward, don't give up! You got a lucky ticket!”

• The M&A group is a duet of two twin sisters Maria and Anastasia Sorokin, now they are 21 years old. The group gained fame after releasing the song "Simple Dimple Popit Squish". Since then, she often speaks at “patriotic” youth events, and is also listed as a resident of the ANO New Media Resource Center, a budget organization that allocates funds for “socially significant” content, including “patriotic.”