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Leading: O-Zone has split but its members don't leave music career. Radu Sarbu is the most decisive to continue.
L: It is known about Dan that he is in USA and lives happily after the o-zone success. The third group member Arsenie takes part in different video shows. Radu Sarbu, ex-member of o-zone, wants to sing for a long time. He made a video in Romania for his first single called "Whap-pa".Radu says that the song is in the o-zo0ne style only because of its optimism. The "fairy tale" video is about the first Radu's love from his childhood, that's why the roles of Radu and his beloved girl were played by 2 kids of age 4. It was hard for the producer to work with the boy because he did not want to listen to what he was said so the boy's mother came for help and asked him to do what the producer says. Ana, Radu's wife, was present, and she was very pleased with the result.
L: In our studio today we welcome Radu Sarbu! Hallo!
Radu: Hallo!
L: member of o-zone
Radu: yes, exactly
L: or ex-group O-Zone how to say???
Radu: ex-O-Zone now just Radu
L: as you are here... please explain why o-zone has split, because there were so many calls about this question... and there was never a certain answer! I'm waiting for you to answer why?
Radu: o-zone was something really beautiful for me! yes, a pleasant experience and something more...
L: and it was a success
Radu: yes. and why it has split everyone already knows... there were many talks about this topic.
L: NO!!!
Radu: No???!!
L: no, no!
Radu: i think the reason is pride.
L: your pride, or Arsenie's?
Radu: let's not show directly...
L: but i am interested! O-zone had a success of which many artists just dream, not only romanian...
Radu: Yes
L: after you had so much success the group has split! why do such things happen?
Radu: i said, because of pride
L: more detailed...
RADU: nothing so important... there used to be o-zone, now there is no o-zone... now i am Radu
L: we'll talk about your plans, but anyway i want to know why? because of money or...?
RADU: money was divided fairly, no, not because of money, there was just a moment when we could no longer work together, everyone wanted to choose his own way
L: maybe one wanted to seem better than others?
Radu: when there is no good atmosphere... it's difficult to work, you can, but you torment yourself and in the end the result is not so good. So we decided that we stop here and everyone goes his own way. And i don't think that it is bad.
L: i'm sure it's not bad. But how long was your friendship? just when having success of are you still friends?
RADU: i'm still a friend of dan and Arsenie.
L: what do you mean "friends"? You call each other, meet?
RADU: Dan is very far, so we call each other, ask how are the thing going...
L: what is Dan doing in Amerika? did not he say??
RADU: i don't know . we talk fast. just what are you doing/how are you/everything's ok/bye. no details.
L: big friendship...
RADU: we are far from each other and...
L: calls are expensive! i'm joking. is he making music there?
RADU: i don't know. i know what I am doing.
L: a quarrel?!
RADU: NO!
L: yes!!
Radu: do you want me to give you the number so that you call and ask??!
L: ok, but many artists dream of o-zone success but not of the same end...
RADU: it's difficult to say... i don't know... there are many events that could lead to future success or...
L: what was the event with o-zone?
RADU: mmm.. i don't remember, let's better talk about my project
L: ok, but you still did not explain why? maybe because of the leader?? was it Dan or Arsenie?
Radu: there always has to be a leader, the leader was Dan
L: was it difficult for you?
RADU: Not at all
L: probably it was so that there were moments when you did not agree with him and it led to the group split
RADU: There were such moments
L: what exactly? money, or tour in some country or what?
RADU: no i said not because of money, because of pride, there was no atmosphere like in the past, we could not work together, everyone was looking his own way. There were calls about concerts, or interviews, one of us was here, another was there, another was busy with something... It was difficult to come together, that's why we split.
L: but the leader should solve all problems.
RADU: maybe because we did not have a good manager, we never had any.
L: could you come together again?
RADU: NO.
vedusia: why not??
RADU: because everyone chose his own way.
L: you chose solo career?
RADU: Yes.
Vedusia: didn't you think of a group?
RADU: No. I said i have a project where i am solo singer, and two mulat dancers, a boy and a girl. It's very interesting. Maybe some day we come here together.
L: let's now watch part of the video and talk about your project.
Radu: ok.
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L: we watched part of the video... is it true that it was difficult to find the kids for the video?
RADU: Yes, it was difficult, we made advertisments in different newspapers in Buharestm, there was a lot of cute kids but i needed a boy who looked like me... one was with blue eyes, another with blond hair... another was afraid to make a step from mother's skirt... But anyway we found a boy on the last day, i found the girl in the kindergarten where goes the daughter of my friend, when i saw her she was sleeping, she just woke up and i said it's her. I saw she was so energetic!
(to be continued)