Sasha Kvashenaya
Sasha Kvashenaya | |
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| File:Kvashenaya Sasha music video.jpg Sasha Kvashenaya during online streaming (2024) | |
| Background information | |
| Native name | Саша Квашеная |
| Birth name | Alexandra Konstantinovna Kapustina |
| Born | July 29, 1999 Prechistoye, Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia |
| Genres | Pop, cover artist, rock, folk |
| Occupation(s) | singer, streamer, vlogger |
| Instruments | Vocals, ukulele |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Website | YouTube channel |
Sasha Kvashenaya (Russian: Cаша Ква́шеная; real name Alexandra Konstantinovna Kapustina, Russian: Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Капу́стина, born 29 July 1999) is a Russian singer, cover artist, streamer, and vlogger. She is known for her YouTube channel featuring covers and live performances of songs in various genres.
Early life
Kvashenaya was born in Prechistoye, Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Since early childhood, she studied music, performed at the local House of Culture. She developed her vocal skills under the influence of her mother Olga.[1] At the age of 12, she began posting song covers on VKontakte, and in 2013 she launched her YouTube channel Саша Квашеная, which she continues to run as of October 2025.
Pseudonym "Kvashenaya" cab be translated as "sauerkraut" or "pickled". It originates from Sasha's family name "Kapustina" (Капустина) coming from "Kapusta" (Капуста), which is translated as "Cabbage". This nickname was used first time by a hacker replacing Sasha's name on her personal web page.
In 2017, she graduated from school. In the same year, she moved to Moscow and started hosting music streams. On the air, she performed covers of a variety of songs according to the requests of the audience.
In Moscow, she studied for three courses as a TV sound engineer, but did not complete her studies.
Career
At the age of 12, Sasha recorded her first cover song with a friend. She posted her videos on social media. A year after the publication of the first videos, Alexandra started blogging on YouTube.
Views of her videos started to exceed several hundred thousand in 2015, for example, the cover of the song "Marshrutka" by IOWA (this video has already gained 1.6 million views in 2025).[2]
Since 2017, Sasha has been hosting live music broadcasts on YouTube and Twitch, performing live covers and original songs. He also hosts guest song streams with other musicians.[3]
Sasha releases here own songs. The repertoire is based on pop songs, but there are also compositions in rock and folk genres.
In 2020, Sasha's first solo concert was held at the club "Moscow". Since then, she has continued to perform on stage periodically.
Since 2022, Sasha has started recording covers of famous songs with her own translations into Russian.
Kvashenaya prefers an independent path and does not cooperate with producers and labels, preferring creative freedom. Sasha writes all her songs herself and finds beatmakers on the Internet who make the final arrangement.
Projects and collaborations
In 2014, Sasha won the Kinder Music King All-Russian music competition.[4] For the victory, the song "Follow Me" was written specifically for Sasha and a video was shot with her participation.[1] This success helped Sasha's channel overcome the 100,000 subscribers mark.
In 2016, Sasha took part in the dubbing of the soundtrack for the cartoon The Powerpuff Girls, which was released on Cartoon Network. It was her first such experience. In 2021, Sasha voiced the character Pipp Petals in the Russian version of the animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation.[5]
Sasha had an unsuccessful casting experience on The Voice show. Sasha declined a subsequent invitation to participate in the tenth anniversary edition of The Voice show.[6]
In 2019, Sasha starred in a Megafon commercial, where she performed a musical theme. The video was broadcast on federal TV channels.[7][8]
In December 2022, Sasha, together with the Soyuz company, recorded the author's composition "The Law of Equilibrium". The singer is an ambassador of this microphone brand.[9]
In 2023, Sasha gave her first big interview on Stas Yarushin's music podcast and MUZLOFT channel. As of June 2025, the release of MUZLOFT with Sour Milk has collected more than 4.4 million views and remained the most viewed video of the channel. In December 2023, the New Year's edition of the Muzloft concert with Stas Yarushin, Sasha Kvashenaya and Rail Arslanov ("The Musician's Hut") was released.[10]
In February 2024, a cover version of the song Звенит январская вьюга was released, performed by musical project the Brotherhood of Atom, BassnPanda and with the participation of Atomic Heart. The song became the official soundtrack for the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo and entered the Yandex Music chart. All the vocal parts in the recording were performed by Sasha Kvashenaya. Previously, the singer performed remixes of songs from the original version of Atomic Heart on her music broadcasts. In October 2025, Sasha and the Brotherhood of Atom released a remake of the song The Beautiful Afar in a rock arrangement. The track took the first place in the playlist of Yandex Music — "Russian covers and remakes" and appeared on its cover.[11]
Sasha conducts charity music streams. On June 14, 2024, she held a charity stream in support of students of resource classes, wards of the Art to Be Close foundation.[12] On December 30, 2024, as part of the "Magic is Near" campaign in support of children with autism, Sasha hosted a New Year's music stream, collecting over 200,000 rubles in one evening.[13]
Popularity
According to SocialBlade, as of June 2025, Sasha Kvashena's channel was ranked 15th in the list of "Top 100 Music YouTube Creators in Russian Federation by Subscribers" with 4.26 million subscribers and 35th in the list of "Top 100 Music YouTube Creators in Russian Federation by Views" with 1.35 billion views.[14][15]
The song "The Forgotten Radio Wave" was included in the chart of rock music "Chartova Dozen".[16] The song "Breath", released in April 2025, was featured on the cover of the Yandex Music playlist "Bloggers who Sing" and in the top 5 playlist "Folk" VK Music.[17]
Reviews
Music critic Alexander Umanchuk positively evaluates Sasha's vocal abilities and her ability to perform compositions in different styles. At the same time, he believes that the expressive manner of Kvashena's behavior on streams sometimes borders on overplaying, but helps to keep the audience's attention.[18]
Lisa Zhuravleva, editor of the Zvuk streaming service, notes that Kvashenaya performs a wide repertoire, from Bianca to Mark Bernes. She believes that Sasha has not only a strong singer's voice, but also an individual style.[1]
Music records
As of October 2025, Sasha has released 21 original songs and 4 collaborative tracks (including two covers).[19][20][21]
| Year | Song Title |
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| 2018 | «With Love from the Clouds» |
| «Marmalade» | |
| 2020 | «Invisible» |
| «Night Lullaby» | |
| «Please, Stay» | |
| «Insomnia» | |
| «At the Bottom» | |
| «I Hate Distances» | |
| 2021 | «Spring» |
| «Hazy look» | |
| 2022 | «Loveless» |
| 2023 | «The Law of Balance» |
| «Doubts» | |
| «Everyone Knows» | |
| «Next to You» | |
| «Forgotten Radiowave» | |
| «Bird of Paradise» | |
| 2025 | «Breath» |
| «Тeither friend nor foe» | |
| «Me and You» | |
| «The moment» |
| Year | Song Title |
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| 2022 | «You know» (with SakharSoSteklom) |
| 2023 | «At your door» (with Khizhina Musykanta) |
| 2024 | «The January blizzard is ringing» (with the Brotherhood of Atom, BassnPanda, Atomic Heart) |
| 2025 | «The Beautiful Afar» (with the Brotherhood of Atom) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Singer and blogger Sasha Kvashenaya". Sound (streaming service). Archived from the original on 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2025-06-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The governor promised support to the girl-star of the Internet Sasha Kapustina". Komsomolskaya Pravda. Archived from the original on 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-06-25. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Popular Russian blogger and singer Kvashenaya Sasha". ru:The Voice (журнал).
- ↑ "Sasha Kapustina — The winner of the show Kinder Music King". KinderMusicKing.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2025-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "My Little Pony: New generation 2021. Russian dubbing actors". КупиГолос. Archived from the original on 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-06-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Blogger Kvashenaya about casting in the Voice". Gazeta.ru. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-06-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "A musician blogger from the Yaroslavl region starred in an advertisement for federal channels". ru:Собака.ru. Archived from the original on 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "A blogger girl from the Yaroslavl hinterland became a star on federal channels". ru:76.ru. Archived from the original on 2025-02-11. Retrieved 2025-06-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sasha Kvashenaya recorded her original song "The Law of Balance"". ВКонтакте. Союз. Retrieved 2025-06-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "MuzLoft: Concert with Khizhina Musykanta & Kvashenaya . The best music streamers in Russia". Rutube. МУЗLOFT. Archived from the original on 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2025-06-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Yandex Music — Fresh Superlunch: Soviet hardcore, reflection and jerk". Yandex Music. Archived from the original on 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2025-06-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Singer Sasha Kvashenaya held the second charity stream". Art to Be Close. Archived from the original on 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-06-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Charity stream in support of children with autism". Social Information Agency. Archived from the original on 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-06-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Kvashenaya — Forgotten Radiowave in the charts Chartova Dyuzhina". ru:Наше радио. Archived from the original on 2025-06-09. Retrieved 2025-06-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Single «Breath» by Kvashenaya got into the top playlists of music platforms". Дружба Музыка. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ↑ "So, is it cringe or top? The whole truth about Kapustina (Kvashenaya)". InterMedia. Archived from the original on 2025-05-01. Retrieved 2025-06-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The musician card Kvashenaya in VKontakte". VKontakte. Retrieved 2025-06-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The musician card Kvashenaya in Yandex Music". Yandex Music. Retrieved 2025-06-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The musician card Kvashenaya in Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 2025-06-13. Unknown parameter
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