Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted the second song under the pseudonym “Durikovich” on his Russian-language Telegram channel.
The track is called “Eh, VPNs are Faithful.” Durov accompanied it with the following comment: “It’s time to admit that my favorite genre is military marches 🥁.”
The path contains these words:
In 1818 I stood under the banner,
In 19 I was in the service.
Twenty met proxy horses, bowed to my ip address.
I thought we conquered, I thought, rest, pigeons, grandchildren, fishing rod, seagulls on honey,
And in 2026: All right, get up, put your shoes on, Grandpa, I’m coming.
Furthermore, the text mentions YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp, which have been “failed” and “criticised”; “Sovereignty”, “Chinese chips”, “best IT professionals” being “offshored” – and this phrase is repeated periodically: “Oh, secure VPNs, proxies and mirrors / Arise, telegraph programs, the trumpet is calling us again.”
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On April 23, Durov published the first track of “Durikovich” entitled “Your Live Internet” – in the chanson genre. It contained the following lyrics: “Where they cut off the entrance, we found our way / At our entrance they talk about the VPN / The man, the grandmother, the neighbor – everyone’s not afraid now / If they cut off their light, we’ll make our way.”