ЗАБУТИ

By NASTEISHA

Meaning

This song feels like a messy, emotional breakup anthem mixed with club energy and self-protection. The speaker keeps repeating that they are “gone” and should be forgotten, but the lyrics show the opposite: they are still deeply affected by love, memory, desire, and pain. There is a strong tension between wanting to party, distract oneself, and move on, versus being trapped in the emotional aftermath of a relationship that still stings. The tone is restless, wounded, and defiant, with a danceable surface hiding vulnerability underneath.

About NASTEISHA - Topic

NASTEISHA is a Ukrainian rap and alternative hip-hop artist who began her music career in September 2022. Her music has reached listeners beyond Ukraine, and she has appeared in Spotify’s “Top 50 Viral Ukraine” chart, which suggests she is part of Ukraine’s newer wave of online-born artists.

"ЗАБУТИ" (“to forget”) is a single by NASTEISHA and INSOMNIA, released on November 25, 2022. The song appears to be a breakup or heartbreak track about trying to forget someone, and its online release helped it circulate among Ukrainian listeners; some sources also note attention from Turkish listeners and viral-chart activity in Ukraine.

Line highlights

  • "Друзі, туси, на*кота"

    Literally, this is a slangy, chaotic call to friends to party and get high. It sets the song’s club-like, reckless mood and suggests escapism rather than emotional healing.

  • "мене нема"

    This means “I’m not here” or “I don’t exist [for you].” It expresses emotional withdrawal, as if the speaker is trying to erase themselves to avoid more pain.

  • "Забудь / Не знай, мене прощай"

    This line asks the other person to forget, not recognize, and say goodbye. The repetition makes it sound like a desperate attempt to cut ties, even though the feelings are clearly still present.

  • "бо це б*ять любов"

    A blunt, raw phrase meaning “because it’s f***ing love.” The profanity gives the line emotional honesty and frustration, showing that love here is not romantic but painful and destructive.

  • "Мене ти не лишай"

    This means “Don’t leave me.” It contrasts sharply with the earlier commands to forget and say goodbye, revealing the song’s central contradiction: the speaker pushes away while begging not to be abandoned.

  • "цілувати,обнімати тільки не кохати"

    “Kiss, hug, but don’t love” captures the song’s emotional logic of wanting intimacy without vulnerability. For a learner, it’s a striking phrase because it shows how Ukrainian can compress a complicated feeling into a very direct, poetic line.

Lyrics preview (Ukrainian with English translation)

  1. Друзі, туси, на*кота. Friends, hang out, on*kata.
  2. Мене немає, па-па, забудь, не знай мене, прощай. I'm not here, bye-bye, forget me, don't know me, goodbye.
  3. А якщо знайдеш, так ти вертай. And if you find me, then you come back.
  4. Мене вертай. Bring me back.
  5. Друзі, туси, на*кота. Friends, hang out, on*kata.
  6. А мене немає, па-па, And I'm not here, bye-bye,
  7. Забудь. Forget it.
  8. Не знай, мене прощай. Don't know me, goodbye.

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