Irina Grigoryeva

Irina Grigoryeva

ROLE: Writer for The Devil's Playlist

FIRST ALBUM PURCHASED: It was a casette tape of a Russian pop singer (equivalent of Nicki Minaj mixed with Pink and Britney Spears...yikes) when I was seven years old. I don't remember what it was called, but I remember it had very inappropriate songs on it that my friends and I would sing. Where were the grown-ups at the time?

FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED: A Beatles' tribute, 2008; First proper concert: Lindsey Stirling, 2013

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: U2, Ellie Goulding, Camera Obscura, Andrew Belle, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey

I AM ALWAYS LISTENING TO: U2, Bon Jovi, Coldplay

Living with my grandparents for most of my childhood, I grew up around opera, classical piano, and Russian translations of Beatles' songs ("Yellow Submarine" was changed to "White Parrot"...what?) softly playing in the background while my grandfather's baritone voice boomed out of the kitchen during his When my uncle reached his rebellious teenage years, he bought a CD player and