everything she heard into the lyrics: both grief and pain. On December 2, 2022, Loboda presented a music video for the song "Cities". For the first time, Loboda directed her own music video. As the singer herself noted: "Separation has knocked on the door of many Ukrainians today, the song ‘Cities’ is exactly about it. The ‘Cities’ is about feelings, separation, and distance, which today is measured not in kilometers, but in days until we meet". The music video was shot in Riga and featured local actors. The cameraman was Phil Lee, who flew in from America, especially for the shooting. For the singer, the work was iconic and important. It's about how pain and suffering make people different, how, after surviving this hell of war, destruction, and inner pain, you come back from there to your cities, to your home. On February 3, 2023, the singer released her fourth single after February 24, 2022. The song titled "Ukrainian way" became the lead single on the artist's new album, which is expected to premiere as early as spring 2023. Personal life The family The grandfather — Vasyl Loboda — worked in the police, then in the KGB, traveled around the world a lot on business or service, and in 1958 lived more than half a year in Cuba. At the time, when Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were preparing for a revolution, he lived in the jungle and helped develop plans to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Vasyl Loboda died when Svitlana was young. Grandmother — Lyudmila Loboda was an opera singer. Father — Sergii Loboda (born 1957) was the head of the apron service at an aircraft factory. Mother — Natalia Loboda (born 1957) worked in Kyiv as a specialist in energy conservation. Her younger sister is Ksenia Loboda (born 1992). Former common-law husband — Andrii Tsar (last name at birth Onishchak) (born September 18, 1987, Lviv) — dancer, choreographer, worked with Svitlana Loboda Ballet and Freedom Ballet, DJ and singer. On October 1, 2014, the singer officially announced that she broke up with him. Daughter — Evangelina Levandovska (born April 9, 2011) Daughter — Tilda (born May 21, 2018) in Los Angeles Charity In April 2020, the singer, together with the Encore Charity Foundation in Russia and the Ukrainian Charity Exchange, launched the "Help Basket" campaign to support the elderly, low-income, and large families during the COVID-19 pandemic.