In 2015 , Prikhodko vowed to begin prioritizing the Ukrainian language in her music , and that she would no longer perform in Russian . She went on to claim that this decision had cost her popularity , as Russian is the dominant language of the music industry throughout most of the post-Soviet states . In 2016 , Prikhodko was announced as a competitor in the Ukrainian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 , the inaugural edition of the '' Vidbir '' competition . Prikhodko competed in the first semi-final on 6 February 2016 with the song " I Am Free Now " . She placed seventh in the semi-final , and did not qualify to the final . Her second studio album '' Ya vilna '' was later released that year . On 16 October 2018 , Prikhodko announced through her Facebook that she had decided to end her musical career in order to enter politics
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Anastasia Prikhodko