Kogda tvoya devushka bolʹna

Tsoi had plans to create a boy band that would perform "pop" songs, including "Kogda tvoya devushka bolʹna".

[2] Music experts see certain similarities between "Kogda tvoya devushka bolʹna" and the song by British jangle pop group The Smiths called Girlfriend in a Coma.

[…] "When your girlfriend is sick" - it has a joke and the simplest rhymes, like "cinema - wine" - and nothing more.The song was the subject of much controversy for the band due to its noticeable pop sound.

Viktor Tsoi researcher Vitaly Kalgin disagrees with this opinion, believing that Kino's work included elements of pop music from the very beginning.

Moreover, Kalgin believed that the album Eto ne lyubov... contained songs that were poppier than "Kogda tvoya devushka bolʹna".