recorded her eponymous debut studio album during the summer of 2004, incorporating elements of Arabic and European dance music and singing in Turkic languages.

However, the concert's timing and theme — simulating the experience of a plane hijacking by a religious fundamentalist terrorist — was condemned by media figures, politicians, and the general public.

[4] Shevlyakova was reportedly discovered online by Ivan Shapovalov, the Russian music producer who had previously worked with the controversial teen pop group t.A.T.u.

[4] Over the summer of 2004, Shevlyakova recorded her debut studio album, which consisted predominately of "love songs based on Arabic tunes" performed in Tajik, Georgian, and Persian.

[4][1] Her debut single, "Chor Javon", was a cover of a song written and originally performed by Tajik musician Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev.

[4][7] A music journalist, quoted in a DNI.RU article, described the song as "a completely insane, hypnotic mixture from Dead Can Dance, a specially detuned piano, a waltz rhythm beaten off by electric drums, an unusual, very weighty voice of the singer and the screams of horsemen in the background".

[3] Shevlyakova planned to carry her microphone on a belt to make it look like an explosive, while video screens behind her were slated to display terror footage as bodyguards wearing camouflage clothing fired paintballs upon the audience.

[4] Shapovalov also announced plans to stage a similar concert in Britain, claiming that multiple British record labels had expressed interest in releasing n.A.T.o.

[1] The Muslim Council of Britain encouraged people to ignore the concert, calling it "tasteless" and accusing it of seeking to make money from recent tragedies.

is merely a female singer with a headscarf and a veil", and that if people took offense at that fact, then "that means only one thing – the society is sick and needs to seek treatment.

's image — that of a shahid, blowing herself up — was impossible to recreate, and thus "reveals the limitations of play as a means of ordering the chaos of terror, allowing repetition and using predictable forms that create an illusion of safety.

[11] House of Unions administrators likewise cited the siege, which had taken place from 1 to 3 September, as well as two recent Russian plane crashes as making the performance inappropriate.

[3] In response to the cancellation, Shapovalov filed suit in Moscow's Court of Arbitration, arguing that he had not been appropriately notified of the decision, and seeking to force the venue to host the show at a later date.

[5][10] The concert opened with Middle East news footage from CNN, which faded into a techno beat; Shevlyakova closed out the show with a performance of "Chor Javon".