[6] In 2019, Tima released his first album, Your First Disc is my Cassette (Russian: Твой первый диск – моя кассета),[7] and was later nominated for the RU.TV Powerful Start award.

[1] His mother often played the music of English bassist Sting, while his father enjoyed guitarist and pianist Leonid Agutin.

[9] Though he never engaged in sport professionally, he was especially fond of football during his time in primary school[1][12] before slowly losing interest and moving further to music.

[10] After completing primary school, Tima began attending the Belarusian State Academy of Music, though he soon after moved to a linguistics college.

After reviewing auditions from other applicants, and selecting two different artists, the label's administrator told the judges to listen to his single RASSVET.