Řupíci is a special name for the band. Did you think of others?
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China: It was clear to us that the name Řupíci was on the verge, and of course we were looking for another one. But everything we came up with seemed contrived, invented, so to speak, a little for strength. That’s why we decided to leave it as it came naturally.
Adamczyk: It was more like the name found us.
How did he find you?
China: We prepared a show a few years ago in this trio and our guest was the actor Hynek Čermák. After filming, he told us: Yeah, I thought your questions would be sharp, but you were such a prick.
We thought about the fact that he was right, that we chose our questions in such a way that Hynk was mainly comfortable, that he liked us. Then we started talking to each other and it immediately caught on among friends.
When we then decided to start a band, at first the fact that we would be called Tupíci sounded like a joke. But slowly it started to dawn on us that there is no other way, and if we break the name over the knee, we could easily break the essence of our band. And that is the joy of music, the joy of our friendship.
What do you mean by the word chumps?
Adamczyk: Now mainly the band.
China: In my opinion, tupík is a being who proudly carries his banner. He’s a straight man, maybe a bit of a happy underdog full of joie de vivre who doesn’t give up. And he doesn’t take himself too seriously.
Poláková: I imagine the three of us, but also everyone who wants to go crazy with us in dance, music and glitter, maybe even forget some of their serious self and go wild.
Why did you, the new band, get the confidence to sing the song for the Olympians?
Poláková: Originally, only I was approached by people from the Czech Olympic Committee. They wanted to use a specific song from my second album Poď si. This is because the entire Olympic campaign is based on the word Come and also because we filmed our original Come with Evka Adamczyková, who is going to the Olympics this year.
At that time, Łupíci already existed, we were working on the first record. I felt sorry to use an old song without some new intervention, and I presented the idea to the guys. They agreed and people from the Czech Olympic Committee were also in favor.
Mainly at Marko’s instigation, a de facto new song was then created, in which the reference to the original version is only the riff. That’s why it’s called Come 2.0.
Photo: Supraphon
The punks on the music scene will end in 2030
What ambitions does the band Řupíci have?
Poláková: We would like to release the record we are working on this fall or next spring. We are planning to tour and play at summer festivals.
China: However, the important thing is that our existence will end in 2030. As soon as we were formed, we agreed that we would be a band for five years.
Why?
China: Most groups don’t know when to stop. We do. We have our lives and plans. Each of us has a personal and professional life and is satisfied with it. Fitting a music project into it is challenging. We said we’d go for it because we enjoy it, but we also agreed to give it a time frame.
