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“"Origin cannot be corrected, it is carried.”
Boil's musical journey began in Burgas – the city that still resonates in his voice, even today, when he feels at home elsewhere. He has been playing the violin since he was five, moved on to pop and jazz singing, and finally settled on the bass guitar – the instrument that took him to Sofia. Although he does not come from a musical family, the artistic environment around him—grandparents devoted to amateur art—unlocked his natural interest in the stage.
For Boil, Burgas remains both an empathetic and slightly parvenu city—a place that shaped him as a person. Music became the most natural way for him to express what he felt. Although he no longer misses the violin emotionally, it left him with a solid foundation: an ear and sensitivity without which his musical world today would not be the same.
The real "grounding" comes with his acceptance into the Music Academy in Sofia. There, his native self-confidence quickly collides with reality and Boil realizes how much he still has to learn. The simple advice of a famous jazz bassist – "talk less and play more" – became his guiding principle. Besides knowledge, the most valuable thing was the people – colleagues and friends with whom he continues to share the stage today.
"Radio made me who I am today."
After graduating from the academy, Boil entered the world of radio — Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Horizon program. There he learned things that the stage rarely demands so uncompromisingly: teamwork, accuracy, and the ability to "cut the second" as a sound engineer. The discipline and professionalism imposed by radio became a structuring framework for his musical career as well.
The beginning at BNR was challenging but extremely useful. Always be on time, always be prepared, always respect other people's time – habits that Boil carries with him on stage and in the studio. Radio does not replace music, but it organizes it. And it is precisely in this combination of freedom and discipline that the artist he is today begins to take shape.
“Fear weakens when it has a name.”
Ironically, the song that brings new attention to Boil is also one of the most personal and vulnerable in his repertoire – "The Grey Fear." Born out of a long struggle with difficult inner turmoil, it tells of the "thousands of eyes," those random passersby who imperceptibly become observers of your life. A song about the fear of being seen, which ultimately does just that—puts you in the spotlight.
"The Grey Fear" was not written with success in mind, but it is precisely its honesty that makes it so. It won the Bulgarian National Radio's "Rising Star" award and found its way to people who recognize themselves in it, write about it, and express their gratitude. This is how personal fear begins to speak a common language.
His debut album "Don't Look Inside" continues this line of candor—naming and articulating pain without smoothing it over. Although in English, the album works as an invitation in two directions: to hear Boil's personal story and, at the same time, to look into our own. Life and music exist here as a whole – authenticity without distance.
Impulsive but now disciplined, Boil continues to experiment and search for himself through music. He does not shy away from turning his life into raw material for songs. On the contrary, he accepts it as the only possible form of honesty and believes that if, in time, something remains beyond success, it will be empathy: the ability to listen to others and make room for them in your world.
