Breskvica on new romance: We don't have to hide anymore

Andjela Ignjatovic Breskvica has confirmed she is in a relationship, and she did it casually, on a night out on the Montenegrin coast where she is working the summer season. The comments came on July 28. Until then she had said nothing about the man she is with.

She did not say much this time either. She said enough.

“All I know is that I am very happy, that I have never been happier and never looked better, and that he is the reason for it,” the singer said.

Asked whether the change shows, she kept it short.

“Yes, obviously. I mean, I have realised it only now. I have definitely never been in a better mood or happier,” she said.

Who is the man she is with

A businessman from Belgrade. That is the entire description Breskvica offered. No name, no line of work, nothing anyone could use to identify him. All she added was that he does not do public appearances and that she respects it.

What she singled out as his main qualification is telling: he knew exactly what he was signing up for.

“My partner is right there, next to the musicians, we are all like family…He is used to everything this job involves, he knew from the very start who he was with, he does not like being in the public eye and I respect that.”

Behind that line sits the daily reality of a summer season. The shows run at night, the drives between coastal clubs come one after another, and the singer spends the whole time surrounded by the band and crew she calls family. Breskvica does not present that as something to be negotiated. She presents it as a condition her partner accepted in advance.

What does it mean that they no longer have to hide?

It means the relationship was being kept quiet until now, and that both of them minded. Breskvica summed it up in one sentence.

“It really means a lot to us that we do not have to hide,” she said.

There is a practical consequence. From now on, every photo of the two of them, every show he turns up at and every wedding rumour will be measured against these few sentences. Once a public figure confirms a relationship, the right to stay silent about it is gone, however much the partner wants quiet.

A season below expectations

Breskvica is working the summer season in Montenegro and she was blunt about the turnout. There are fewer people than they would like, she said, though the atmosphere is good and the parties are going well.

That admission carries more weight than any outside estimate. Performers rarely concede a weak season while it is still running, because the concession goes straight into the negotiation over the next booking.

What comes in the autumn

After the coast, Breskvica has a tour of the United States lined up, her second in three years. That means several weeks away from Serbia, starting right after the relationship went public.

So a private arrangement enters the least convenient setup imaginable: a confirmed couple, a partner who wants no cameras, and a singer flying across the ocean as soon as the summer season is packed up. If they get through it without a single further comment to the press, that will be a rare outcome on the Serbian scene.

For now the only certainty is what she said herself. She is happy, she admits it shows, and she is not taking the credit for it.