In 2000, Buzhynska successfully graduated from the Kyiv Institute of Music, receiving a bachelor's degree. In 2001, Buzhynska became the first representative of Ukraine at the Sanremo Music Festival, where she performed the song "Ukraine". In cooperation with the NAK studio, the album "Flame" was released in the same year. In 2001, Nataliya Shevchuk shot a music video for the song "Romansero" from the next album. The clip was filmed at the Pirogovo Museum of Ethnography in Kyiv, but the entourage was chosen for Spanish and Gypsy culture. The text about crazy love and betrayal was written by Rybchinskyi. President Leonid Kuchma awarded Buzhynska the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine.
