Rapidly changing, the cultural and linguistic language environment dictates the specific nature of communication in new situations and, accordingly, new requests of students, in connection with which there is a need to update teaching methods in the field of spoken speech in a foreign language. A special place can be taken by working with authentic video materials which help foreign students to understand fluent Russian, feel freer in live communication and also adapt faster to new living conditions, overcoming the language barrier. The authors of this article offer an interactive option for foreign students to get acquainted with the cultural capital of Russia, the purpose of which is not only a variety of forms of work and attracting attention, but also the formation and development of communicative competence through the background of general cultural knowledge. The work with the music video is presented in a complex and step-by-step manner, revealing the features of the lesson in Russian as a foreign language and including both its language and speech side.