Bosse: That's why he sings about mental health | STERN.de

Bosse That's why he sings about mental health

In an interview, Bosse reveals what role his daughter and father play in the album "Sunnyside" and why it's about mental health.

With "Sunnyside" singer Bosse (41, "The Last Dance") will release his eighth studio album on August 27th. Relaxed pop music meets partly melancholic lyrics. In an interview with the news agency spot on news, Axel "Aki" Bosse says that socially critical content is important to him. The German pop musician also processes personal experiences and memories, including insecurities, doubts and weaknesses, in his new album.

In your song "Nebensaison" you sing about "when only emptiness comes out of me". How are you in your off-season? And how often do you find yourself in that mood?

Bosse: The song is about the mix of human off-season and vacation spot. The curbs are rolled up, the shops are boarded up. This is a beautiful, bitter image and perfectly transferrable to humans. I often have a personal off-season, so there's always a phase in which I'm simply exhausted.

I'm usually really tired when I've experienced a lot and my body is overwhelmed. That happens at the end of a tour when you're completely exhausted. Then when I come home and just let go, it goes in that direction fairly quickly - into the off-season. Then I just want to lie down the way God created me or in Lodder pants and do nothing because I can't give anything at the moment. That also happens to me after such long, ugly working days and sometimes just because.

Mental health is a central theme on your album. Unfortunately, this is still often taboo. Other countries are further along than Germany. Why is it important to you to address this topic?

Bosses: Insecurities, doubts and weakness are natural. That's why I think you should also address the topic of mental health. Sometimes I'm super powerless, I have violent times. For me it was always important to sing about these things. My music is always a complete mix of how I'm feeling right now.

You dedicated the song "Father" to your father. It sounds like a farewell. Is that correct?

Bosses: Yes. Sounds a bit like saying goodbye to life. My father is not getting any younger. The song is a personal thank you to him. It's about my memory from almost zero to today and about the relationship between children and parents. I can only give my parents credit for always letting me do it, trusting me, communicating well and really loving me unconditionally. And still managed to let go.

In the song you also sing about lies that your father forgave you. What was there in your childhood and youth?

Bosses: For example, in such typical party situations when you were 13 or 14 years old, where you said "I'm just three houses away" and actually you were four villages away or sometimes somewhere completely different. And then at some point I called a phone booth and said, "Could you maybe pick me up? I've been drinking too much and I don't know how to get home."

On the album you also sing about the injustices of our time. What do you think is the biggest injustice right now?

Bosse: Socially, I don't even know where to start. We need more time then. That's why I prefer to say something positive. What I find really fascinating and great is the generation that is just growing up. So the people between 12 and 22. Body shaming or diversity are topics that they really talk about. It's super open, they want a diverse life. It doesn't matter who you love. It doesn't matter if you celebrate Christmas. It's kind of normal for this generation. And I think that very, very many people can learn a piece from it. There are many injustices. I'm into communication and I believe that's the way. That's why young people have to vote.

As a musician you are usually on the road a lot, but Corona made that impossible. You are now away from home more often. Does it make you sad that you are now separated from your family again?

Bosse: I've noticed - I didn't have that before - that when I'm gone for three days, it hurts more than it used to. During Corona we got used to always being together. But because I'm a vagabond and travel a lot, my daughter can handle the many little farewells anyway - and so can I.

Your daughter is now 15 years old and (probably) in the middle of puberty. How does that work?

Bosse: We really like each other, but she always goes her own way. That's exactly right. I took my parents as role models because I moved to Berlin from a small village when I was 16, and they just let me do it. It's always about communication, trust, love and letting go. Exactly that, and I'm also quite good at letting go.

Your daughter can be heard on "Hinter dem Mond". Do you encourage them to start singing themselves or are you cautious?

Bosse: My daughter makes a lot of music and she likes to sing. She sang many choirs on "Sunnyside" and the lead vocals on "Hinter dem Mond". Otherwise, she can do what she wants to do professionally. I don't get involved.

SpotOnNews

#Topics