We’ve simply launched you to German artist, Sorina Kiefer, and her protest anthem, ‘AMERICA’. Now we spend time with Sorina herself, and take the chance to ask about her musical journey, her inspirations, and what lies forward.
Speak to us a bit bit about your musical origins and journey to date.
Once I was a child my mother took me to church each Sunday and I used to be simply fascinated by the organ. She didn’t have a lot cash, however with my grandparents’ assist, I might take piano classes. I had an awesome trainer and shortly I used to be arising with little melodies. Sadly, he moved to a different nation after two years and the lecturers I had then have been simply horrible, so I finished. However my love for music by no means stopped. I’m additionally a passionate dancer and in my teenage years, I used to be in a position to work with Sean Cheesman, the choreographer of Micheal and Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, and plenty of others. He influenced me quite a bit and we’d dance to every kind of music; Pop, Heavy Metallic, R’n’B, African music, Hip Hop, Jazz… In my twenties, I shifted my focus to performing and singing and started to show the poems I wrote into music, discovering my voice as a songwriter.
As a multi-faceted artist, what impressed you to put in writing and launch “AMERICA?”
Writing “America” was obligatory for me, as a result of I don’t wish to stay silent concerning the modifications which are occurring there. It’s my method of reworking the sensation of powerlessness in a loopy world right into a name to motion, to take duty for the alternatives we make.
How essential is it for you as an artist to share music that feels genuine? In what methods does “AMERICA” showcase your persona and perspective?
Authenticity is an important factor to me. I want to face up for what I consider in, and I consider in equality, science, schooling, in human decency, and a lifestyle that doesn’t destroy the planet we dwell on – all issues a sure individual about to take workplace in January doesn’t stand for. I’m very frightened concerning the path America is headed however I’m not going to sit down again and watch. I do know there are such a lot of like-minded individuals on the market and I wish to attain them with this music and encourage them to maintain up the nice combat.
What impressed the imagery within the “AMERICA” music video? Speak us via your imaginative and prescient and the manufacturing course of.
The imagery of “America” was impressed by the simultaneity of realities that exist in America, it’s historical past, and in addition the place it may be headed. All of the turmoil, the troubles, the sweetness, the hopes, the fears, the superficiality, the clichés – in brief, on a regular basis life. An excellent buddy of mine, actor and director Murat Yeginer, had the concept I might appear like a Hollywood diva, representing glamorous America, whereas the world behind me is overrun by chaos. I selected all of the visuals working within the background, and Oliver Mohr, the director of the video, had the concept to show them right into a break up display, so it will appear like there have been plenty of TVs behind me (in actuality, they have been simply cardboard bins on which we projected the photographs
Have been there any particular visuals or symbols within the video that have been essential to you when it comes to representing the music’s message?
Sure, we are able to see a pregnant lady being alone and looking out frightened – it hit me onerous that the scenario for girls in America has gotten quite a bit worse since they overturned Roe v. Wade, that plenty of males wanna take management over girls’s life selections and see them again within the kitchen. However truthfully, each picture was and is of significance and reveals a special facet of America.
What was the largest impediment you confronted whereas engaged on the music or the video, and the way did you overcome it?
I’m truly going through the largest impediment proper now – discovering my viewers. Since that is my first music I don’t have a fan base but. I’m curious to see the way it all develops, and the way to attain people who find themselves thinking about my music.
What do you hope audiences take away from “AMERICA?” How do you hope to encourage listeners together with your message?
As I’ve mentioned earlier than, I wanna remodel the sensation of powerlessness in a loopy world right into a name to motion, hoping that individuals will discover energy in a like-minded neighborhood and proceed to combat for a world that stands for openness, equality and human decency. On the whole, I wish to attain individuals via entertaining music with difficult themes.
What’s subsequent for you? Is “AMERICA” a part of an upcoming album or venture? What tasks do you hope to work on subsequent?
Subsequent, I’ll do an acoustic model of “America”, however I’ve plenty of songs about societal and private struggles ready to be produced and launched. Songs about feminine empowerment, the setting, household, psychological well being and naturally poetic songs about love. My authentic plan was to do a collection of EPs, the place I’d have the general theme “In Between” after which every EP would have a theme like “Household”, “Love” and so forth. However I wish to hold the top quality of “America”, so it is going to take a while and a few funding I even have this complete different life, the place I work as an actress and choreographer, and there are already plenty of theatre tasks ready for me – I like that I get to make artwork on so many alternative ranges.
Watch the music video for ‘AMERICA’ beneath, and observe Sorina Kiefer on-line on Instagram.
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