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-Volkan, you ready?
-Just fixing my hair.

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To me, Apache is a born superstar.

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He broke
an unbelievable amount of records.

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27 X GOLD, 7 X PLATINUM, 1 X DIAMOND
MORE THAN 2 BILLION STREAMS

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IN 2019 AND 2020, HIS HIT SONG "ROLLER"
WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GERMAN SONG

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He is one of the few artists
who is the full package.

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He was able to unite genres
and different target groups.

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All together.

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My mom listens to him.
Former Eurodance fans would be like,

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I wanna be your lover...

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Nothing is better than someone
who is successful

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but still represents rap culture,
and he does that well.

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He took over
the German rap scene in no time.

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He sold out stadiums
in a few minutes as a newcomer.

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What else is there to say?

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HIS STADIUM TOUR IN GERMANY
WAS SOLD OUT IN 16 MINUTES.

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IT HAD TO BE POSTPONED TWICE.

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There's something there.

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Where?

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Did you cut it yourself?

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-Can you tell?
-No, not at all. Looks good.

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Let's get going.

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ONE HOUR LEFT
UNTIL HIS FIRST SOLO SHOW

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What's there to say?
It's finally time.

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Tonight, I'm playing
my first solo show. Live.

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Boys, fun's over. It's about to get real.

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In front of thousands.

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And this is on my 24th birthday.

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Boys, it will be fine.

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I know the gold, platinum and diamond
records won't help me up there.

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Not even the 2 billion streams.

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If you don't perform well
for your fans, all can be over quickly.

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That's just how it is.

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What's the Lambo doing here?

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What motherfucker comes
to the festival in a Lambo?

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We did something wrong.

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And yeah, tonight is the night.

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In front of my own audience.

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I am doing great, brother.

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Alone for the first time.

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I'm ready.

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This is what we dreamed of, brother.
We dreamed of this.

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Apache!

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APACHE STAYS APACHE

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Yeah, so why a documentary about me?

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I'd say this is the most extreme period
of my life.

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All of the success
and expectations are now at their peak.

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When you rise this quickly
in such a short time,

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nothing remains normal.

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Apache

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For three years,
it's been like a non-stop high.

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I still don't fully understand
what happened.

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It was like being in a tunnel.
That's why I kept quiet.

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I didn't feel like I could say
anything that would help people.

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My aim for this documentary
is to pass something on to people.

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What I experienced
over the last three years was crazy.

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Right now, this is my first interview.

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Yeah.

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FIVE MONTHS LEFT
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

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Are they darker already?

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They are.

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Whoa, they're dark.
They were clear a second ago.

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Hiding my eyes wasn't an artistic idea.

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It just happened that way.

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I'll check it out in the bathroom.

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It wasn't meant to be a costume
or anything. That's just me.

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Wow...

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That looks awesome.

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The color is sick.

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I am so happy right now.

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Cool to look through.

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Have a look!

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I didn't grow my hair because of my music.

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I've had long hair for 10 years.

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Pretty cool.

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We didn't have to think
about my stage name Apache.

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Totally cool.

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It was my nickname. My mom called me that.

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Totally sick.

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Same with the glasses.

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I just feel better with sunglasses.

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The eyes are windows to your soul.

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And I want to be able to decide
what parts of my soul people get to see.

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That's it.

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Volkan has always
been an extraordinary guy.

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Sometimes, I criticized that.

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I'd say "Let's keep it simple, normal."

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THEODOR-HEUSS HIGH SCHOOL

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That's Apache!

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His clothing style was unusual.

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I've asked myself how he would ever do
a nine to five job one day.

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I asked myself that.

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-Can I hug you, Ms. Pfaff?
-So nice to see you.

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Did you get even taller?

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-Not at all.
-Fatter.

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We went to the same school
since fifth grade.

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Volkan was always good at learning.

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He had a backpack for school.

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But the backpack was empty.

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There was maybe
a notepad and a pen, if at all.

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I also got through school just fine,

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without having to try too hard.

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I think that's why we got on,
because we had the same mindset.

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Hello. How are you doing?

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Hello. So many familiar faces.

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-Hello.
-Do you remember me?

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Of course, I don't know how to act now.

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So much authority in one place.

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-We wanted to say hello.
-So nice.

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That's sweet.

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The teachers always thought
Volkan was a nice guy.

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At times, we skipped school a lot,
but when it mattered, we delivered.

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I think that's why
the teachers forgave him.

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I taught you music, then you chose art.

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Everyone asks,
"How did he do in music lessons?"

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I did art not because I didn't like music.

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I heard art was more chill.

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-Yeah, it's okay.
-I just wanted to pass.

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In the end, it all worked out.

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Yeah, all good.

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As a rapper, they want you to say

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that they always bullied you
and stuff in school.

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But I couldn't tell such a made-up story.

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Yes.

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But it's nice to be here again.

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A lot of stuff
that reminds me of the old days.

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So nice.

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Johannes is, above all, my best friend.

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A lot has changed,
but Johannes has remained my best friend.

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That says a lot about him.

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I only have good memories.

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JESSICA PFAFF
TEACHER

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They never attracted negative attention.

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-Quite the opposite!
-Well said.

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-Yes.
-But that's important.

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Because as she said, we were at an age
where you find yourself at a crossroads.

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Either you take the straight path
and do something proper,

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or you drift off course.

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In the neighborhood
where we're from and grew up in,

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everyone tends to take
what they think is a shortcut.

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Or the wrong way.

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And the fact that we often came
to school dressed in tracksuits

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but were not confronted with prejudices

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and weren't bullied...

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We don't have that typical story.

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We were supported. I am happy about that.

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And you performed at your prom.

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It was probably the last free concert.

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The students
and teachers did not know it then.

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But he sang during prom.

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When I heard it, I thought,
"Wow, that sounds really professional."

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'Cause all of me

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loves all of you

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Love your curves and all your edges

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All your perfect imperfections

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Give your all to me

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I'll give my all to you...

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I knew I wouldn't embarrass
myself on stage.

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But when I saw
what it really did to people,

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it just filled me with energy.

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And I think it definitely
affected me subconsciously.

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It fueled my hunger and ambition

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to make it.

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When I began to write,

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I only wrote rap lyrics initially.

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My friends thought it was awesome.

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My brother said, "Not bad,
but I wouldn't perform it publicly."

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I wasn't enthusiastic at the start,

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like, "Yes, let's do this."

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I had different thoughts than the others.

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I thought the risk of failure was big,

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and to carry the whole burden
of providing for the family alone

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would be too much.

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FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA POST

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They say they like me...

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I knew I could sing.

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I knew I could write.

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I wanted to connect those dots

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to write song lyrics.

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And to use the rap parts with purpose.

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Whatever Apache raps
they find incredible...

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Then I performed it
for my brother, and he was like,

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"Okay, this has huge potential."

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That's when we started to brainstorm.

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"How are we going to finance this?

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"How do we plan this?
How do we launch and on which channels?"

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Apache 207, video shoot.

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Apache is a gang and I am a member.

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For our first video,

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we spent about 130 euros at IKEA.

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We chose IKEA,
because it's easy to return stuff there.

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So, where are we going?

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-Returning deposit bottles.
-Why?

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Scraping together
the last euros for the video.

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We all emptied our trunks
and got stuff from basements.

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I think Volkan
was in a comfortable situation.

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People took days off regularly,
sacrificed holidays.

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The tables are set up.
I did everything. Beautiful.

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With a lot of hard work
and help from friends

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and a strong will,
we made up for the low budget.

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Making the video was an important element.
We all worked on it.

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It cost about 400 euros in total.

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Or maybe 350 euros
for the first music video.

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Once we decided to launch this career,

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we took it seriously.

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We wanted to rise to the top
from the start.

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Bro, Jonas just called me.
His memory card is blown.

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All clips for Famous are gone.

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We have to reshoot in one day.

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We'll do it in my area.
Ghetto, one-take style.

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Apache is the gang
and my chain is gold, Apache

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The wasted guy who voms
into the crowd, Apache

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And still he rocks the stage
in the end, Apache

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They call him
the new David Hasselhoff, Apache...

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Back then, we had momentum,

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and the song immediately took off.

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And Volkan managed

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to get 2,000 clicks
on YouTube on the first day.

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After two weeks,
I think, we got to 19,000.

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And then very quickly, the video

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had been viewed 500,000 times.

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Goes without saying
that he doesn't leave his hood

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For a bit more cash
in his leather pouch...

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People took note
that there is a new artist.

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He had 500K views, long hair,
wears sunglasses. Crazy guy.

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Apache!

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Apache

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Never heard anything like it.

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It's rap, sounds a bit like Falco,

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a bit like '80s German New Wave.
I don't know.

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Eurodance and stuff.
But it's fresh as fuck!

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A 6'5'' German-Turkish dude
with long hair who calls himself Apache.

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Our first hit...

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I think everyone would say it was Roller.

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But I wouldn't underestimate
the groundwork that Kein Problem

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and Brot nach Hause have laid.

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Worst...

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They paved the way
for Roller to take off like that.

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You bastard, you blowhard

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You are a lot, but not a man

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Apache, the gangster

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Who dances now and then

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You bitches, you whores
You want stress, but don't know Mannheim

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Walking alone with my girl
in the city, I worked for this status

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I don't care what you're up to
You glare, your story bores me...

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The feeling you get from him

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is a certain charisma.

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LOREDANA
RAPPER

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He was going to be a huge star.

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And Mom, if I am not home again

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Please don't cry, I earn our bread

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I earn our bread...

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00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,040
His song Brot nach Hause,
I just played it to death.

256
00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,880
That was the first song, which I really...

257
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,360
just blasted at home all the time.

258
00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,040
Feels like everyone's into it,
not just hip-hop fans.

259
00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,400
Please don't cry, I earn our bread...

260
00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,920
There was a time
when I was in a club in Berlin,

261
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,440
everyone sang along to it
at this place with such feeling.

262
00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,000
I had never seen this in a club before.

263
00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,040
In that intense moment,
I realized that this is huge.

264
00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,680
We started to play with clichés

265
00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,600
and created a different vibe and themes.

266
00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,360
Drive through my city

267
00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,800
I don't give a fuck, 200 km/h

268
00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,240
For all that I say...

269
00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,120
He was the first to have the courage

270
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,040
to perform music
with visuals and sounds

271
00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,160
that may be seen as ridiculous

272
00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,520
by the German hip-hop scene.

273
00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,240
But he totally pulled that off.

274
00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,080
You need confidence for that.
That was so hard.

275
00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,840
He is no clown rapper.
He doesn't do comedy.

276
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,440
He is fucking serious. I revel in that.

277
00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,400
His most successful songs
were always up-tempo.

278
00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,120
These had '80s elements,

279
00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:01,600
where he uses his voice.

280
00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,760
That got him played in living rooms.

281
00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,120
I wouldn't say he is a rapper or a singer.

282
00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,520
He is an artist. Don't pigeonhole him.

283
00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,400
Volkan writes
most of the video scripts himself.

284
00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,760
Not many people are that creative
to have these ideas.

285
00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,360
Why are you doing this to yourself?

286
00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,480
You say you can cope, but for how long?

287
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,280
He was super fresh and surprising.

288
00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,640
It was highly interesting...

289
00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,840
The moment we realized
that this could be huge

290
00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,560
was when we were in the studio with him.

291
00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,000
At this early stage,

292
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,600
it was impressive to see

293
00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,960
that he knew what he wanted.

294
00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,760
He also knew

295
00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,280
what worked and how to work towards it.

296
00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,080
He had a good feeling for that.

297
00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,000
FOUR MONTHS
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

298
00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,240
FEDER HOLDING LLC

299
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,280
Gucci belt.

300
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,080
There it is.

301
00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,280
Dude, what?

302
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:25,640
Seriously?

303
00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,000
This thing costs 140 euros.

304
00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,360
It's just a black shirt.

305
00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,200
Come on.

306
00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,920
We'll discuss this later
after the shoot, my friend.

307
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,120
We just borrowed it. It's fine.

308
00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,920
Bro, you know
one of my managers is Swabian.

309
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,120
You can't do that.

310
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,800
We had 10 number one hits,

311
00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,320
seven of them in a row.

312
00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,240
If I'm not wrong, I think it only
happened once in the '70s or '80s.

313
00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,120
I used to get goosebumps
when I saw someone else's gold records.

314
00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,880
Now, I wonder if we got 14, 15 or 16.

315
00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,680
Volkan won the German Music Authors' Prize
twice already.

316
00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:06,120
It doesn't look bad
for his third year, either.

317
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,160
GEMA wanted to have a photo
of us celebrating.

318
00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,520
So I sent them a picture where I...

319
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,880
hold them like that.

320
00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,680
And had a photo taken like this.

321
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,440
If I get a third one,
I'll hang it down here.

322
00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,360
We won it with Roller, two years in a row.

323
00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,040
It was a hit for two years in a row.

324
00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:30,640
It wasn't for two different songs.

325
00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,120
Why is my head fucked?
My head bursts

326
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,920
Gucci sandals, I wear them out of spite

327
00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,560
Yet, still they copy me
I can't believe it

328
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,480
Dear God, thank you for protecting me
when I ride my scooter

329
00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,680
When I ride...

330
00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:50,720
I came back after a break,
and the loop was set.

331
00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:56,760
Coincidentally, it was repeating
the line, "Apache stays Apache."

332
00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,520
And then I knew. "Okay, this is it."

333
00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,240
That is the moment.

334
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,120
Apache stays Apache

335
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,760
Apache stays Apache

336
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,400
Apache stays Apache

337
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,400
Apache stays Apache...

338
00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,640
When we reached
number 1 the first time,

339
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,720
we still shared a room with friends.

340
00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,680
A room which was actually a single.

341
00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,800
Top of the charts!

342
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,280
I feel so stupid talking about the past

343
00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:36,320
like some rock star looking
back on his career 30 years later.

344
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,440
But it wasn't that long ago.

345
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,960
You can't go any higher than where he was.

346
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,520
I think that was the peak of German rap.

347
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,840
it's the coolest you can ever be.

348
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,160
All of us artists want that.

349
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,160
To be up there, to reach that peak.

350
00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:54,320
But to stay there?

351
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,240
I don't know how you do that.

352
00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,640
I don't know if it is possible
to reach a bigger audience in Germany

353
00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,840
with the language of my music.

354
00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,800
I think most people will have

355
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,320
somehow heard my music.

356
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,960
Those that get it, get it.

357
00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,720
You can't force it

358
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,760
just for the sake
of repeating past success.

359
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,400
I don't want to be super pessimistic.

360
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,240
But to think that
there is still more room for growth...

361
00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,800
would be wrong, I think.

362
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,680
Work continues.
He didn't try to just remake Roller.

363
00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,920
He has high standards.

364
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,880
So he said, "This worked,
but I want to evolve.

365
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,160
"At best, I can repeat the success,

366
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,720
"but with a different sound."

367
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,320
He is one of the most successful
artists in Germany.

368
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,520
Of course, you want to maintain
the level of success.

369
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,280
That's not possible though.
Nobody can do that.

370
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,840
There's fear
that it could all be over tomorrow.

371
00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,240
And it could happen.

372
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,680
If you achieve so much
in such a short time,

373
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,040
nothing stays normal.

374
00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:10,520
It's so... unreal,
I can't put it into words.

375
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,520
When the first rays come
through the window in the morning

376
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,600
And tickle your nose
while you sleep, you sneeze...

377
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,840
I know that I've peaked professionally.

378
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,160
Financially, I also achieved all
I dreamt of when I was a kid.

379
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,120
Hey, what's up?

380
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,200
I find happiness in remembering
where I come from. What my mom taught me.

381
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,080
I try to capture that in my lyrics.

382
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,880
I sing in the chorus of Fame,

383
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,680
"Mom, look, your son made it.
You became a millionaire overnight."

384
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,720
That's the most beautiful line.

385
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:40,800
Hey, what's up?

386
00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,320
Mom, look, your son made it

387
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,000
You became a millionaire overnight...

388
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,800
You get what that means.

389
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,400
What's mine is yours now,
like how yours was mine back then.

390
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,840
I get goosebumps
every time I perform that.

391
00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,560
When my mom is nearby
and hiding in the crowd.

392
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,040
That's quite the moment.

393
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,200
Mom.

394
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,280
Thank you for everything.

395
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:07,720
You were there.

396
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,880
You supported us without a father.

397
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,720
You've always supported us. Thank you.

398
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,880
I am grateful that our mother showed us
that you get nothing for free.

399
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,880
She let us have our freedom.

400
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,600
Up to a point, of course.

401
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,920
And she showed us a lot of love.

402
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:28,720
Yeah.

403
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:32,600
THREE MONTHS
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

404
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:38,880
We were born in Mannheim.

405
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,480
We moved to Ludwigshafen
when we started school.

406
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,760
In Gartenstadt,
on the street Abteistrasse.

407
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,880
If you were to call something a ghetto,
then I would call this a ghetto.

408
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,080
It's a dump.

409
00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:09,000
Made clear by the fact that no family

410
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,960
of German descent lived there
for generations.

411
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,440
We were the first from there
to pass the university entrance exam.

412
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,280
It's that kind of neighborhood.

413
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,040
Asking me now to look back,
I would have to say we were really poor.

414
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,320
Really, really poor.

415
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,280
The kind of poor
where you'd go to McDonald's

416
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,440
to take advantage of the free refill

417
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,800
and get a Coke by taking
a used cup from a tray.

418
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,600
I don't want to tell
an exaggerated sob story here.

419
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,720
It's just to give an example.

420
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,240
I'd say that we had a hard childhood.

421
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,080
Nothing out of the ordinary, though.

422
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,160
I think many people grow up like this,
but it was a difficult childhood.

423
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:16,000
From a family, financial
or social environment point of view.

424
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,440
And also just how we lived.

425
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,000
I remember this being much bigger.

426
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,000
-Yes.
-What's this, man?

427
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,520
It's 4 square meters, tops.

428
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,480
Oh, man.

429
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,720
It's not that long ago that we lived here.

430
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,520
But it feels like an eternity.

431
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,640
It makes you realize
how much life has changed.

432
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,760
I worried about my little brother.

433
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,040
People we knew were in prison.

434
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,640
And drug use was all around us.

435
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,800
It was everywhere.

436
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,800
You are confronted every day by it
and all it would take is a yes or no.

437
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:08,960
This was our room.

438
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,520
Yes.

439
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,120
How long? Twenty years?

440
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,920
Nineteen or 20.

441
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,040
Yeah, 19 years.

442
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,520
We were always close.

443
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,800
I often slept half the night
in my brother's bed.

444
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,960
We wallpapered it ourselves.

445
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:38,680
Remember that?

446
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,120
We always had long chats at night.

447
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,560
Very long.

448
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,120
And we'd discuss intense things.

449
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,720
Often we had to say,

450
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,840
"I promise this is the last sentence,
then we stop."

451
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,440
Here was the desk for two
where you never worked.

452
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:05,160
We had this desk that went
from one end to the other.

453
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,120
With two chairs.

454
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,560
Just in case we both had
to do homework at the same time.

455
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,320
But I never did homework.

456
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,000
And besides that,

457
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,800
I hardly did anything
for school, at least not here.

458
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,720
I spent a lot of time there.

459
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,200
Hakan was like a father to me.

460
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,960
He is a total role model.

461
00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:31,120
Unbelievable.

462
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,320
He has a heart of gold,
and he was like a father.

463
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,240
Volkan calling me a role model
makes me want to live up to that.

464
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,560
It's also because we had a mother

465
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,280
who sacrificed
everything for us for years.

466
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,920
We wanted to show our gratitude.

467
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,880
Now you got me.

468
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,320
The janitor used to live here.

469
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,120
We used to jump down the stairs
and she'd complain about it.

470
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,480
With a one-of-a-kind Italian accent.

471
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,800
A woman with a lot of class.

472
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,480
-Down here, I cut hair.
-A lot of hair.

473
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,920
I cut a lot of hair.

474
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,560
What's up, friends?

475
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,600
Today, you are the lucky one.

476
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,080
After my very long break,
you get a haircut from me.

477
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:48,920
Let's go.

478
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,640
Want me to shave a dragon outline?

479
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,760
Or a Nike logo?

480
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,560
That would be cool.

481
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,800
It was crazy.
Fridays and Saturdays were the busiest.

482
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,400
Until late at night.

483
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,640
Cutting hair
under flickering lights.

484
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,680
That was my life.

485
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,000
What's up, bro? Are you up next?

486
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,640
I used to hate cutting your hair.

487
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,320
Bro, I just fucked with you.

488
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,560
I'm so triggered right now.

489
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,400
He used to fuck with my head a lot.
He cares so much about his hair.

490
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:29,920
Unbelievable, bro.

491
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,960
How is it? Still got your A7?

492
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:34,560
-Yes, bro.
-Cool.

493
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,760
I just got a garage around here.

494
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,080
-Killer! Here?
-Yes, bro, here.

495
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,200
They are tearing it all down, right?

496
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,480
Yeah, I need to get out of here.

497
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,760
I think I'm the last one to leave.

498
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,240
-Gotta go.
-Bye, bro.

499
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,520
-See you, bro.
-Take care.

500
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:53,440
Bye.

501
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,280
It feels like years ago.

502
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,080
Johannes was always here.

503
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,680
-True.
-Always.

504
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,280
I always came after school with Volkan.

505
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,520
And I'd just sit here the whole day.

506
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:10,440
True.

507
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,400
Looks great.

508
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,760
At the start, he still cut hair.

509
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,160
We did it for a limited circle.

510
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,600
At some point, that ended.

511
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,040
It didn't work anymore.

512
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000
There are always downsides.

513
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,400
We were a part of this neighborhood,

514
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,440
40 to 50 teens, playing soccer together.

515
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,200
We boxed and fought each other,

516
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,720
made up again.

517
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,040
We ate together, returned
deposit bottles together,

518
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,680
bought candy and other stuff
at the supermarket.

519
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,760
And then you grow up
and you no longer do that

520
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:53,880
or don't have to.

521
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,000
I...

522
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,360
I just miss my youth.

523
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,240
It's the thing you miss most.

524
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,520
And that's the thing.

525
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,680
If we had at least known...

526
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,800
No matter how awesome it is now,

527
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,480
or how much you'd say we got lucky,
which is problematic too.

528
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,520
Many people will say

529
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,560
that you should be happy
with what you have,

530
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,120
because others have it worse.

531
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,240
It's super problematic
to compare your luck

532
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,520
with the bad luck of others.

533
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,320
To hinge it on that.
It's the dumbest thing ever.

534
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,520
When you are on the road,

535
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,160
you're basically a homeless rich man,

536
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,520
living in clean, slick hotel rooms.

537
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,280
It's an empty bubble.
There is no life in it.

538
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,000
This... This has life.

539
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,840
Memories everywhere.

540
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,200
Yes.

541
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:17,400
I can say that I now have
what I have always wanted.

542
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,080
But it also comes with some melancholy,

543
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,920
and I think
that my life back then was nicer.

544
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,920
-Bro, are you coming?
-No, I'll stay.

545
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,320
I'm gonna sleep
here today. I can't let go.

546
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,240
It's hard.

547
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,720
As I said, there are
some emotional moments

548
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,840
where you think it would be cool
to have the old life back.

549
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,080
But you can't just push
a button to go back.

550
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,800
And if it was like back then,
I would miss this life now.

551
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:56,840
That's the thing.

552
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,040
Bro, I was out with a girl for dinner.

553
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,520
She had a Swabian accent.
I was so turned on.

554
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:18,680
-Turned on?
-Yes.

555
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,800
-No way!
-And she looked great!

556
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,080
She looked great.

557
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,400
And had this hardcore Swabian accent.
What a turn on.

558
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,320
So I was like,
"I might throw a party this weekend."

559
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,640
And then, the day
before it'd happen, she asks,

560
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,280
"What about the party?"

561
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,040
I said, "What?"
"You said tomorrow's the party."

562
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,960
"Tomorrow's the party"? No way.

563
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,520
-I swear, bro.
-No way.

564
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,440
The first thing I heard from him

565
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,680
was a song someone sent me on WhatsApp.

566
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,760
It took me about

567
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,080
30 seconds to a minute to know

568
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,280
that I want to sign this guy.

569
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,000
I wrote to Lucas immediately.

570
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,920
He was surprised, too.

571
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,880
He had never seen me
react this way before.

572
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,600
Those boys had balls.
I had gone in and said,

573
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,760
"Hi, I'm Lucas.

574
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,400
"I have a label at Sony with Bausa.

575
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:23,440
"I manage Bausa, KMN, Loredana and Reezy.

576
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:24,640
"What's up?

577
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,400
"Let's talk, send me songs."

578
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,160
And he was like,
"No, but we can come over."

579
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,000
"We don't know you.
We're not sending you a demo."

580
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,120
He said, "I didn't mean it like that."

581
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,880
Lucas is a good teacher.

582
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,160
Lucas came to me and said,

583
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,760
"There's this new guy.
Everybody wants to sign him.

584
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,360
"I absolutely want him.

585
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,480
"But I don't know if we can compete,

586
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,840
"from a financial point of view."

587
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,080
I think the boys always wanted
to know who they were working with.

588
00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,760
It was clear that they valued
having good relationships.

589
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,160
I think we got along well right away.

590
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,320
And I think that's why he decided

591
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,200
to work with us.

592
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,240
But yeah, no songs were sent.

593
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,440
Two Sides took care
of the financial resources.

594
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,080
There wasn't much in the beginning,

595
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,200
because it was a newcomer contract.

596
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,840
But we didn't just focus on the money.

597
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:26,680
The huge trust Lucas and Two Sides
put in us was very important.

598
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:32,480
It's impressive when somebody like Volkan,

599
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:33,920
who comes from nothing,

600
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,120
doesn't reach for the quick buck,

601
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:41,320
but holds on to his vision
and sticks with it.

602
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:46,880
For us, it was like finding
a Ronaldo or a Messi.

603
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:53,640
Bro, I heard this song you did, Frühling.

604
00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:58,520
What a sick song you made there. So cool.

605
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,880
It's not 20 years, but you have been
in the game much longer than me.

606
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,080
To still have so much ambition
after all these years

607
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,240
and write such a song, that's cool.

608
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,320
I gotta tell you,
it's more like it came back.

609
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:15,800
Yeah?

610
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,120
I think you are in a phase right now

611
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,960
where the pressure to succeed

612
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,600
taints everything a bit.

613
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,320
You guys worked really hard.

614
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:29,920
That's...

615
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,160
hard to understand for outsiders.

616
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,280
How hard that is
and how much energy it takes.

617
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,160
But it will pass.

618
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,680
So the crew's been listening to us?

619
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,760
-Yeah.
-I talk about whores and coke now?

620
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,720
-Can they cut that out?
-We can cut that.

621
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,160
Apache!

622
00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,320
We are both perfectionists.

623
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,240
We work hard
to get the best possible song.

624
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,320
Very meticulous, in love with details.

625
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:17,160
We're ready to keep going
until it's perfect.

626
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,080
We needed three attempts for Madonna,

627
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,440
a song on my album.

628
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,000
Like I said, we were not happy with it.

629
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,800
And then, we had this Madonna session.

630
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,440
And it happened like a bang.
Magic was in the room.

631
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,480
At the end of a very long night,
the song was done.

632
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,560
This song was reasonably successful.

633
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,480
It was the most successful
German song this year.

634
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:57,360
The coolest video, too.

635
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,120
So, this situation with the double,

636
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,480
who does a backflip from the edge.

637
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,920
Right before that happens,
Apache comes to me and says,

638
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,440
"Hey, how about this?

639
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,720
"We do a cutaway
and suddenly I'm in the audience."

640
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,320
This idea just came to him
during the shoot.

641
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,520
And it made
the video even better. Hysterical.

642
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,680
I think my colleagues at Sony and our team

643
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,040
are proud to say...

644
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,160
"He's with us."

645
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:40,000
Is there something?

646
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,160
My first memory of Apache

647
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,360
is actually an Instagram post.

648
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,000
At the same time, Lucas Teuchner

649
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,640
also sent me his music.

650
00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:58,840
He wanted to know my thoughts.

651
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,400
Lamborghini.

652
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,240
It is an insane car.

653
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,840
I thought it was extraordinary.

654
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,800
At first, I thought
it would change everything.

655
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,160
-What's up? Good to see you.
-What's up?

656
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:13,600
Then I had some doubts.

657
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,560
I thought it might overwhelm people.

658
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,880
Both musically and aesthetically.

659
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:21,560
For Patrick,

660
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,760
it's important he only shows up
in his BMW i3.

661
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,360
And that should actually be cut in.

662
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,720
What's more important than the motorbikes

663
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,280
is that we've sat together
on this floor here.

664
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,800
And talked about upcoming projects.

665
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,200
This place is kind of a refuge.

666
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,480
It's important to acknowledge that

667
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,160
he is under a lot of pressure.

668
00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:46,280
Contract-related pressure.

669
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,480
It's about achieving certain goals.

670
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,840
Of course, we all want financial success.

671
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,080
MAJORCA
SPAIN

672
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,880
Not every music session is the same.

673
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,440
Even if the surroundings are perfect.

674
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,880
You got a great producer with you,

675
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,360
you are in a mansion and you are abroad.

676
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,200
But something seems off.

677
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,760
Everything seems difficult.
Every word and sentence.

678
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:45,880
Tell me, can't you count, whore?

679
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,600
You compare yourself to me

680
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,400
Your legacy, 300 songs

681
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:50,840
Apache...

682
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,360
We will get that last line.

683
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:54,880
It was good up till then.

684
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,800
It's a mistake to compensate
for a lack of creativity

685
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,240
with alcohol.

686
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,040
This has happened to me a few times.

687
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,480
It always ended badly.

688
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,440
My legacy isn't even 40 songs...

689
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,880
Loop those three lines
and I'll get the right flow.

690
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,480
The poor producer has to deal with it.

691
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,400
When you slur into the mic.

692
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,400
Tell me, can't you count, whore?

693
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,120
You think you're on my level

694
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,800
You compare yourself to me

695
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,640
Your legacy, 500 songs

696
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,600
We both have one billion streams

697
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,240
Apache

698
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:49,880
Bro.

699
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,400
Bro, you're done now. Go to bed.

700
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:11,840
Lots to do tomorrow.

701
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,040
I'll be honest.

702
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,040
The way they expect us
to release so quickly...

703
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,240
I've run out of things to say.

704
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,480
I need one more song,
but I've got nothing.

705
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,200
And you know, every time

706
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,880
you make real music,

707
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,080
you feel like
you're cutting off a part of yourself.

708
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,480
You give some of you away.

709
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,240
You give up a part,
but how many have you got?

710
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,000
I don't know, but I do know

711
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,720
that in three or four years or so,

712
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,240
I won't do week-long sessions.

713
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,920
And smoke one
or two packs of cigarettes a day.

714
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,760
I don't want to cut off my foot
because of smoking or something.

715
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,600
We negotiated hard for one album a year,

716
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,600
and we can't deliver less than that.

717
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,720
If I had known it was like this,

718
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,640
I would have thought twice about it.

719
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:03,160
100%.

720
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,080
I would have done it,
but I would have thought about it.

721
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,080
I wouldn't have thought,
"How cool is that?"

722
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,040
-Yeah.
-I mean, it's cool, for sure.

723
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,040
But also so hard. So hard.

724
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:19,400
Tricky.

725
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,480
The music business is you entering
a shark tank as a seal.

726
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,000
You either get eaten
or you become a shark.

727
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,960
There is no other way.

728
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,200
Everyone wants a piece of you.

729
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,000
They say, "This is standard, sign here.

730
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,960
"Those fees and wages are standard."

731
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:43,840
Then you sign three to four contracts
and you're stuck for four to five years.

732
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,960
At the top, it's only about numbers.

733
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:49,080
You need a good lawyer and a good team.

734
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,600
Apache's got that, you know.

735
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,960
That's why, for me,
this is the bright side of it all.

736
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,840
Johannes is just as important
to Apache and Volkan,

737
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,600
as a private person, as I am.

738
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,000
He is equally emotionally invested in him.

739
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,200
It's impressive how much

740
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,440
we've already experienced
by this time.

741
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,320
And how close we have become.

742
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,480
I'm proud of how we've managed that.

743
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,520
Combining friendship and business.

744
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:25,520
I'm usually the resolute one,

745
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,800
and Johannes is the one
who can have long negotiations

746
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,600
without losing his cool.

747
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,000
The first test of friendship

748
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,600
is when you're teens just out of school,

749
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,160
and you're about to start
your adult lives.

750
00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:44,040
That's when most friendships break apart.

751
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,360
It's a hard time for many friendships.

752
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,960
That's funny because you just reminded me.

753
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:54,520
We've said that years
in the music business are like dog years.

754
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,680
One year in the music business
ages you seven years.

755
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,440
If you look at Johannes four years ago,
it looks like 15 years ago.

756
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,000
The same for Volkan.

757
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,000
The best thing
that can happen to you as an artist

758
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,280
is having a brother who's a good manager.

759
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,280
In cases where your brother
is a shitty manager,

760
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,000
he's only doing it
because he's your brother.

761
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,280
For Apache, his best friend

762
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,720
and his brother developed
great manager skills.

763
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:26,000
At the start of our career,
we sat down to discuss who earns what.

764
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:30,640
Johannes and I didn't say
that we were doing the management.

765
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:35,240
We didn't know what we were doing.
We didn't call ourselves managers.

766
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,120
It was just clear to us
that we'd give it our all.

767
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,200
They did things
back when we had no guarantee of success.

768
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:48,640
They showed me
that they are really on board.

769
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,000
There are many shady guys in German rap.

770
00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:01,920
Our strategy was to avoid
the gangster stuff,

771
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,720
and to make sure that we don't owe anyone.

772
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:09,000
Even if we could have used them,

773
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:10,960
we did not accept favors.

774
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:15,040
Very smart, what Volkan and Hakan did,
and I can only recommend

775
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,200
the same to any rapper
who wants to be successful.

776
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,240
Do not accept favors.

777
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:29,320
I know from other rappers
how difficult it can be,

778
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,440
when someone does you a favor
and think they own you.

779
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,680
As you slowly become a star,

780
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:41,640
offers come in to lend you
money, locations, cars.

781
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:44,480
They want to treat you to expensive meals.

782
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,600
Some people don't understand that.

783
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,200
And I get why they don't understand.

784
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,040
"Hey, he's a friend of mine."

785
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:53,520
Yeah, bro. I know.

786
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,560
And that's going to be the problem.

787
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,880
It's the same with actual companies.

788
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,720
Don't accept presents.

789
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,120
Even with big companies,
no more than 40 euros a year.

790
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,720
I used to work in compliance.

791
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,000
If you take a Ferrari that has
a daily hire value of 3,000 euros a day,

792
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,600
of course, they'll come knocking later.

793
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:19,840
TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE SOLO SHOW
CONCEPT PLANNING VIDEO SERIES 2SAD2DISCO

794
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:38,640
On July 31, 2020,
Treppenhaus was released.

795
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:41,600
That was my last album.
And now, 2sad2disco.

796
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,640
This album is huge for me.

797
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,800
It has a different style.
It's a bit more melancholic.

798
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,400
You have to really immerse yourself
to get some of the songs.

799
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:54,880
The videos have to reflect that.

800
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,880
No zeitgeist lasts forever.

801
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,920
No trend lasts forever.

802
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,320
I think he knows that.

803
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,640
We hear, see and feel that he knows it.

804
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,600
Because he changes the zeitgeist.

805
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,800
Of course, it's important
that the album is successful.

806
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,920
But in the way that I define success.

807
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,920
I don't care if it becomes a sales hit.

808
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,920
I don't pressure myself.

809
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,520
I won't chase success for the album.

810
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,680
People will either think
it's brilliant or shit.

811
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,560
RHINELAND-PALATINATE

812
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,440
No!

813
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:42,000
I hope you like it.

814
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:45,160
Huey, Dewey and Louie. What's up?

815
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:47,800
They ate too many worms.

816
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,000
Volkan can do all he wants here.

817
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,440
It's a place of refuge for musicians.

818
00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:57,280
It's a little out of the way,
not in a city.

819
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,280
So, he has his peace here.

820
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,840
We shot so many videos here.

821
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,720
We actually shot Angst here.

822
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,240
Many people say
that he didn't jump in there.

823
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,440
MEHMET BULUT
SOUND TECHNICIAN - ROCK'N'RENT

824
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,680
He was in there, with his head under.

825
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:15,120
We all laughed. He didn't.

826
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:17,920
It is cold out here

827
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:21,640
Full of violence

828
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,200
I don't want you
to be scared for me, baby...

829
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,040
He is no diva.

830
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,520
Unlike my expectations of rappers,

831
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,160
I always thought heavy metal types

832
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,240
are the tough guys.

833
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,280
He is a metal head at heart.

834
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:41,560
My brother-in-law called

835
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,560
and said that he knows a rapper
who's looking for a studio.

836
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,880
Volkan immediately sang something.

837
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,000
And I remember thinking,

838
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,560
"Fuck me. What a great voice."

839
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,320
This is the sacred rehearsal hall.

840
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:58,640
Not super sacred,

841
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:00,680
but relatively sacred to me.

842
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:04,800
One day, they asked me
if I wanted to be their sound guy.

843
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:08,320
Since then, it's more than just work.
It's friendship.

844
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,440
We rehearse here. We are often here.

845
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:17,680
When we have some ideas,
we come in here and rehearse.

846
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,560
We try to give Volkan

847
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:23,160
a sense of safety.

848
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,680
COVID is continuing to spread in Germany.

849
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:31,880
The government has banned large events
of more than 5,000 people.

850
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,400
News of cancellations of major events
reach us every day.

851
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,840
Mannheim artist Apache 207
had to cancel his sold-out tour.

852
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,800
I'm on the road again

853
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:44,120
Have to shine

854
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,360
But when you call me, I'm here
When you look for me

855
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,120
Call me and I come to you...

856
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,120
Without having toured before, we managed

857
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,320
to sell out an arena tour within minutes.

858
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,960
It's a big show of trust by the fans.

859
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,880
We will do everything
to meet their expectations.

860
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:10,400
After two years of selling tickets
and having to cancel the shows,

861
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:13,400
which is super annoying for the fans

862
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,240
and especially for him as an artist.

863
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,160
Fans are everything.

864
00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:21,160
That's why these pandemic years
were so hard.

865
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:23,360
Almost no interaction with the fans.

866
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:28,080
The recognition of your art
is missing in real life.

867
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:29,520
Not just digital.

868
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,320
Not just online comments.

869
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,080
They are nice to read,

870
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,520
but every artist would agree,

871
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:37,400
nothing is better than playing live.

872
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:39,320
I'm on my way

873
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:41,760
Alone

874
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:43,640
And everything I want...

875
00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:46,040
He's a huge success and he's never toured.

876
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:48,360
Wait, my mom does this.

877
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,080
Exactly like that.

878
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,080
At least we can play
this show in Switzerland.

879
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,440
In front of thousands of fans.

880
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:02,680
It will be crazy,
especially after all this time.

881
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,400
Apache is live, you know?

882
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:07,760
He will go crazy live.

883
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:09,280
We can expect a big bang.

884
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,480
Okay, I understand. Bye.

885
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,720
They want cheesecake all of a sudden.

886
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:22,120
Not tiramisu?

887
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:24,800
Do you want a massage?

888
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:26,000
Yes, bring it.

889
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:28,920
It even massages my ass.

890
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:31,200
Crazy.

891
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:34,120
You got the shopping list?

892
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,640
There are two sides to fame.

893
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:42,040
You can't really go out
in public by yourself.

894
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,920
You are known in public.
You can't just go to Aldi.

895
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,720
Or buy milk to make cake
or go to the cinema.

896
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,960
There is always a crowd following you.

897
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,000
I grew up with Volkan.

898
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,000
We had great times
in the basement in Ludwigshafen.

899
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,640
Hey, Tuna, I'll read it out.

900
00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:10,640
"Burger buns, pepper, eggs, garlic."

901
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:15,000
Neither of us are here
because we applied to be in this position.

902
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:16,680
We're here because he trusts us.

903
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:20,400
Musti is a great example
of what it's like to work with friends.

904
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:24,240
I'd go easy on him sometimes,
but other times I'd be too strict.

905
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,520
He's a bit like my little brother.

906
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:28,280
-Yo.
-Yo, bro.

907
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:31,800
I'm just getting the buns,
do you want sesame on top?

908
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:34,960
Get the American style ones.

909
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,360
-Do you know what I mean?
-American style.

910
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:39,720
Okay, got them.

911
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,640
-Okay. Bye.
-Okay.

912
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:44,720
It's not really a job for us.

913
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,960
We get along really well. We laugh.

914
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,720
-We hang out.
-Yeah, you're right.

915
00:52:57,080 --> 00:52:59,080
Why do I have the list and the cart?

916
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:00,240
Chill, bro.

917
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:08,160
Do I look pretty?

918
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:11,360
We'll take it.

919
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,680
My bad, sorry.

920
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:21,120
Referee! Substitution!

921
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:26,040
Sure, it's an aspect of what you give up
for this kind of career.

922
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,240
You can't do normal things anymore.

923
00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:31,320
It might seem to the audience
like it's just...

924
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,600
"Oh, poor thing. He can't go shopping."

925
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,280
But it's more a problem of spontaneity.

926
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,560
It's a problem to just want
to leave the house.

927
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,640
It's a bigger problem than you think.

928
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,960
Every day, someone wants a photo with you.

929
00:53:47,040 --> 00:53:50,400
The photo itself is not the problem.

930
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,400
It's your mood.

931
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:56,080
Sometimes you are sad,
sometimes you look like shit, bro.

932
00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:57,800
And you just don't want to.

933
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:01,160
It was a big mental burden for me.

934
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:05,640
Definitely.
I really couldn't deal with it.

935
00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:08,120
And I often thought

936
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,720
about giving up.

937
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,040
You are the best.

938
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:15,440
I'm a long-time fan.

939
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:16,920
-Really.
-Thank you.

940
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,040
-Another one?
-Us three.

941
00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:20,880
I have...

942
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:23,280
No idea if I should say this.

943
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:26,600
I've had a wig
and cool glasses for the past year.

944
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,280
It works pretty well, I gotta say.

945
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:32,920
I heard it from a manager
in the film business,

946
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,000
who was in Berlin with Sharon Stone.

947
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:38,720
"She just wears a wig
and goes out to party."

948
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,560
And I was like, "Really?"

949
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:43,400
I tried it and that shit works.

950
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,560
Sometimes, it works.
When it doesn't, it's embarrassing.

951
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,440
You stand there disguised.

952
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:50,440
I was once in the petting zoo.

953
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:53,880
I was disguised and thought,
"What do I have to do?"

954
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:57,680
Instead of wide trousers,
I wore tight ones.

955
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:01,520
Instead of pulling them up,
I pulled them down.

956
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:03,080
I wore all this stuff.

957
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:06,160
And I wore a cap to hide my bun.

958
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:08,400
Nevertheless, a kid recognized me.

959
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:09,600
"You're Apache."

960
00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:12,640
"No, I'm not Apache."
And I had a mask on.

961
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:14,760
"No, my mom said you're Apache."

962
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,880
"Kid, please just go away."

963
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:22,520
Okay, I have to find the right music.

964
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,800
Many see the materialistic stuff
from the outside.

965
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,800
They think all of that is cool and great.

966
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:31,640
They see what they want to see.

967
00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:36,080
It's clear
that fame comes with disadvantages.

968
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:52,120
Of course, you try to make up
for what you've lost

969
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:53,800
in your private life.

970
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:57,880
If I am sitting in a cage,
then it better be gold.

971
00:55:57,960 --> 00:55:59,160
Fucking gold.

972
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:09,200
I can't share everything
we went through in the last two years.

973
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,240
It's like there's a fucking door.

974
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,480
I open it, and it's another world.

975
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:18,560
You won't experience it twice.
Not even with money.

976
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,720
You only experience it
if you are successful with music.

977
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:27,440
Shit, man.

978
00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:52,240
Cool brothers!

979
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:53,960
Cool brothers!

980
00:56:58,720 --> 00:57:02,040
There are so many girls
who think I'm a great artist.

981
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,920
And when we're together, they say,

982
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:08,280
"I thought we'd get a dog,

983
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:12,600
"have three kids and move into a house

984
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:13,960
"with a small garden.

985
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:19,160
"And you'll only go
to the office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m."

986
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:20,440
I'm not into that.

987
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:22,440
If I meet someone, I want

988
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:26,440
to meet someone independent
who does not need that.

989
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:31,400
SIX WEEKS
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

990
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:37,680
We're almost there, baby.
Are you at Two Sides?

991
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:40,680
What do you want to drink?

992
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,640
-Two Sides!
-See you soon.

993
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,960
I want to show off a bit in the city.

994
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:48,600
What's up? Good to see you.

995
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,120
-So happy you are here.
-So cool.

996
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:52,960
The boys did something.

997
00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:55,000
You just have to listen.

998
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:56,520
Okay, show me.

999
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,320
I'm so rude, I didn't even let
you guys get settled first.

1000
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,600
When I work with Volkan,
there are such magic moments.

1001
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:12,880
That's why I love working with him.

1002
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:18,440
The day before,

1003
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:21,200
I'd prepared a song and a beat with Koda.

1004
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,760
We had some ideas
and I showed it to Volkan.

1005
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:26,360
He heard it and was like, "That's cool."

1006
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:30,040
I was like, okay, I expected
a bit more as a first reaction.

1007
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:31,560
We'll have to see, dude.

1008
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,080
Just chill now, bro.

1009
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:35,600
Let's have a smoke.

1010
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,280
Have some vodka.

1011
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:42,120
My crew is gangster.

1012
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,960
When he's in Berlin,
we do sessions together.

1013
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,880
I often stay
until the end, till 5 or 6 a.m.

1014
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:50,920
We start the Jägermeister machine
in the office.

1015
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:52,000
And then, let's go.

1016
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:55,000
Your weapon.

1017
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:13,640
Most of the time, we just try out stuff.

1018
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:15,920
He sings melodies and we listen back.

1019
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,920
And we think about
what could be the verse melody

1020
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,080
and what could be the pre-hook
and the hook melody.

1021
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:45,200
Yeah!

1022
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:47,800
Sounds good.

1023
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:49,600
Gives me the chills.

1024
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:50,720
-Done?
-Yes.

1025
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:54,600
He has a different approach
from others.

1026
00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:55,960
I play him a beat.

1027
00:59:56,520 --> 01:00:00,960
And either something appeals
to him within a few seconds,

1028
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:02,440
or it doesn't.

1029
01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:06,840
He goes, "That's cool.
No, not that one, no way."

1030
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:09,320
He's always been straightforward.

1031
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,320
-He always knew what he wanted.
-Right.

1032
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:27,240
-Classic.
-That's a classic.

1033
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,960
-"At the end of the road"?
-There's a hit like that.

1034
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:49,160
The magic happened again. Nice, dude.

1035
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:52,760
He writes easily and is one
of the few who writes himself.

1036
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:55,400
He has a very unique writing style.

1037
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:58,800
He always somehow manages
to fit the words to the melodies.

1038
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:02,160
I always wonder how he did that.

1039
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:04,800
So tricky sometimes, how is that possible?

1040
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:07,440
That really surprised me about him.

1041
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:12,280
Baby, you wanna be with me

1042
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:13,720
-Yeah.
-Right!

1043
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:16,920
Baby, you wanna be with me

1044
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,760
But believe me, it can't be

1045
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:21,360
What you don't know

1046
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,520
At the end of the road
I'll be breaking your heart...

1047
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:26,800
-We got it!
-Yeah!

1048
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,200
What you do not know

1049
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,120
At the end of the road
I'll be breaking your heart

1050
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:34,000
-Nice.
-Yeah!

1051
01:01:38,440 --> 01:01:40,760
We need VFX. Devil's horns on him.

1052
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:43,240
Lucas the devil.

1053
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:48,200
Yes, you want it
but I'm not what you need

1054
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,840
-Good.
-One more time.

1055
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:55,360
Yes, you want it
but I'm not what you need

1056
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:15,360
I told you so.

1057
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:18,240
You can use driving
as a metaphor for your life.

1058
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:20,920
You can shoot a video in a race car.

1059
01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:23,320
I'm overwhelmed.

1060
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:25,560
Shit, I did not expect that.

1061
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:27,560
What do we do now?

1062
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:30,920
It's not for 2sad2disco.

1063
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:34,440
I know Lucas wants that,
but we are done with 2sad2disco.

1064
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:35,880
It's done, bro.

1065
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:41,440
Bro, I believe! I believe!

1066
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,920
It happened again.

1067
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:45,080
It happened again.

1068
01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:12,880
It's cool.

1069
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:14,760
Bro, this is going to be sick.

1070
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:18,840
I need a beer, bro

1071
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:24,160
The coolest thing
is that we're a community.

1072
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:26,440
If someone asked me,

1073
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:30,080
"What was the best moment
you experienced together?"

1074
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,360
I wouldn't say, "When we played soccer."

1075
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:36,240
Because we'd always play,
and it's always great.

1076
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:39,080
We have a great baseline,

1077
01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:41,480
and the rest is just the icing on top.

1078
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:43,960
Now, the fun starts.

1079
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:46,560
Volkan, here.

1080
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,120
Being Apache has something
to do with who I am,

1081
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:56,880
but I wouldn't have made it

1082
01:03:56,960 --> 01:04:00,480
without the people I'm surrounded by.

1083
01:04:00,560 --> 01:04:02,640
That's why I say "we" became stars.

1084
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:07,720
The benefit of working
with friends is obvious.

1085
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,600
You just have more fun.

1086
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:14,680
It's a big part of our success,

1087
01:04:14,760 --> 01:04:17,840
that we're so close to each other.

1088
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:19,720
Today, some girls are here...

1089
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:21,360
Promise, tomorrow I'll work out

1090
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:27,040
Promise, tomorrow I'll work out

1091
01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:32,880
Promise, tomorrow I'll work out

1092
01:04:37,280 --> 01:04:38,880
Promise, tomorrow I'll work out

1093
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:44,640
Promise, tomorrow I'll work out

1094
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:46,200
You're all musicians, yes!

1095
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:49,240
Cool brothers!

1096
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:51,440
Cool brothers!

1097
01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,240
Cool brothers!

1098
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:54,800
Cool brothers!

1099
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:56,520
Cool brothers!

1100
01:04:57,080 --> 01:05:00,720
FIVE WEEKS UNTIL SOLO SHOW
VIDEO SHOOT FOR 2SAD2DISCO

1101
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:06,240
KYIV
UKRAINE

1102
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:09,640
We are shooting six videos in Kyiv

1103
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,120
for the new album 2sad2disco.

1104
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:16,080
Music videos are almost
as important as the music.

1105
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:21,040
I really give my all for these videos.

1106
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,640
We wanted the videos
to be kind of like musicals.

1107
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:29,640
So we contacted some choreographers.

1108
01:05:29,720 --> 01:05:34,280
And they managed to turn my dancing
into something that you can look at.

1109
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:37,680
Lucas, can you take my watch, bro?

1110
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:39,680
It's going to be intense.

1111
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:42,840
Better put them on.

1112
01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:52,000
He's not afraid to leave his comfort zone

1113
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:54,760
and doesn't rest on his laurels.

1114
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:55,800
CHOREOGRAPHERS

1115
01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:59,560
"I'm not staying where I am,
I'll try something new."

1116
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:07,480
Bro, respect.

1117
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:09,920
You did it.

1118
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:11,640
Well done.

1119
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:13,720
Two weeks ago, I couldn't tie my shoes.

1120
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:16,760
And now this!

1121
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,720
Here you go.

1122
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:32,440
Take a look at that car, dude.

1123
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:36,080
It's my dream car, bro.

1124
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,280
I sat down and wrote
most of the storyboard myself

1125
01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:44,800
without camera directions.

1126
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:47,720
Have a look. I can't draw at all.

1127
01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:50,280
This is the video. Here is the Lambo.

1128
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:52,160
The suitcase is thrown in the trunk.

1129
01:06:53,040 --> 01:06:56,280
Then they drive around. That's cool.

1130
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:59,800
It's the constant creation
of something big.

1131
01:06:59,880 --> 01:07:01,680
It always starts really small.

1132
01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:05,520
It's super satisfying.

1133
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:08,320
It makes you super happy.

1134
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:41,840
Too sad to disco

1135
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:43,080
Where are you?

1136
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:48,000
Too, too sad...

1137
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:02,160
You have to stand
behind your music as an artist.

1138
01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:06,680
For me, the end of 2sad2disco

1139
01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:08,960
is also the end of a part of my life.

1140
01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:25,760
Hello.

1141
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:30,200
We have to wake Volkan.

1142
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:40,440
Bro. Gotta...

1143
01:08:41,480 --> 01:08:43,320
Gotta be on set in 20 minutes.

1144
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:46,040
They're shooting the dog scene.

1145
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:47,880
Fine, then.

1146
01:08:56,480 --> 01:09:00,320
Can't we just cancel it
and go into a white room?

1147
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,240
Just put a flashy car in there?

1148
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:05,640
Get one or two models...

1149
01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:08,200
And they just dance a bit.

1150
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:11,320
It could be awesome.

1151
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:39,240
We're at an intense period
of time right now

1152
01:09:39,320 --> 01:09:42,080
because the expectations are huge.

1153
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:47,800
This is the point where the wheat
is separated from the chaff.

1154
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:51,960
When you see whether you can find
your place as an established artist,

1155
01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:54,720
or if you've just been a momentary hype

1156
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:56,400
that's fading out.

1157
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:12,520
When you're a diamond artist

1158
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:16,200
with two successful albums,
you want to keep that up.

1159
01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:19,080
For someone with Apache's success,

1160
01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:22,800
expectations for a new album are huge.

1161
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:25,000
They're through the roof.

1162
01:10:25,680 --> 01:10:28,920
SHORTLY BEFORE THE VIDEO PREMIERE
OF 2SAD2DISCO

1163
01:10:29,280 --> 01:10:31,120
RHINELAND-PALATINATE

1164
01:10:36,120 --> 01:10:37,800
Sad, sad to disco

1165
01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:46,920
This bit's off.

1166
01:10:47,720 --> 01:10:49,840
-What do you mean?
-It's out of sync.

1167
01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:54,080
I can tell it's out of sync.
Also in another part.

1168
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:57,120
-Ouch.
-How can that happen on release day?

1169
01:10:57,240 --> 01:10:58,880
Ouch. Let me see.

1170
01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:05,800
It's out of sync. A million percent.

1171
01:11:07,120 --> 01:11:09,840
The video is just wrong.

1172
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:12,320
It's out of sync by one second.

1173
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:13,520
Audio and video.

1174
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:18,040
-Fuck.
-Horror. Horror.

1175
01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:23,720
Man, I thought these times were over.

1176
01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:25,880
Last minute upload.

1177
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:28,840
It's worse than ever.

1178
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:34,600
When we say it's wrong,
we're not being stupid.

1179
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:38,600
You come at us with such confidence
that it's the same or whatever.

1180
01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:41,200
Look, I was in Berlin to edit this video.

1181
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:45,000
I signed that video off,
and that's not the video I just saw.

1182
01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:48,520
Something is off. One million percent.

1183
01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:50,720
I don't know how it was yesterday.

1184
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:52,640
For yesterday's version,

1185
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:55,000
I didn't focus on the beat.

1186
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:57,360
I focused on the color grading yesterday.

1187
01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:02,280
I don't get it.

1188
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:03,640
Maybe...

1189
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:07,280
we should do this.

1190
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:17,560
That's it, right?

1191
01:12:18,120 --> 01:12:19,080
-Yeah?
-Yeah.

1192
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:21,040
We can finish now.

1193
01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:22,440
Well done, everybody.

1194
01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:36,560
Everything is running smoothly. All good.

1195
01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:41,080
"Ludwigshafen, Gartenstadt."

1196
01:12:41,560 --> 01:12:43,240
"Two houses down from Apache."

1197
01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:51,680
At least there are seven dislikes.
That's okay.

1198
01:12:51,760 --> 01:12:54,000
True. Just disliking on principle.

1199
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:57,880
It's shocking.

1200
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:01,240
No matter how often you say
that it doesn't bother you,

1201
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:02,880
every dislike is annoying.

1202
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:04,200
It's just like that.

1203
01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:06,320
Subconsciously.

1204
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:08,480
"Those seven motherfuckers..."

1205
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:11,520
"If I catch them..."

1206
01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:18,160
Still 24 minutes or is it frozen?

1207
01:13:18,240 --> 01:13:19,800
-Four minutes.
-Four minutes.

1208
01:13:20,480 --> 01:13:22,520
Do you have to refresh or what?

1209
01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:31,120
Bro, this nervousness never goes away.

1210
01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:34,600
I would be okay...

1211
01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:36,760
Let me be honest.

1212
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:39,320
Not like in 5th grade,
like, "My picture is ugly."

1213
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:41,080
"No, your picture is great."

1214
01:13:41,160 --> 01:13:42,480
No.

1215
01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:46,880
I would be very happy...

1216
01:13:52,080 --> 01:13:54,760
I'm going to be honest,
even if it's less...

1217
01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:56,360
I would be happy

1218
01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:01,360
if I had 800,000 to a million views.

1219
01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:03,520
On the first day.

1220
01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:06,600
That's what my video deserves, I think.

1221
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:10,240
It's starting.

1222
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:12,600
Four, three, two,

1223
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:13,920
one...

1224
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:53,800
THE VIDEO 2SAD2DISCO REACHED
571,788 VIEWS ON THE FIRST DAY

1225
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:58,800
More people disliked
the video than usual.

1226
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:02,760
I do think

1227
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:05,920
that it gets to you.

1228
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:07,600
For one song,

1229
01:15:08,240 --> 01:15:10,880
15% of the people were disappointed.

1230
01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:13,600
But those who liked it

1231
01:15:13,680 --> 01:15:15,920
left comments that leave you speechless.

1232
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:18,000
They brought up comparisons

1233
01:15:18,760 --> 01:15:21,840
with Michael Jackson and stuff.

1234
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:26,360
But for you, that one negative comment
gets stuck in your head.

1235
01:15:26,440 --> 01:15:29,520
Yeah. I have to stop doing that, I think.

1236
01:15:39,440 --> 01:15:41,520
It was an interesting experience.

1237
01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:44,240
When you are constantly
used to a high standard,

1238
01:15:44,320 --> 01:15:45,880
you get too confident.

1239
01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:47,520
And that was the reason

1240
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:51,800
why those 15%
for 2sad2disco just got to me.

1241
01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:56,360
Of course, there's hate
and all that shit.

1242
01:15:56,960 --> 01:16:00,520
As a young artist, it's often problematic.

1243
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:02,560
But at some point, you get over it.

1244
01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:05,520
You know how to handle it
and don't let it get to you.

1245
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:08,360
I hope he wasn't too hard on himself.

1246
01:16:08,440 --> 01:16:10,440
To me, it's not failure

1247
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:15,800
when you were number 1
yesterday and number 5 today.

1248
01:16:15,880 --> 01:16:18,240
It's failure to me if he changes

1249
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:19,920
and tries to conform.

1250
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,040
But if you still do your music

1251
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:25,520
and stay authentic and true to yourself,

1252
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:29,280
then it's a strength to me
and you are still on top.

1253
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:32,160
But I think you can tell it bothers him

1254
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:34,680
a bit.

1255
01:16:35,640 --> 01:16:39,200
ONE WEEK
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

1256
01:16:42,080 --> 01:16:44,480
All should be ready
when the artist arrives,

1257
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:46,520
or there'll be "Apache trouble."

1258
01:16:56,240 --> 01:16:58,320
We are now in the hall

1259
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:02,120
where we'll rehearse for three days

1260
01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:04,880
the new Apache show
that will premiere in Chur.

1261
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:08,760
While other artists start

1262
01:17:08,880 --> 01:17:11,240
with live shows in small clubs,

1263
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:12,760
Volkan starts like this.

1264
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:17,600
And he hasn't played a single live show.

1265
01:17:17,680 --> 01:17:21,960
And he is allowed to play
in front of tens of thousands.

1266
01:17:22,040 --> 01:17:23,000
That's crazy.

1267
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:30,080
It's going to be interesting
to stand in front of so many people.

1268
01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:32,320
I still have this hunger for it.

1269
01:17:32,400 --> 01:17:35,360
I am happy and looking forward to it.

1270
01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:37,600
...come through the window

1271
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:41,080
And tickles your nose
and you sneeze in your sleep

1272
01:17:41,160 --> 01:17:44,320
Our blocks are too high
We can't enjoy it

1273
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:47,880
Not even the sun gets in here

1274
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:53,080
Hey, what's up?
We are cruising through my hood

1275
01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:56,280
I just write on the iPhone
what I experience

1276
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,040
Shit, now we are famous

1277
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:04,160
Hey, what's up? Hey, what's up?

1278
01:18:04,240 --> 01:18:05,520
What's up, Switzerland?

1279
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:11,640
Wow, the fire was pretty intense.

1280
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:15,040
I thought it got the cameraman.

1281
01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:16,760
This one here.

1282
01:18:17,640 --> 01:18:19,720
I am curious how he will do on stage.

1283
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:22,840
And how the show will be received.

1284
01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:25,440
How Volkan will react
emotionally to the show.

1285
01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:27,080
And the fan interactions.

1286
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:29,480
I hope everything goes well.

1287
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:33,080
He goes to Switzerland,
and it's his first show.

1288
01:18:33,160 --> 01:18:37,720
It's the first time he'll get
to see real emotions from his fans.

1289
01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:42,880
Until now, it's YouTube comments,
streaming numbers. No real emotions.

1290
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:46,040
ONE DAY
UNTIL THE FIRST SOLO SHOW

1291
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:11,520
If you let your successes define you,

1292
01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:12,760
you'll break.

1293
01:19:16,440 --> 01:19:18,760
We held emergency meetings

1294
01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:21,680
when songs went to number 1,

1295
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:24,880
but we measured it by our standards.

1296
01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:28,280
We have more to learn, too.

1297
01:19:28,760 --> 01:19:30,600
To deal with expectations.

1298
01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:32,880
It fucks with your head.

1299
01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:38,360
I've also noticed
that there are some things

1300
01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:40,080
that I haven't processed yet.

1301
01:19:40,600 --> 01:19:42,800
Stuff that came along with this career.

1302
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:47,120
Sometimes, when you lie back
and stare at the ceiling,

1303
01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:49,840
you wonder if it's all real.

1304
01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:51,960
And not just in a positive way.

1305
01:19:54,440 --> 01:19:57,880
Like a state of shock
that just sticks around for a while.

1306
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:07,880
Everything that happened was so extreme,

1307
01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:12,160
and I found out that even positive stress
is stress for your body.

1308
01:20:13,480 --> 01:20:17,000
It did not just impact me
but also those around me.

1309
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:23,920
ONE HOUR
UNTIL THE FIRST LIVE SHOW

1310
01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:30,200
-Apache!
-Leave it, I like it.

1311
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:32,680
His environment is important,

1312
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:36,360
because it's the last space
where he can still

1313
01:20:36,440 --> 01:20:40,200
be Volkan from four to five years ago.

1314
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:42,400
Boys, it will be fine.

1315
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,400
I could list his gold
and platinum records,

1316
01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:55,160
but his biggest success
is that he stayed Volkan Yaman.

1317
01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:57,880
I am ready, bro.

1318
01:20:57,960 --> 01:21:01,560
I think Volkan understands one thing,

1319
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:04,960
which can be the key
to happiness, and that's gratitude.

1320
01:21:08,640 --> 01:21:11,480
I think when you have a solid environment,

1321
01:21:11,560 --> 01:21:12,760
which stays consistent,

1322
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:16,120
then nothing can happen
to you, no matter what.

1323
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:21,520
We don't have much to lose,

1324
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:23,600
because we've never had anything.

1325
01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:27,920
And we're convinced
that we'll be happy if it's all gone.

1326
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:31,120
This is what we dreamed of, brother.
We dreamed of this.

1327
01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:36,560
Apache!

1328
01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:40,000
Apache!

1329
01:21:43,520 --> 01:21:44,600
Apache!

1330
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:48,560
Apache!

1331
01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:02,720
You were done after my first word

1332
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:04,520
It's lonely at the top

1333
01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:06,600
They buy the Benz with their advance

1334
01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:08,280
I buy the Benz with my income

1335
01:22:08,360 --> 01:22:09,520
We party hard

1336
01:22:10,280 --> 01:22:11,800
We love the risk

1337
01:22:11,880 --> 01:22:15,280
After 22 years I realized
my dad didn't just get some cigs

1338
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:17,320
It's almost evening again

1339
01:22:17,400 --> 01:22:19,000
I put my little sister to bed

1340
01:22:19,080 --> 01:22:20,880
I am out on the streets

1341
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:22,960
Now and then a nose breaks

1342
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:25,160
Not made of sugar, but nights are cold

1343
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:27,160
Love calls, but no reception

1344
01:22:27,240 --> 01:22:28,640
Cell vibrates in my hand

1345
01:22:28,720 --> 01:22:30,520
Can't read it, I am drunk again

1346
01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:33,440
When the sun comes through the window

1347
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:37,200
And tickle your nose
you sneeze in your sleep

1348
01:22:37,720 --> 01:22:40,840
Our blocks are too high
We can't enjoy it

1349
01:22:40,920 --> 01:22:43,440
Not even the sun gets in here

1350
01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:45,880
Hey, what's up?

1351
01:22:47,040 --> 01:22:49,400
We are cruising through my hood

1352
01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:53,200
I just write on the iPhone
what I experience...

1353
01:22:57,160 --> 01:22:59,640
It started on an old ladies' bike.

1354
01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:01,720
It became huge.

1355
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:02,720
Hey, what's up?

1356
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:04,640
Hey, what's up?

1357
01:23:07,240 --> 01:23:10,240
We drive Porsches. We drive AMGs.

1358
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:13,680
But I know,

1359
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:15,960
when this is gone,

1360
01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:20,440
and I'll say this is true friendship,

1361
01:23:21,440 --> 01:23:22,880
I'll have people around me,

1362
01:23:23,640 --> 01:23:26,920
with whom I could cycle
to a smaller office.

1363
01:23:29,160 --> 01:23:30,800
I wouldn't fall.

1364
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:35,000
I'd lose something,
but I wouldn't lose myself.

1365
01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:44,360
First show, what can I say?

1366
01:23:48,160 --> 01:23:49,360
Are those bras?

1367
01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:57,160
Guys, thank you so much

1368
01:23:57,720 --> 01:24:00,040
for being at my first solo show.

1369
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:02,480
This show deserves a good ending.

1370
01:24:03,120 --> 01:24:04,840
We will end on Roller,

1371
01:24:04,920 --> 01:24:07,160
but I want my friends,
my brothers, on stage.

1372
01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:11,240
I wanna hear you all, okay?

1373
01:24:18,760 --> 01:24:20,040
Why is my head fucked?

1374
01:24:20,120 --> 01:24:24,360
My head bursts, Gucci sandals
I wear them out of spite

1375
01:24:24,440 --> 01:24:27,680
Yet, still they copy me
I can't believe it, dear God

1376
01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:31,400
Thank you for protecting me
when I ride my scooter

1377
01:24:31,480 --> 01:24:32,760
When I ride

1378
01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:35,200
I am on my way

1379
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:38,360
With my baby, it stings
Get out of my way

1380
01:24:39,080 --> 01:24:40,920
With 10 HP through your city

1381
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:42,800
This won't be nice

1382
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:46,160
On my scooter
and it will put you to sleep

1383
01:24:48,600 --> 01:24:52,720
One on one, he gets a bomb, calls his bro
Forgets my brother, box his brother

1384
01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:56,480
Driving with my hair down
with a bitch like Barbie, hood safari

1385
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:58,040
Get on your Speedfight

1386
01:24:58,120 --> 01:25:00,200
Fuck Kawasaki, let's go, Barbie

1387
01:25:00,280 --> 01:25:03,200
Kickdown at 70 to your party

1388
01:25:03,280 --> 01:25:05,720
They take photos, bags explode

1389
01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:07,080
But Apache stays Apache

1390
01:25:07,800 --> 01:25:09,400
Bro, I need to go

1391
01:25:09,480 --> 01:25:11,160
When the scooters scream

1392
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:14,800
Talking to me about coke and stabbings

1393
01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:19,960
But they have to go
when our scooters scream

1394
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:22,440
Apache stays Apache

1395
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:25,840
Apache stays Apache

1396
01:25:28,440 --> 01:25:29,800
Apache stays Apache

1397
01:25:32,240 --> 01:25:33,360
Apache stays Apache...

1398
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:35,240
Thanks Switzerland. It was an honor!

1399
01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:38,760
Thank you so much!

1400
01:25:49,240 --> 01:25:51,160
Hearing your fans scream

1401
01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:54,120
is the most intense feeling.

1402
01:25:55,160 --> 01:25:57,400
But when it's over, it's suddenly quiet.

1403
01:25:59,880 --> 01:26:02,160
And you can still hear it faintly...

1404
01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:03,640
Apache stays Apache

1405
01:26:04,120 --> 01:26:06,960
And you feel all this love in a muted way.

1406
01:26:08,440 --> 01:26:10,840
That's when you are a bit closer
to paradise.

1407
01:26:12,240 --> 01:26:13,800
And that feeling

1408
01:26:14,600 --> 01:26:16,160
will stay with me forever.

1409
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:15,600
Translated by Melanie Martin