To what is still to come

To what is still to come
Lotte & Max Giesinger
publication	23 August 2019
length	3:29 min.
Genre (s)	pop music
Author (s)	Max Giesinger, Jules Kalmbacher, Charlotte Rezbach , Jens Schneider
album	The Journey (Deluxe Version) / Happiness

What's to come is a duet by German songwriters or singer-songwriters Max Giesinger and Lotte . The piece is the fourth single from Giesinger's third studio album Die Reise or the second single from Lotte's second studio album Glück .

Creation and artwork

What is still to come was written together by Max Giesinger, Jules Kalmbacher, Charlotte Rezbach (Lotte) and Jens Schneider. The production took place through the collaboration of Kalmbacher and Schneider, both also distinguished themselves as sound engineers for this recording. The piece was mixed by Benedikt Maile. The mastering was done through 24-96 mastering, under the direction of Robin Schmidt.

On the front cover of the single you can see a portrait of the two performers in addition to artist names and song titles . By the viewer as seen on the left side sits Giesing, in the cross-legged , on the floor. Lotte leans her back against him on his left shoulder. The artist names and the song title are attached to the edge of the cover. At the top you can find the artist names, the song title is divided into the other three pages. On the left side there are the words “Auf das”, on the right side “what there” and the lower side “still to come”. On September 1, 2019 , both artists posted the cover image as a promotional purpose using face swap .

Publication and promotion

The first release of Auf das, what there noch comes as a single download on August 23, 2019 by the music label Columbia Records . The song was published by BMG Rights Management , Jules Kalmbacher Edition, Sony / ATV Music Publishing and Wolpertinger Edition. The distribution was carried out by Sony Music Entertainment . The song can be found on the “Deluxe Version” of Giesinger's third studio album Die Reise and on Lotte's second studio album Glück .

On August 16, 2019, both artists posted a joint picture of themselves for the first time with the note "23-08-19". Two days before the single was released, they both uploaded another picture together with the notes “23-08-19” and “Friday's new music!”. On August 22, 2019, one day before the single was released, Giesinger and Lotte presented the cover image for the first time. On the day of the release, the two released a short video promoting their collaboration .

In order to promote the song, there was a joint live appearance in the ARD morning magazine and in prime time on the Sat.1 show Luke! The Great Night Show and the ProSieben Show The live show at your home .

content

“To what is still to come. For every stumble, every failure. It all brings us a little further to us. To what is still to come. To what is still to come. To euphoria and everything easy. Hope it will stay that way for us for a long time. To what is still to come. " - Refrain, original excerpt

The lyrics to Auf das, what's coming is written in German . The music and the text were written and composed jointly by Max Giesinger, Jules Kalmbacher, Charlotte Rezbach (Lotte) and Jens Schneider. Musically, the song moves in the area of pop music . The tempo is 120 beats per minute . In terms of content, the song is about friendship , life and moments of happiness . In an interview with Michael Patrick Kelly during the seventh season of Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert , Giesinger described the piece as a “hymn to going on and getting up again and again”. He processes various low points himself that he had to accept on the way to becoming a musician, such as third or fourth places in music competitions with his bands, cancellations from music colleges such as the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg or the low after his participation in The Voice of Germany , where after the brief hype from the music show he was down again and had to accept rejections from record companies. The song is based on two verses, a bridge and a chorus . The song begins with the first stanza, the first part of which is sung by Giesinger alone and the second part in a duet. The first verse is followed by a so-called two-line "pre-chorus" as an introduction to the chorus, before the actual chorus follows. Both parts are sung in a duet by Giesinger and Lotte. The same process is repeated with the second stanza, only that the second stanza is sung completely in a duet. The second chorus is followed by a bridge sung about together, followed by the pre-chorus again, which is sung by Lotte alone. The song ends with the third chorus sung together.

Similarity to Sympathy by Lost

The German-language website klatsch-tratsch.de saw great similarities to the piece Sympathy by the Austrian music producer Lost. The piece is a collaboration with the Austrian band Einfach Flo and was released two weeks before Auf das what's still to come on August 9, 2019. Bernhard Kaufmann from Karmarama (management of Lost) said on request from klatsch-tratsch.de : “ We recently noticed the similarity of the songs by Lotte and Max Giesinger and the song by the producer Lost, and we were surprised that the songwriting of two songs that were released shortly afterwards sometimes coincides. ”The management does not want to proceed legally. “In the meantime, however, Max Giesinger's management called us and we all think that it is probably a coincidence. Max and Lotte are great musicians and, as you can hear, they have a good sense for strong melodies. And that also applies to Lost, as you can hear on the chorus. All fine!"

Music video

The music video for Auf das ,was dass noch sein was shot over two days and premiered on August 27, 2019 at 9 a.m. on YouTube . Three days earlier, on August 24, 2019, both artists started posting short excerpts from the video. In terms of content, Giesinger and Lotte slip into the role of a rather unsuccessful musician duo, who play among other things at the company party of an insurance company, at the opening of a hardware store and in a bar . The video ends with the two musicians watching a fictional version of Luke! On the TV after their performance in the bar . The week and I see Mark Forster performing with her song. During the video there are numerous guest appearances by prominent people, the following celebrities appear one after the other: Revolverheld ( insurance employees ), Stephanie Stumph and Philipp Dittberner ( geriatric nurses ), Steven Gätjen ( branch manager hardware store ), tape recorder and Tim Mälzer (visitor hardware store), Tom Beck ( police officer ), Johannes Oerding (visitor bar), Michael Schulte ( bartender ), Luke Mockridge ( presenter ) and Mark Forster (show guest). The total length of the video is 5:10 minutes. As with several music videos by Giesinger and Lotte, Nico Koenen and Patrick Wulf again directed. As of May 2020, the music video had over 4.1 million views on YouTube.

Contributors

Song production Max Giesinger : vocals , composer , songwriter Jules Kalmbacher: composer, songwriter, music producer , sound engineer Benedikt Maile: Mixing Charlotte Rezbach (Lotte) : vocals, composer, songwriter Robin Schmidt: Mastering Jens Schneider: composer, songwriter, music producer, sound engineer Companies Bildreich Hamburg: Film producer (music video) BMG Rights Management : Publisher Columbia Records : music label Jules Kalmbacher Edition: Publisher Sony / ATV Music Publishing : Publisher Sony Music Entertainment : Distribution Wolpertinger Edition: Publisher

Music video Fynn Freund: Photographer Ewa Isabella: Mask Jeanette Johansen: Mask Andreas Klein: lighting technician Nico Koenen: film editor , director , visual effect Ben Kuschnik: film producer Raik Lingner: gaffer Joel Vila: film producer Patrick Wulf: film editor, cameraman , director, visual effect

Charts and chart placements

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

To what is still to come   DE 40 08/30/2019 (14 weeks)

What is to come reached position 40 in the single charts in Germany and stayed in the top 100 for a total of 14 weeks. In the German airplay charts , the single reached its highest chart rating at position five. In addition, the single was able to place itself in the iTunes daily evaluations for several weeks and reached its highest price on September 5, 2019 with position two. In Austria and Switzerland, the piece missed entry into the official hit parades. In the German airplay annual charts, the single was ranked 45th, making it the second most played German-language title of 2019 after Hoch ( Tim Bendzko ).

For Giesinger as an interpreter, this is the sixth chart success in Germany, and as an author, this is the fifth time he has reached the German single charts. Lotte reached the German single charts for the first time as a writer and performer with Auf das ,was noch dass sein. For Kalmbacher the single represents the sixth chart success as an author and the fourth as a music producer in Germany. Schneider reached the German single charts for the third time in his writing and producing activities after Wenn sie tanzt (Max Giesinger) and Fresh Air ( Wincent Weiss ).

Cover versions

• 2020: The German singer Nico Santos covered the piece during the seventh season of the VOX show Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert . The piece was released as a promo single on May 6, 2020. The cover version can also be found on the “Deluxe Edition” of the TV sampler Sing Meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 7 , which was released on May 22, 2020. In the chart week of May 8, 2020, the single made it to position 69 in the German download charts .

Web links

• Music video for "What to come" on YouTube

Individual evidence

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