The sky is clearing up
| The sky is clearing up | |
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| Joel Brandenstein & Vanessa Mai | |
| publication | May 8, 2020 |
| length | 3:02 min. |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Joel Brandenstein |
| album | Free |
The sky tears open is a duet by the German pop singer Joel Brandenstein and the German pop and pop singer Vanessa Mai . The piece is the third single from Brandenstein's third studio album Frei .
Creation and artwork
The Sky Tears Open was written by Joel Brandenstein himself. Production took place under the direction of Prince's founding member Kai Oliver Krug (Nautilus).
On the front cover of the single you can see the artist names and the song title as well as the two artists. It shows Brandenstein and Mai standing opposite each other and looking each other in the eye. Brandenstein is seen from the observer on the left with black clothes, Mai on the right with white clothes. Between the two is the song title and the artist information on the upper edge of the front cover. The photography comes from the work on the accompanying music video.
Publication and promotion
The first release of Der Himmel rißen auf was available as download and streaming on May 8th, 2020. The release was carried out as a single track by the music label RCA Germany , the distribution was carried out by Sony Music . The sky rips open after Frei and your applause appeared as the third single from Brandenstein's third studio album Frei .
To promote the song's release, Mai posted pictures on May 4, 2020 wearing outfits from the music video. In addition, she left as a comment lines from the song such as "I see the sparkle in your eyes" or "I sing your melody".
background information
Brandenstein already had the idea for a duet while writing. According to his own statements, he immediately thought of May and asked the first and only. According to his own statements, Mai immediately liked the piece and immediately accepted.
content
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The lyrics to Der Himmel riss auf is written in German . The music and the text were written or composed independently by Joel Brandenstein. Musically, the ballad moves in the field of pop music . The tempo is 134 beats per minute . The key is D flat major . The content of the song is about the fact that you should never give up hope of finding true love at some point. Even if it takes a little longer for some people, it is all the more fulfilling when the moment finally comes, says Brandenstein. The song is built on two verses, a chorus and an outro . The song begins with the first verse, which is sung by Brandenstein. The first verse is followed by a so-called pre-chorus , which consists of only two lines, before the actual chorus follows. The pre-chorus is sung by Brandenstein alone, Mai joins the chorus for the first time. The same process is repeated with the second stanza, this and the subsequent pre-chorus being sung mainly by Mai, Brandenstein contributing as an accompanist. The second chorus is repeated a second time before the song ends with the two-line outro. The outro consists of the last two lines of the chorus: “The sky is tearing open. And the rain stops. " |
Music video
The music video for Der Himmel truiss auf celebrated its premiere on May 7, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. on YouTube . It shows Brandenstein and Mai, each singing the song individually and together. You are in a building with shabby walls but new furniture. Both sing the song individually at different locations in the building. Brandenstein can also be seen in part at a white piano , on which he accompanies himself. Towards the end of the video, the two of them face each other and above them you can see the sky instead of the ceiling of the room. In the last two scenes you see both of them individually again, each one turning on a light. In between there are short scenes of a couple who spend the day together in different places in nature. The total length of the video is 3:00 minutes. The director was Mikis Fontagnier from Mannheim , who also directed Mai's music video Did you ever direct.
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reception
Reviews
Patrick Kollmer from schlagerplanet.com described Brandenstein's voice as "smoky and honest". He described the voice of Mai as "innocent". This combination works completely, especially in the chorus sung about together, and is convincing because of the different vocal colors.
Yannik Gölz from the German-language online magazine laut.de rated Brandenstein's album Frei with just one of five stars. During his review, he decided that Heaven Tears sounds like the wedding of a distant relative that one would never want to see. Mai sounds uninspired and Brandenstein sounds as he always sounds because he has mastered exactly one way of singing.
Charts and chart placements
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The sky is tearing reached position 89 in the single charts in Germany and was in the top 100 for a week. In the midweek charts of the first week of sales, the single reached position 73. The single also placed fourth in the German download charts .
Brandenstein reached the German single charts for the sixth time as an interpreter and for the fourth time as an author with Der Himmel riss auf . Mai hereby reached the single charts in Germany for the fourth time as an interpreter after cloud 7 , I die for you and we 2 always 1 . For Nautilus, Der Himmel tear is on the second production after Because I'm Back Home ( Alexander Knappe ), which hit the German charts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Joel Brandenstein & Vanessa Mai - The sky is tearing open. austriancharts.at, May 8, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b The sky is tearing open / Joel Brandenstein. listen.tidal.com, May 8, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ “The Sky Tears Open” by Joel Brandenstein. music.apple.com, May 8, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Frei / Joel Brandenstein / Neues Album / 2020. cd-lexikon.de, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Vanessa Mai on Instagram. instagram.com, May 4, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Vanessa Mai on Instagram. instagram.com, May 7, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Vanessa Mai on Instagram. instagram.com, May 9, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Patrick Kollmer: Vanessa Mai & Joel Brandenstein in a duet: "The sky tears open". schlagerplanet.com, May 8, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Joel Brandenstein & Vanessa Mai with the common song 'Der Himmel riisse'. mix1.de, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Key & BPM for The Sky Tears Open by Joel Brandenstein, Vanessa Mai. tunebat.com, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Vanessa Mai on Instagram. instagram.com, May 5, 2020, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Vanessa Mai, Xavier Naidoo - Have You Ever (Official Video). youtube.com, November 28, 2019, accessed May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Vanessa Mai: Here is the new duet "The sky tears open". klatsch-tratsch.de, May 8, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Yannik Gölz: Hach, honey - we are North Rhine-Westphalia! laut.de, accessed on August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Joel Brandenstein & Vanessa Mai - The sky is tearing open. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Official midweek single Top 100.mtv.de, May 13, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Official download charts single. mtv.de, May 18, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020 .