Diamonds (song)

Diamonds
Against K
publication	17th February 2017
length	3:27
Genre (s)	German hip-hop , rap
Author (s)	Maximilian Diehn, Pascal Kalli Reinhardt
Label	BMG Rights Management
album	Good night

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Diamonds   DE 28  gold 02/24/2017 (10 weeks)

Diamonds is a song by the German rapper Kontra K from Berlin . The piece was released on February 17, 2017 as the first single from his sixth studio album Gute Nacht , which was released on April 28, 2017.

Emergence

His last release was the album Labyrinth , which reached number one in the German album charts and also high chart placements in Austria and Switzerland. On February 16, 2017 - one day before the planned release - the rapper announced that his new album Gute Nacht will be released on April 28, 2017.

The music is mostly designed electronically and, according to observers, differs from his previous albums From the shadow into the light and labyrinth .

publication

The single was released on February 17, 2017. In the accompanying music video, Kontra K is in the Russian city of Astrakhan and in Dubai . Directed by the filmmaker Shaho Casado. The location is changed several times in the video. Contrary to K, try to clarify the contrasts between the two locations. So he symbolizes "hunger, hope, ambition and success."

The song reached number 28 in the German single charts determined by GfK Entertainment .

reception

Nastassja Lotz from the hip-hop blog rap.de writes that the “contrast from the video matches the content” . She especially goes into the intention and adds: "There is always a way that can lead one to let others see that there is a diamond in everyone."

From the point of view of the editor Johann Voigt of the hip-hop magazine Juice it is “a new motivational hymn” . The "scratches are blurred under electronic catchyness and address the diamonds under a thousand tons of dirt."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart source: DE
2. ↑ Awards: DE
3. ↑ Kontra K announces the release date for “Gute Nacht”. Backspin , February 16, 2017, accessed February 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Contra K - "diamonds". Backspin , February 16, 2017, accessed February 27, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Kontra K - Diamanten (Official Video) on YouTube
6. ↑ "Diamonds" - Kontra K publishes a new video and announces further album information. rap-n-blues.com, February 17, 2017, accessed February 27, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Nastassja Lotz: Contra K - diamonds. rap.de, February 17, 2017, accessed on February 27, 2017 . 
8. ^ Johann Voigt: Contra K - Diamonds // Video. Juice , February 17, 2017, accessed February 27, 2017 .