Do they know it's Europe

Do they know it's Europe is a multilingual music video by Comedians for Worldpeace that was released on May 22, 2019 under unusual circumstances.

Participating in the video were moderators of popular satirical and humorous late-night formats from various EU countries as well as Switzerland , Norway and Armenia . A similar, transnational collaboration of satirical TV shows already existed in 2017 with the Every Second Counts competition .

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The video is available in both a five-minute short version and a long version of 13 minutes. The song that can be heard in the video is first and foremost a pro-European game with our own country clichés, linked by the common understanding that “we are alone”. The title Do they know it's Europe is based on the benefit song Do They Know It's Christmas? of the Band Aid group . Each of the twenty artists from sixteen countries sings in their own language, subtitles are available.

The comments belonging to the video make it clear that the creators want it to be concretely understood as a call to participate in the upcoming 2019 European elections .

Contributors

Sergey Sargsyan and Narek Margaryan ( ArmComedy ), Armenia
Jan Böhmermann ( Neo Magazin Royale ), Germany
Eeva Vekki and Anders Helenius ( Noin viikon studio ), Finland
Alex Vizorek , France
Heydon Prowse , UK
Domagoj Zowack and Borna Sor (News Bar & Prime Time), Croatia
Andrius Tapinas ( Laikykitės ten ), Lithuania
Ben Olinger , Luxembourg
Niels van der Laan and Jeroen Woe ( Even Tot Hier ), Netherlands
Fredrik Skavlan ( Skavlan ), Norway and Sweden
Peter Klien ( Welcome Austria ), Austria
Filomena Cautela ( 5 Para A Meia-Noite ), Portugal
Dominic Deville and Patrick Karpiczenko ( Deville Late Night ), Switzerland
Jure Godler ( Ta teden z Juretom Godlerjem ), Slovenia
Villám Géza ( Heti Dörgés Villám Gézával ), Hungary

Publication circumstances

In the course of the Ibiza affair , there were suspicions that the release date, which Böhmermann had announced with a countdown on the Internet, would be further revelations or at least the question "what role (...) Mr. Böhmermann plays in this context" ( Heinz -Christian Strache in the wording of his resignation speech ). As a result, the release date of the music video received the greatest attention from international media as well as social networks, although Böhmermann's house broadcaster ZDF felt compelled in advance to rule out speculation about new Strache revelations according to its own knowledge.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Ingo Salmen: Jan Böhmermann and friends sing for Europe. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 23, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .
↑ Deville in Böhmermann-Song: “Switzerland is brilliant, Europe doesn't matter”. SRF 3 , May 23, 2019, accessed on May 24, 2019 .
↑ Arno Frank: Do they know it's Böhmermann? In: Spiegel Online . May 22, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .
↑ Strache's resignation speech in full. In: The Standard . May 18, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
↑ Janique Weder: European song instead of new revelations about the Ibiza affair: Jan Böhmermann fools everyone. In: NZZ . May 22, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .
↑ Jan Böhmermann: ZDF speaks plain text in the Ibiza affair. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . May 23, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .

[1] Ingo Salmen: Jan Böhmermann and friends sing for Europe. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 23, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .

[2] Deville in Böhmermann-Song: “Switzerland is brilliant, Europe doesn't matter”. SRF 3 , May 23, 2019, accessed on May 24, 2019 .

[3] Arno Frank: Do they know it's Böhmermann? In: Spiegel Online . May 22, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .

[4] Strache's resignation speech in full. In: The Standard . May 18, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .

[5] Janique Weder: European song instead of new revelations about the Ibiza affair: Jan Böhmermann fools everyone. In: NZZ . May 22, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .

[6] Jan Böhmermann: ZDF speaks plain text in the Ibiza affair. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . May 23, 2019, accessed May 24, 2019 .