They had their breakthrough with “Nordisch by Nature” and “Jein” – later they landed catchy hits again and again. But the German rap trio Fettes Brot wants to go their separate ways soon. And announces this – as usual – in rhymes.
A few days ago the band Fettes Brot gave a surprise free concert on the Elbe – now the three musicians Doctor Renz (Martin Vandreier), König Boris (Boris Lauterbach) and Björn Beton (Björn Warns) surprisingly announced their separation. “So before we can soon inaugurate our own wax figures at Madame T, we eternal teenagers with ‘almost 50’ prefer to dig our own grave,” said the band on their social media channels. “You read that right: Group Fettes Brot is not only ancient … but history! Dad and dad and dad separate. At the end of ’23 we’ll pack our gym bags and hike new paths from there,” it continues.
In addition, the band presented hits like “Jein”, “Emanuela”, “Schwule Mädchen” or “An Days Like These” as well as “Brot weint nicht” with the right song and the right video: “Guys, we have to tell you something : F-E-Double-T-ES B-R-O-T it’s up to you,” raps Doctor Renz and continues: “But you won’t see tears, that can’t happen to us. Because bread doesn’t cry.” And the wish to see each other again on a big farewell tour in spring 2023: “But of course: it’s a matter of honor that our epoch together has to end with a bang finale.”
The band also announced a “Greatest Hits” album. And a few surprises, like the Hamburg harbor concert safari last Friday. The trio first rapped in front of the beach in Hamburg-Övelgönne on the roof of a harbor barge and supported by a DJ.
With “Jein” and “Nordisch by Nature” the three boys from Halstenbek, Schenefeld and Pinneberg celebrated their breakthrough in front of the gates of the Hanseatic city. The three rappers divided the lines among themselves within the verses. With the song “Emanuela” Fettes Brot took 2nd place in the Bundesvision Song Contest in 2005, later the single climbed to number 3 in the German single charts and even number 1 in Austria.
On the album “Am Wasser Bau” (2005) there wasn’t as much rapping, the album was altogether more soul-heavy than its predecessors, with songs like “On Days Like These” the band also made political statements. The band released their last studio album “Lovestory” in spring 2019. Doctor Renz, König Boris and Björn Beton shed light on the different facets of love.
“As the production progressed, we just realized that the strongest songs were all about love,” said Martin Vandreier. Musically, “Lovestory” ties in with the sound of earlier albums – with a little less hip-hop and more funk and disco. A tour planned for 2020 and 2021 had to be postponed due to the corona pandemic.
