Jennifer Weist… Read Full Bio ↴Jennifer Rostock is a rock band from Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer Weist and Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller are both natives of the German Baltic island Usedom and first met in kindergarten. Walter-Müller started taking music lessons as a five-year-old; he initially began to learn the violin, later he started to play piano. At the age of 13, he met Weist again when she sang at a karaoke show and he invited her to join his school band. They experimented with different genres such as rock, pop, and swing, in the beginning singing in English, later in German and eventually writing their own songs. In 2004, both founded the band Aerials.
They met Werner Krumme who would later become their producer during a songwriting workshop in Rostock. After both had finished school having completed the Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) in summer 2006, they moved to Berlin to pursue a career in music. There they also met their future band members Alex, Christoph, and Baku.
The band's name was based on a misunderstanding at first. Employees at the Planet Roc studios in Berlin repeatedly wrote notes for them addressed to "Jennifer Rostock." Weist later explained, "Jennifer was directed at me, and Rostock, because they remembered we are from the coast, and Rostock was probably the only town the studio guys knew up there." This working title was eventually embraced by the band and became their official name.
In 2007, the group gave their first concerts as "Jennifer Rostock" and they signed a recording contract with Warner Music. They mainly performed in the Berlin club scene and played as opening acts for the British bands Chikinki and Gallows. In Oktober, Jennifer Rostock released their first EP - "Ich will hier raus" and started to get air time with local radio stations in Berlin. In February 2008, their first single "Kopf oder Zahl" was placed in rotation by MTV Germany. They competed with that song at the Bundesvision Song Contest, a German television show based on the Eurovision Song Contest, and came in at fifth place.Jennifer Rostock’s debut album Ins offene Messer was released the following day and entered the German album charts at number 31.
The band's unorthodox and innovative German lyrics are collectively written by Weist and Walter-Müller, who also compose and arrange the songs. Although the group is difficult to categorise, Jennifer Rostock is often compared to the Neue Deutsche Welle, especially due to their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl," and its similarities to the German 1980's band Ideal. The newspaper "Taz" described their music as "somewhere between glam punk, electropop and Berlin-rock".
On June 13th they released the album's second single "Feuer" (Fire), it was released as a Premium as well as a Basic version.
Diadem
Jennifer Rostock Lyrics
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Reich mir mein
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem und
Reich mir mein
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein
Es ist kurz vor irgendwo
Theresa braucht keinen Gigolo
Sie wird umgarnt
Von Persönlichkeiten
Jeder will ihren Gaul reiten
Feine Herren
Auf wunden Knien
Die sich heimlich
In Fantasien verziehen
Jeder wird ihr Untertan
Es ist der alte Tanz
Auf dem alten Vulkan
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein
Marquise Hand in Hand
Mit Leopold
Nicht alles, was glänzt
Ist Gott gewollt
Doch im Schatten
Anonymer Intimität
Erliegt der Asket,
Sobald der Wind sich dreht
Mit seiner Leine
In Ihrer Hand
Und seinem Rücken
An ihrer Wand
Und das alte Weib
Pfeift das alte Lied
Oben in der Charlotte Street
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Sie kämmt ihr Haar
Mit ihrem goldenen Kamm
Und sie singt dabei ihr Lied
Sein Schiff zerschlägt am Riff
Wenn er sie hört
Und nach ihr sieht
Schür die Glut, die Wut, die Funken
Bleischwer, fesselnd, demuttrunken
Meister wird zum Untertan
Es ist der alte Tanz
Auf dem alten Vulkan
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Brich dir dein Herz
Reich mir mein Diadem
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
Und dreh dich
The song "Diadem" by Jennifer Rostock is a commentary on power dynamics and control in romantic relationships, particularly in relation to gender. The repeated refrain "Break your heart, give me mine" suggests a transactional relationship where one person (presumably male) demands emotional labor from their partner (presumably female), while providing little in return.
The first verse introduces Theresa, who is being pursued by various men who want to control her. The line "Everyone wants to ride her horse" is a metaphor for men competing for power over Theresa. The chorus's direction to "break your heart, give me my diadem" suggests that Theresa should sacrifice her own emotional well-being in order to fulfill the desires of the men vying for control over her.
The second verse introduces a couple named Marquise and Leopold, who appear to be in a healthier relationship until the suggestion that "not everything that glitters is godly." The line "In the shadow of anonymous intimacy, the ascetic surrenders as soon as the wind turns" suggests that even in the context of a consensual and balanced relationship, there is a danger that one partner will hold more power and control than the other.
Line by Line Meaning
Brich dir dein Herz
Break your heart
Reich mir mein
Hand me mine
Brich dir dein Herz
Break your heart
Reich mir mein
Hand me mine
Brich dir dein Herz
Break your heart
Reich mir mein Diadem und
Hand me my tiara and
Brich dir dein Herz
Break your heart
Reich mir mein
Hand me mine
Es ist kurz vor irgendwo
It's just before somewhere
Theresa braucht keinen Gigolo
Theresa doesn't need a gigolo
Sie wird umgarnt
She's being courted
Von Persönlichkeiten
By personalities
Jeder will ihren Gaul reiten
Everyone wants to ride her horse
Feine Herren
Fine gentlemen
Auf wunden Knien
On sore knees
Die sich heimlich
Who secretly
In Fantasien verziehen
Retreat into fantasies
Jeder wird ihr Untertan
Everyone becomes her subject
Es ist der alte Tanz
It's the old dance
Auf dem alten Vulkan
On the old volcano
Marquise Hand in Hand
Marquis hand in hand
Mit Leopold
With Leopold
Nicht alles, was glänzt
Not everything that glitters
Ist Gott gewollt
Is God's will
Doch im Schatten
But in the shadow
Anonymer Intimität
Anonymous intimacy
Erliegt der Asket,
The ascetic succumbs
Sobald der Wind sich dreht
As soon as the wind turns
Mit seiner Leine
With his leash
In Ihrer Hand
In her hand
Und seinem Rücken
And his back
An ihrer Wand
Against her wall
Und das alte Weib
And the old woman
Pfeift das alte Lied
Whistles the old song
Oben in der Charlotte Street
Up on Charlotte Street
Sie kämmt ihr Haar
She combs her hair
Mit ihrem goldenen Kamm
With her golden comb
Und sie singt dabei ihr Lied
And sings her song
Sein Schiff zerschlägt am Riff
His ship smashes on the reef
Wenn er sie hört
When he hears her
Und nach ihr sieht
And looks after her
Schür die Glut, die Wut, die Funken
Stir the embers, the rage, the sparks
Bleischwer, fesselnd, demuttrunken
Lead-heavy, binding, drunk with humility
Meister wird zum Untertan
Master becomes a subject
Es ist der alte Tanz
It's the old dance
Auf dem alten Vulkan
On the old volcano
Und dreh dich
And spin around
Und dreh dich
And spin around
Und dreh dich
And spin around
Und dreh dich
And spin around
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