Why actually, why actually, why actually, YES WHY NOT?
Juli Gilde has written a new song together with songwriter and former Wir sind Helden member Jean-Michel Tourette. A song about being in love, getting lost in your own brain, riding the subway and hazel eyes. About going crazy because you can only think about this one, very specific person all day long. And that's exactly what the song sounds like: fast, wacky, with the right pinch of 2000s feeling, glittering synths and blaring electric guitars. The drums were played by Jan Rentschler, produced by Chris Trumpf (Jupyter, Eala) and the track has a wonderful lightness that makes legs dance and heads nod along. Somewhere between Nena, Wir sind Helden and her very own universe, Juli finds a nostalgically beautiful sound that you'll want to listen to for the rest of the summer. And quite honestly: why not?
Juli Gilde on "Why actually?":
"The song we've all been waiting for! No, I'm kidding, but I really like it. This pinch of 2000s nostalgia that Jean-Michel Tourette conjured up when we wrote the song in his studio in Hanover last year is really fantastic. It always takes me back to a time when I used to drive to the lake in the evening with my parents and siblings, feet dangling and some Wir Sind Helden song playing on the radio. A scented tree on the rear-view mirror, a swimming crocodile in the trunk. Just summer. My song is also a bit about summer, but mainly about that situation when you've fallen in love and the other person just won't leave your head. Annoying. And a bit beautiful too."