After "KopfÜber" and "Torteguss" MiA present. now her third single "Limbo", from the new album of the same name, which is expected to be released on March 27th. For the music video, singer Mieze Katz, guitarist Andy Penn, drummer Gunnar Spies and bassist Robert Schütze have invited a familiar face: journalist and moderator Thorsten Schröder (52), who can be seen in the "Tagesschau" among others.
"Once-in-a-lifetime experience"
And surely you have never seen Schröder like this: In the video, Schröder dances, grooved and sings himself through various settings. A completely new experience for the 52-year-old, as he revealed to the news agency spot on news: "What an exciting new experience!" Explains Schröder, who can only benefit from his excursion into music: "That it is so impressive and getting overwhelming I never thought. " He was "simply enthusiastic" about this "once-in-a-lifetime experience", continued Schröder.
And singer Mieze Katz is also full of praise for the protagonist of her video: "It was clear to us that there is no better cast for this idea than a person who, through the daily, sincere and well-founded engagement with the news of the world, if anything, stands for well-dosed optimism. Thorsten Schröder is news anchor and presenter, author and Ironman. You can ask someone like that, "said the singer.
Well-known role model
And what is "Limbo" about? It's about optimism, Mieze Katz continues. "The optimism in 'Limbo' does not come from the motivational seminar, but it is nevertheless a contortion and a determination of how you can encounter this world or endure it. That is why you have to dance to 'Limbo' in the music video."
MiA. inspired by DJ Fatboy Slim (56) and his video for "Weapon Of Choice", which was released in 2000. At that time Hollywood star Christopher Walken (76, "Pulp Fiction") danced his soul out.