Sarah Koch
That’s why she is grateful to her husband Samuel
Sarah Koch will release her debut album “Bittersüßes Finsterlicht” on October 29th.
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Actress Sarah Koch takes off as a singer. In an interview, she explains what she is grateful for to husband Samuel after five years of marriage.
Her career as a singer began with a Christmas present from her husband Samuel Koch (34): Actress Sarah Koch (36, “Sturm der Liebe) will release her debut album” Bittersüßes Finsterlicht “on October 29th gave her “the push” for her new project, as she said in an interview with the news agency spot on news. The 36-year-old also explains what she is particularly grateful for after five years of marriage and why fear can sometimes lead to growth .
You are best known as an actress. How did you get the desire to release a debut album?
Sarah Koch: The dream of my own project has haunted my head for a long time. But an album of your own? I? Who was always so afraid of singing, believed for a long time that she couldn’t? Did you even write and compose yourself? Crazy! Crazy, what happens when you dare to try these nasty little beliefs that you’ve been carrying around for years. Because music has always been a part of me. Rediscovering her, falling in love anew and doing what I like to hear, love and listen to my heart wholeheartedly, was a wonderful journey. Our greatest growth is often found in fear. This made my debut album my light out of darkness.
Your husband Samuel actively supported you in your new project. How was your collaboration?
Koch: In principle, he gave me the nudge. He gave me a songwriting day for Christmas almost three years ago. Today he laughs and shakes his head when I keep coming back with new songs or when the next video shoot is about to start: “Sarah, it was just a Christmas present”. His belief in me was like my match for my little light. And when it comes to filming preparations, my husband is THE man. I can be a bit scared when it comes to calling strangers. Samuel does it with pleasure and I am incredibly grateful to him. Best combination.
You celebrated your fifth wedding anniversary this year. How do you look back on the early years of your marriage? What are you grateful to each other for?
Koch: For mutual growth. For our differences and the acceptance of the wishes and interests of the other. But also the teasing that arises from it. They are especially great fun.
You process fairy tales and literary characters on your album. What do you find fascinating about it? Which ones do you particularly like and why?
Koch: I actually found “Hansel and Gretel”, “Die Sterntaler”, but also “The girl with the sulfur sticks” always incredibly exciting and touching. Reading them again now in adulthood has given me a whole new perspective on these stories. In my private life I also deal a lot with the topic of personality development and have seen: The old fairy tales give good advice on topics such as self-love, fear or letting go. These are topics that have preoccupied me over the past few years.
In the music videos, you’ve brought great actors to your side. Why was it so important to you, in addition to the music, to stage the videos in a great way?
Koch: Because that way I can combine my two passions, acting and music. I basically cast myself for the roles that I would like to play instead of waiting for them to ring my doorbell. I make films the way I like to watch them and cast the people I like to play with. Unfortunately, our profession is not protected. That’s why it was important to me to have real actors on board, even for the small roles. I think it’s an incredible added value and I’m incredibly grateful to my almost small ensemble.
What private and professional plans do you have for this year?
Koch: Our self-produced radio play for our children’s book “Das Kuscheltier-Kommando” will be published in November. A huge family project with beautiful songs. And of course we both speak and sing a role ourselves: Samuel is Horst the Hai and I do the role of Ha-Tschi. On board are my brother Oliver with his partner Elisabeth as Eduard the donkey and Floki the flute, as well as Tobias Meister, who is among other things the German voice of Brad Pitt, as the narrator.