Annett Louisan: Your music should not paint a "perfect world"
Annett Louisan (41) answers. With her new album "Kleine große Liebe", which will be released on March 29th, the singer wants to make her fans laugh, but also to cry. Much personal is in it, as she reveals in the conversation with the news agency spot on news. Positive as well as negative experiences, which she was allowed or had to do in the course of her career. Today, the 41-year-old, who became the mother of a daughter in July 2017, says of herself: "I've changed a lot."
Annett Louisan, did your motherhood affect the making of your album "Little Big Love"?
Annett Louisan: The album was created in the past years. A journey that I started in mid-2015, with a longing for something new in me. What that was exactly, I did not know exactly then. Today I think that in the album just a lot comes together and today the whole way makes sense for me. Being a mother is a facet. It began with the end of my very extended youth and the beginning of a new phase of life. These were transitional years that sometimes can hurt. Growing pains. Many questions for which I have sought answers.
So have you changed in the past few years?
Louisan: Oh, I've changed a lot - and I do not want to go back. Life is change. I used to be very driven, I believed in luck and I was so worried about everything. But I do not think so much about it now. I need a lot more meaningful things in my life. As a mother I got to know each other completely new and was surprised by some things.
Both in "Two Shades of Torsten" and in "Belmondo" it seems like you are singing about your sleeping love life. How much truth is behind it?
Louisan: There's so much reality behind it, as well in every respect behind it. It is probably nothing new when I say that a long-standing relationship can not be permanently on a high. That's not how life works. I just do not feel like painting a perfect world and singing about things that do not exist. That's what touches people. Truthfulness. I wish that people feel less alone with my songs. I want to be close to you, to make you laugh or cry.
In terms of their marriage, does that mean ...?
Louisan: My husband and I have been a couple for eight years now. To have a child together and to work is a real task. There, the true qualities of a couple show themselves. But do not get me wrong, I'm very happy with my husband. We are a really great couple, with all the trimmings. Above all, we can still laugh so much together. I love him more today than on the first day - even much, much more.
Why is that?
Louisan: Because I get to know him more and more. The feeling of the first intoxication is great, but the love I feel for it now is a lot bigger. You can not do that with anyone on the first day. This is something that grows and is very valuable. Belonging, familiarity.
But they also sing the lovesick and think that everything is good as it was. Would not you like to give up one heartache or another?
Louisan: No question, lovesickness is terribly painful. However, I do not regret it and believe I can say with great certainty that it was all good for me. It was important for me to get to know this page to deal with love differently. I look at my life with love today, hate is not good for me. In recent years, I have learned to make friends with myself. That helped me a lot, not being the hostage to my own expectations and demands. Painful experiences and mistakes are part of it, so that you appreciate life and love. That gives me serenity.
You are married, mother and a successful musician. Do you still have longings?
Louisan: Of course. It would be bad if you wake up in the morning and have no dreams or goals anymore. One should always look for oneself - even with 80 or 90 years. Personally, of course I want to see my daughter grow up. She will be 20 when I'm 60. But there are also quite, very much, what I want: to continue to make music, to have my number one hit someday ... (laughs)
In 2016 you participated in "Sing mein Song - Die Tauschkonzert". Did you take something from this time?
Louisan: "Sing my song" was a kind of stopover for me. During this time, I was trying to figure out what to do next.Seeing and trying out myself as an interpreter of foreign repertoire has brought me a lot as an artist and for my own work. I have seen even more clearly who I am and what I want to do. Actually, it was a special time in my career to attend such a show, but in retrospect, it was totally correct. Now it all makes sense to me.
Can you imagine being involved in other TV projects as well?
Louisan: I am a singer and a musician. I want to make music and speak out when there is something new. I do not watch TV at all privately. But if there is an interesting format, why not ...
