Music - Real: Streaming success after documentary
More than 20 years after their split, the former teen band Echt is celebrating unexpected success on streaming services. The official GfK Entertainment charts recorded a 147% increase in streaming figures for Echt songs within a week. The reason for this is presumably the three-part documentary "ECHT - Unsere Jugend", which has been available in the ARD media library since November 23.
"Echt has been streamed more than twice as often as before since the documentary was broadcast," the company explained to the German Press Agency. This is a surprisingly strong increase.
"Of course, I'm really happy when people listen to the music again or maybe even discover it," former frontman Kim Frank (41) told dpa on the sidelines of the "1Live-Krone" in Bielefeld. "The most important thing: I'm still proud of the music. I think it has aged well. I like listening to it myself."
According to GfK, the top three streamed real songs are currently: "Du trägst keine Liebe in dir", "Weinst du" and "Junimond".
Despite their current success, the five former musicians, who formed as a school band and celebrated their greatest successes from the mid-1990s, are not currently thinking about a comeback. "We each have our own lives with jobs and kids. That would just cause too much disruption. But we're still young, we'll see," said Frank meaningfully.
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- The surge in streaming figures for Echt's music can be attributed to the widespread availability of a three-part documentary about their youth in the ARD media library.
- Frank, who was the frontman of Echt, expressed his joy at the renewed interest in their music among streaming audiences and appreciates that people are still discovering or revisiting it.
- The ARD broadcast of the documentary about Echt's youth led to a significant increase in the streaming of their music, with "Du trägst keine Liebe in dir", "Weinst du" and "Junimond" being the top streamed songs, according to the GfK Entertainment charts.
- Born and raised in Schleswig-Holstein, Frank mentioned that he's happy his former band is still having an impact on German media and music culture, recognizing their music as timeless and worth listening to.
- Despite the success, Frank and his bandmates have no plans for a comeback as they are currently leading separate lives with jobs and families, but they remain open to possibilities as they believe they are still young and still connected to their youth.
Source: www.stern.de
