German artist Pänke performs his soulful song “Time Travel.” Enjoy!

Knud Seckel sings the famous Falcon song by “Der von Kürenberg,” which is likely one of the most well-known Middle High German texts. It originates from around the year 1160. The author, Der von Kürenberg, is said to have come from and worked in the Bavarian/Austrian region and is considered as the first minstrel singer known by name who sang in German.

With their song “Schöne Neue Welt” [Brave New World] the Berlin Hip-Hop and Reggae band Culcha Candela criticizes the superficiality and indifference of the “fun society” towards problems like climate change.

In this song, Wincent Weiss expresses his nostalgia for the time before he was famous, and life was simpler and more carefree.

In this song, the German singer-songwriter Lotte deals with the feeling of being torn between your head and your heart, between reason and emotion: You know that someone is not good for you, but you keep succumbing to their charm.

Hailing from the city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hava is a German rapper of Bosnian-Turkish descent. In "Ja sagen," she sings about the feeling of being truly in love for the first time after a series of meaningless relationships.

The ballad "Lieb mich" ("Love me") by AYLIVA is about the longing for love and forgiveness, about vulnerability and the fear of losing someone.

This song is about the breakdown of a relationship that you can't or don't want to let go of, even if the photos are slowly fading and you ask yourself every day when it will finally be easier.

A new romance and plenty of sun, sand, and sea... But will it last forever or just for one night?

Silbermond is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. Singer Stefanie Kloß wrote the song "In meiner Erinnerung" about her father, who died when she was young. This video shows the band recording the song in France.

Musical duo Wiener Blond sings "Der letzte Kaiser" in the Viennese dialect—clearly a declaration of love for Austria's capital and the very special attitude toward life that prevails there.

The song "Zerrissen" is about a man who has become emotionally distant from his partner, who asks why this has happened.

The theme song for the movie Das schönste Mädchen der Welt is performed by LEA and Cyril, who also acts in the movie. When you're in love, you stop acting rationally—that's exactly what this song is about.

This anti-war song was originally released by Reinhard Mey in 1986. In 2020, he recorded this new version together with several other musicians to promote the work of the charity Friedensdorf International, which provides aid to sick and injured children from war-torn areas.

Henning May from the band AnnenMayKantereit sings a revamped version of their song "Tommi" together with singer-songwriter Ina Müller.