German DJ Ben Böhmer spoke to 's Ramsen Shamon in his trailer before closing out Lollapalooza. The former city kid shared his album inspiration and how his music, earning well above 50 million streams, is a safe space for his fans to process their emotions. His upcoming album, , will be released on Sept.
27. A_I'm feeling very excited, very nervous actually. [That] didn't happen often that I close a festival, [on] stage here on a multi-genre festival.
So it's a big honor, and very exciting. There are some rituals [that] I like to do. Meditating is one part of it.
But the one thing I always do with my crew—we have a playlist of songs from the 2000s, plus or minus, and there's one song called from TLC. And this is the go to song to get hyped and in the mood. And we all sing it together.
And this is literally the last thing [I do] before I go on stage. I think I played already six shows here. I never really had time to discover the city.
Until today! And I went to Lake Michigan. And there's a beach in the middle of the city, which is really beautiful. It was the highlight from a perfect touring day.
It's in some ways overwhelming and really amazing to see that so many people like my music. But it's also at the same time confusing because it's a big number. You cannot really see that, but once you see people [while] doing concerts, crying, or smiling, or dancing, this is where it gets, like visible, you know? And this is very, very beautiful.
It's the most beautiful thing, re.