Max Giesinger: How does he look into the future when it comes to love?

Max Giesinger (36) released his fifth studio album “Glück on the streets” on September 26th. In an interview with the news agency Spot on News, the singer reveals why he felt “totally liberated” at the songwriting and what to do music and have a coffee together for him. He also tells what has changed for him by moving in Hamburg and how he looks into the future when it comes to love.

Max Giesinger: Again and again. Sometimes it is just this moment: you sit with someone who is important to you, on a park bench, tell stories that the coffee steams in your hand – and you notice: that’s exactly what it is. It is not the big arrival, but these little breaks on the roadside that make life beautiful. And mostly when you get involved with the here and now.

Giesinger: With this album I deliberately asked myself the question: What would happen if I was completely freely ranked? If there was no audience, no expectations – what music would I get out of me? That’s exactly how I ran. I felt totally freed in songwriting, and I think that my most beautiful title has been made from this attitude. It was like a phase of free swimming.

Giesinger: In the past, I constantly broke my head when a stupid comment was stood somewhere. Today I filter much more: I listen to people who are close to me and are honest with me. In the end, social media is just a stage – but not my yardstick for real life.

Giesinger: Both need time, dedication and the right ingredients. A good coffee does not arise if you do it quickly – just like a good song. For me, coffee is also a ritual, an arrival at the moment. And that’s exactly how it feels music.

Giesinger: I noticed that I actually need relatively little to be happy – and that it works much better with the silence than I thought. There was a lot in nature and hardly on the cell phone. Already on the third day I had a pretty precise picture of how I want to design my next two years. I would definitely go there again, the next time I would like to go longer.

Giesinger: By consciously taking breaks from time to time – and learning to endure the feeling of not always having to be productive. When I look back on my 30s in a few years, I probably don’t remember every single concert, but surely the beautiful moments with the people that are important to me.

Giesinger: It wasn’t that easy, and I still find myself today how I walk through my beloved ski jump. I lived there in a small old apartment – and the nice thing was: next to me, above me, a house continued my best friends. That was special. But at some point I longed for more calm, because the punk always goes off in the ski jump. Now I live a little calmer, enjoy the coffee on my terrace – and I am still in my old corner in five minutes.

Giesinger: With John, this only had advantages. We have known each other for so long that we can honestly give ourselves feedback. And our joint social media campaigns around the song were great fun. In short it almost felt like we were a small band.

Giesinger: My grandma was someone for me who always saw me completely. She gave me this feeling: “As you are, you are right.” And she quickly understood that I’m a creative head. We made a lot and painted a lot. It was incredibly down -to -earth and never did anything from valuables. I still wear that in me today.

Giesinger: By accepting them and illuminating them from all sides. And by writing songs about it. This feeling that you may have left great love is overwhelming. But in the end it is like this: if it is supposed to be, it will come back – and if not, there was probably its reason.

Giesinger: I’m doing much better now. I just think back to the wonderful time.

Giesinger: I think as long as you go through life openly and do not put yourself under pressure, love always has a good chance. I look forward very confidently.