Music: Zartmann: “Admire people who openly show their emotions”

It is about deep emotions, this becomes clear in the first load -bearing sounds of the “Schönhauser EP” by Zartmann. With “Tau me on” the Berlin musician suddenly landed in the top of the German single charts in February, including growing fan base. The locations on the tour 2026 are accordingly several dimensions larger than the current ones. But the “Schönhauser EP”, which will appear on Tuesday (April 4), does not come as relaxed as the good mood number “Tau me”.

Tartmann skillfully placed in terms of meaning. “I don’t write back, but then fall asleep in your clothes,” it says in “When do I write a song about you”. Older semesters may remember the loss of a great love, younger people get a taste of what could still come.

“At least I’m fine”

Why an EP and no album? The reason is a personal one, as Zartmann says. “I didn’t want my first album to act thematically.” By “of that” he means a separation that runs like a thread through the “Schönhauser EP”. “I don’t know if it helped to work, but at least I’m fine.”

It remains emotional. “It is challenging to have to think about it again and again, every evening on stage – luckily I have a very understanding audience,” says Zartmann, with a view of his current tour, which has led him all over Germany and also to Switzerland and Austria since mid -February. His fans lovingly call him Zarti.

“I always admired people who openly show their emotions,” says the Berliner, who is silent about his first name and his age. “Wishes I can cry” it says in “Beautiful”. With his vulnerability shown, he can be a role model for men to open up too? “It would be nice if that leaves exactly that in one or two men.”

“Serious looseness as Max Raabe”

The outstanding “let’s go”, a song together with the much older singer and chansonnier Max Raabe (62). “It was an exciting collaboration,” says Zartmann. “His handling of certain things, his professionalism and looseness impressed me very much. I would like to have such serious looseness later.”

Now it’s time to rest from the tour. “In itself, I have a lot of energy, but I notice that it is slowly leaving traces. I am happy with myself and for myself.” And then there is the search for an apartment in the capital. “One day living in their own apartment in Berlin would be a dream.”