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Max Giesinger always knew that in him lies the potential to become a great and unique songwriter. However, it takes some time to find this unique aspect in oneself, especially if you’ve taken a detour which isn’t known for promoting artistic self-discovery. Nonetheless Max’ experience as a finalist on “The Voice Of Germany” was an important one, if only to find out which way doesn’t work for him. “This talking about the ‘product’, the single, its sales potential – sure I understand that these are important aspects for a label, but it really doesn’t have anything to do with the artistic and creative process.” After the big TV hysteria calmed down, Max wasn’t one of the disappointed and disillusioned participants, who had hoped for a bigger break, but instead used his experience as incentive and said to himself “now more than ever”. Rather than running after big record deals as long as his name still meant something in the media, Max decided against the opposite. His debut-album Laufen lernen (engl.: learning to walk) was DIY and entirely financed through crowdfunding. The goal of 10,000€ was reached in the first 24 hours of the campaign. Just as his first album, his follow-up Der Junge, der rennt (engl.: the boy who runs) symbolized that Max perseveres, and isn’t afraid of running long distances until he reaches his goal Denn Max Giesinger läuft gern weite Strecken, um zu einem Punkt zu kommen, der ihn zufrieden stellt. Das wird unmittelbar klar, als er den Weg zu den Songs seines zweiten Albums beschreibt: „A year ago I started writing songs again. I had penned 15 songs when I co-wrote ‚Roulette‘ in a jam session with a colelague. I was completely astonished and knew in which direction this album should go. So discarded all 15 songs and started fresh.“ Der Junge, der rennt is not an album of arriving, but of moving forward. It’s an intimate and intensive snapshot of an artist, who with his second album, already knows more about himself than a lot of other, more experiences colleagues, who never were able to develop their initial sound into something more. This would never be an option for Max: ”What else does the creative process mean, if not finding and developing further facets and aspiring to form these into new songs?”

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