The party hit "Layla" has been polarizing for weeks.
Limburger Ikke Hipgold produced the song.
He enjoys the heated discussions.
Hessen – When the mood is good, the alcohol is flowing and the beer bench you’re standing on can barely bear your own weight and that of your friends because of all the jumping around, you can also sing along to a sexist song, right?
Since the Malle song "Layla" has been number one in the German charts and has been played up and down at every village celebration, half the country has been discussing this question.
In their song, DJ Robin and Schürze sing about a "poof mama", the "beautiful Layla", who is "prettier, younger, hornier".
What sounds like a normal Malle song text has made waves in recent weeks, as reported by fnp.de.
While some celebrate the song and simply find the lyrics amusing, others don't want the sexist song at their parties.
But from the front.
In Hesse, "Layla" had already caused a stir at the end of June.
The Junge Union played the song at the end of their state parliament and received harsh criticism from political opponents.
The JU is very concerned about the advancement of women, tweeted the Hessian Juso boss Sophie Frühwald.
"It's not even too bad to show off bare sexism on stage." Her colleague from the CDU youth team, Sebastian Sommer, then told
Hessischer Rundfunk
(HR)
that tastes in music had always been different and, that a bit of fun after work is a must.
Party hit "Layla": Würzburg's Kiliani Festival bans the song
But the dispute over "Layla" only really got going when two major folk festivals, the Würzburg Kiliani Festival and the Rhein-Kirmes in Düsseldorf, declared that they did not want the song because of its sexist content.
Since then, practically not a day has passed without new "Layla" headlines.
Even Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) joined the discussion.
He tweeted: "You don't have to like pop lyrics.
You can even find them goofy or tasteless.
But to ban them officially, I think, is one too many.”
On the other hand, the man sees the controversy surrounding the Malle song that produced “Layla” completely calmly.
Ikke Hipgold is one of the best-known party hit singers and producers in Germany.
"What is banned is only going to get more interesting," explained Hip Gold, whose real name is Matthias Distel and comes from Limburg, to
HR
.
The discussion was the best thing that could have happened to "Layla".
With a view to the heated debate, the Malle singer also referred to the freedom of art, which clearly covers the lyrics.
"'Layla' is mainstream," the former horticulturist said.
He must know.
Hip Gold has become known with songs like "Big Tits, Potato Salad" and "The Cucumber Comes In Below".
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How sexist can pop songs be?
Düsseldorf and Würzburg are quite in agreement: Not at all, which is why "Layla" can no longer be played at folk festivals.
Producer Ikke Hipgold is now opposing this and is launching a petition “against censorship”.
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© IMAGO/UIG & Instagram/Ikke Hipgold
Ikke Hipgold: Moral authority of the B celebrity scene
Born in Limburg, he stands out from the worn-out Ballermann celebrity trash TV scene as a moral authority.
As a participant in "Promi-Big-Brother" he looked after the gambling-addicted former football commentator Werner Hansch.
And when hip gold saw the conditions in which the children of his barter family lived in the Sat1 TV series "Suddenly poor, suddenly rich", he stopped shooting the show and filed a criminal complaint against the broadcaster.
He knowingly ignored the children's severe trauma and fought an "unscrupulous quota hunt on the backs of abused children," the father of two put on record.
After the allegations became known, Sat1 declared that "Suddenly poor, suddenly rich" would be discontinued.
After the scandal, Ikke Hipgold founded a foundation together with Max Stillger from Limburg,
to help children.
(Niklas Hecht)
List of rubrics: © IMAGO/UIG & Instagram/Ikke Hipgold
