Herbert Grönemeyer - Kopf hoch, tanzen (offizielles Musikvideo)

2007

Herbert Grönemeyer - Kopf hoch, tanzen (offizielles Musikvideo) (2007) Director: Fish Blowing Bubbles (studio; Artur Kubiczek, founder/managing director) Era: Post-Reunification German Rock / Mid-2000s CGI Animation Era (2007) - Single from Herbert Grönemeyer's 12th studio album '12' (Grönland/EMI), representing peak-era German-language stadium rock fused with emerging hybrid 2D/3D animated music video aesthetics. High curatorial value as a documented example of a major German rock artist commissioning a fully animated, narratively ambitious music video from a boutique Munich CGI studio at a pivotal moment in European animation history. The video's confirmed production provenance (Fish Blowing Bubbles/EMI, 2007), philosophical lyrical content, and hybrid visual technique make it a significant artifact for both German popular music archives and European commercial animation studies. Context: Released in 2007 as a single from Herbert Grönemeyer's 12th studio album '12' (Grönland/EMI), 'Kopf hoch, tanzen' ('Head up, dance') addresses a characteristically German tendency toward over-analysis and introspection, urging listeners to disengage the intellect and simply live. The song reflects Grönemeyer's status as one of Germany's most commercially successful rock artists, his albums 4630 Bochum (1984) and Mensch (2002) are among the best-selling German-language records in history. The animated video amplifies the song's philosophical themes through visual allegory: a lone animated figure escaping a desolate world maps onto the lyric's call to protect one's soul from erosion by modern life. The 2007 release places it within a mid-2000s moment of renewed German cultural confidence in domestic-language pop. Director notes: Fish Blowing Bubbles was fully responsible for production, direction, and artwork on this video, commissioned by EMI Music Germany. The production was completed on a tight 4-week schedule. The video features a hybrid 2D/3D animated world built around an original protagonist character named 'Curl,' who navigates a desolate environment in a narrative of self-reinvention. The depressive mood is reinforced by the color scheme, with the ending providing an emotional uplift. The video corresponds to the single release from Grönemeyer's album '12' (released March 2, 2007 on Grönland/EMI).