Their name is Afrikaans for "The Answer" Their debut album $O$ was made available as a free download on their official website. History 2008–2010: Formation and release of debut album $O$, 5 and Ekstra ĭie Antwoord formed in 2008. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style." Their lyrics are performed in Afrikaans and English. Yo-Landi said, "It's associated with people who soup their cars up and rock gold and shit. Zef ĭie Antwoord's musical and visual style incorporates elements of a " zef" culture, described as modern and trashy, appropriating out-of-date, discarded cultural elements. ĭie Antwoord is known for their cult following, in particular the unusually prolific creation of fan art by their followers.
You gotta be a good guide to help people get away from dull experience. "Is it real?" You have to be futuristic and carry on. That's a word we have in South Africa, "dwanky." It's like lame. They'll just keep asking, "Is it real? Is it real?" That's dwanky. People are unconscious, and you have to use your art as a shock machine to wake them up.
The only difference is I don't take off this fokken Superman suit." They have described their work as "documentary fiction" and "exaggerated experience" designed for shock value. When asked if he was playing a character, Ninja said, "Ninja is, how can I say, like Superman is to Clark Kent. It was all throwaway." ĭie Antwoord observed that journalists and critics, particularly in the United States, frequently ask if their creative output is a joke or a hoax. Ninja told Rolling Stone, "Everything I did before Die Antwoord was me experimenting, messing around and trying to find Die Antwoord. In the album, multiple tracks are sampled from, or are exact copies of songs on Good Morning South Africa, such as the "Rap Rave Megamix" (where the first glimpses of Jones's Ninja character was seen) were later reformed into the "Zef Side" video, featuring a few verses from "Beat Boy". Their debut album $O$ relates to their earlier work, specifically Good Morning South Africa. 2.4 2015–2016: EP release and Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kidĭie Antwoord's male vocalist, Watkin Tudor "Ninja" Jones, was part of the South African hip-hop scene for many years, fronting acts such as The Original Evergreen, MaxNormal.TV and The Constructus Corporation.2.3 2014: Donker Mag and further touring.2.1 2008–2010: Formation and release of debut album $O$, 5 and Ekstra.
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