SIMONA

In the organizer's words:

On her album, she takes us on a journey that is not only her own, but also that of many others out there. It's about emotional issues that many people struggle with in their everyday lives: Feelings of depression and deep sadness, toxic relationships and panicked fears, sleep paralysis and suicidal thoughts, but also social issues that are otherwise often taboo or stigmatized such as the loss of one's child, plastic surgery or sexual, ethnic and social discrimination. It all sounds pretty heavy, and it is. And yet SIMONA's songs don't leave you with a sad, heavy feeling, quite the opposite: they have something enormously liberating and uplifting about them. Like an outlet that lets things out that you've been carrying around with you for far too long and keeping bottled up inside. SIMONA sees herself as a mouthpiece for all those to whom she speaks from the soul with her lyrics. Those who simply feel different and want to be seen. The singer sees it as her mission to create awareness for mental health, children, body positivity and the LGBTQ+ community through her songs and wants to stand up for them. SIMONA's great strength is the biographical credibility of her songs. Hence the drama, that "it's about nothing less than everything" in her voice. She writes all of her songs herself, but they don't necessarily have to be her own stories: SIMONA also sees herself as a mouthpiece for her listeners. In "SELFLOVE", for example, she deals with the experience of a cosmetic surgery that a female fan had and urgently advises: "If you don't like something about yourself, then change for yourself/But don't change for anyone", because: "First they change you/And then they leave you/And later they hate you".