But you have to mention, der schwarze Mann has nothing to do with Race, IT IS more Like the Boogi Man.

@@martinaklee-webster1276 Yes, in the song the boogey man is meant, and the fear spread by the media is the black man who comes as a refugee from Africa and takes away our jobs or makes a nice life for himself at the expense of the state! And in the game, it's the boogeyman. The point is that the media and the internet scares us and a lot of people fall for the propaganda and they believe it!

@@martinaklee-webster1276 i it both, it is a word play. At the end, you see refugees sit on the ground surrounded by barbwire. So for me, it is obviously about immigrants from Africa.

@@martinaklee-webster1276 its a word play. Because for germans it means both. A black man or the black man yk.

@@kingofshit303 in general immigrants i think

Red, white and black are also the color of the Nazi flag. Black, red and gold are the color of Germany now. When the media is destroyed, the right wing propaganda disappears.

Over here in Finland it was definitely about race xD.

@@Orangnus f1, Daytona 500, horse racing?

it is also the literal Black (Hu)man. Notice the candy they eat at the end and the people behind barbed wire. You know what that candy is called if you are German. This comments on every populist, xenophobic, demagogue. I use it when teaching my sociology classes.

@@PalleRasmussen You are right, and i love this song because it is so true. Racism is just hatred that grew from Angst. On the topic of skin colour: Native tribes with darker skin color (and especially more angsty members) would think white people where spirits or ghosts (good and evil ones). While in Europe (especially more northern Europe) the "black man" was a personification of evil to teach children to behave. Differences are scary to some/most people, and education is key.

Boogeyman hätte gereicht

yes absolutely, Donaukinder is beautiful and very sad at the same time …

yes almost all Rammstein videos get copyrighted / blocked and definitely they never let you monetize them - they are lucky I LOVE THEM and dont care otherwise for those reasons alone I would never bother otherwise.

@@ReactionsbyD I heard some time ago that they (or rather their producer) dropped the policy of blocking reaction videos and that's why various reactions are popping out just like yours. I really appreciate that you don't give up and still make reactions - I really like your style 😁

Yes colors came back when the TV was destroyed. And real refugees in camps can watch our "rich" life. They have reason to be afraid, not us

This is true, but I think they played with the multiple meanings. The video shows clearly xenophobia apspects. A good translation should show both possibilities.

@@PeterPan-fb2ys Yes you got it, why the heck should the place two Africans between barbwire on the ground if it is not related to African refugees.

​@@PeterPan-fb2ys I agree , they were definitely aware of the translation of schwarzemann having a duality in English which would be 'interesting' and add additional bite

Personally I believe it to be about racism and xenophobia rather than the internet

Yeah, it's telling us a story how media, internet etc. are feeding us fear from the boogeyman. Boogeyman being black people as well. Rammstein playing with words and dual meaning as ever.

I agree with your interpretation that they're playing with the double meaning of Schwarzer Mann. They're eating a candy that essentially used to be called the german "n-word kiss" while watching the, I presume, refugees with darker skin colour. And the fact that smashing the propaganda on TV returns the colour/life to the scene would just reinforce that it's a mixture of the boogeyman the media/politics is trying to sell us with the actual black people cast into the role of villain.

​​​@@baka_yu9343 Thanks for your thoughts. There are many details in Rammstein videos I miss (like the candy) because I have only a small phone (my texter wanted to write 'a small one' that made me laugh .. ) I'm an old man of 55y (with 7 years Parkinson now I feel more like 85) and I'm very grateful that I was allowed to live in a peaceful and wealthy country most of my life. And the biggest wish that I have left is that the young people of the world will have all the luck to live in peace and in love and in solidarity. I would have to say so much about the theme but it doesnt belong here. Here its about Rammstein and about the reactor who always supplies very good ideas. The one thing I want to say is that I feel das that - at least in Germany - a calm, objektive, differentiated and ideology-free discussion about migration and refugees seems to be impossible. And the media Supportd the welcome politics from the beginnuig. I personally feel a kind of fear. Not for the people coming but for the growing pauverty . And I know that this fear is selfish. Because when I lived in a Rich Country Mostr of the other humans did not. Thanks again for your view

very interesting indeed!

Great observations. I also interpret the red in the video to represent fear. Till (who plays a leader of some sort) and the band are spreading fear through the network and the cheerleaders who are supporters of the fearmongers. The shadowy figures (which I interpret as those who are truly behind the generation and control of fear) are shown feeding on that fear near the end of the video. Just an amazing piece of work by Rammstein and their video producers.

As a german there are many influences that shows it goes over german(EU in general) and also US problems. The double meaning behind black man is clearly intended, thats why they eat the chocolat kisses in the end. They play on the fearmongering over refugees that populists allways ranting on. I see these rightwing rise in all of europe, from every crisis and they get more accepted. Fearing the unknown and even irrational fear of strangers. As Till mentioned "they cant stop screaming FIRE in the alleys!". Same as the right wingers allways hoping on every mayor event they can twist to escalate the public view to get votes. The media spread the Red hate and fear they spiting. Cheerleaders as the fans cheering for the leader. I like to point out that the shouts in the chorus the cheerleaders screaming means "DU!" which is translated to english"YOU!". In context as Till asks"Who fears the boogey man" they answer "You!". Because as much as we deny, we all get attached to these fears and we all fear the boogey man. The take on modern society is we start to devide from eachother with social media. All groups, the neighbours, the refugees are in circles. We all seperate us in bubbles and fear the outside. Getting paranoid, building walls, weaponize. The weapon part is clearly targeted at the US because they use US Rifles. We have rarely weapons in germany, i only saw Hunters with one and in military. Privat not one has a gun. As a german i see US only as a part more forward in the downspiral, so i see how germany will end as we copy the problems the US allready has. Luckily we have not so onesided News here, that clearly build on the Black/White portraits in Good/evil thinking. They stay more neutral but in these clickbait era, they also fearmongering and exaggerating certain things. Humans are designed to work in smaller groups and societys, so these fear news influence us because we cant do anything most of the time. Restlessness and anger led to violence and crumbling of our modern society. We have to relearn to be more positive and open to our people, build not destroy what we love. We see the conservative picture of the neighbours sitting together watching TV, fearing the refugees as they eat and live comfortable. The refugee sees over his phone the peaceful life of these guys and want to reach freedom and security. That picture is there to see the other perspective and also how we move allways in the circles. The eating boogey mans at end feast on the red "fear" the people produced.

@@ReactionsbyD Yes, maybe you have not seen the black women and girl at the end. They are surrounded by barbwire, it refers to the refugees coming from there to EU.

Right! And that has absolutely nothing to do with race! "Schwarzer Mann" = Bogeyman - just to clarify misunderstandings!

@@AP-RSI And why do you think there are Africans sitting between barbwire on the ground? It is clearly about refugees from Africa.

@@kingofshit303 No it is not! "Schwarzer Mann" is an old term and we played a game 40+ years ago that's called "Wer hat Angst vor'm schwarzem Mann" and that means Bogeyman! You could also compare "Schwarze Mann" with "Knechtruprecht " or "Krampus ".

nope 😭

Oh man, why....i will go in munich and Berlin 🥳hope for u the go again in us. We will see

"The song is about media fueling xenofobia" No, it is not about xenophobia at all. It's about distrust/anxiety/fear, of the individual within a community, against the rest of the community. That's regardless of skin colour. There are 0 racist implications here.

It has a double meaning. There are clearly 2 Africans placed in the video.

@@Morph-ur3fx no it's FEAR

got it

nah Till is definitely playing with the double meaning there

Why else is the black woman and the child in the beginning and in the end?

And why are 2 Africans sitting on the ground surrounded by barbwire? It is about refugees. It is a big thing here in Germany.

@@kingofshit303 yes , thats true but it´s not only in Germany, it´s allover Europe and i guess even the US even in a bit different way, maybe

Plenty of fascist theme scenery, and so spot on.