Over the summer I got to go hang out with an old friend from middle school! Of course the first thing we did was show each other all the great music we had found. One rather odd band that she showed me is Die Antwoord. It's three South Africans, Yolandi, Ninja, and DJ Hi-Tek.
The second I heard Yolandi's high, childish, pitchy voice, I had to take a few minutes to catch my breath after laughing so hard. After I could breathe again, I started to listen and actually came to like them (even though they don't fit into my normal favored music genre)! They seemed to come at a great time, because a few days after that, my mom and brother (Wyatt) were off to Africa! They went to South Africa (met a lot of music producers that had met and worked with Die Antwoord), Zimbabwe. and Botswana! In Zimbabwe they were attacked by a cape buffalo, but they're okay, and that doesn't have anything to do with music. Oops.
My favorite song by them is Never Le Nkemise 1 and here's one Yolandi sings in I Fink U Freeky. I haven't actually listened to a lot of them though, just the Ten$ion album (both songs above are from it). I think they have a... unique sound. I did a lot of research on them because they were South African and I wanted Wyatt and my mom to meet them (they could of, but I don't know), I found out that their voices sound so funny because it's a South African accent. It's not a normal one, someone told me it was a equivalent to a "trailer trash" accent. But I'm really not sure if that's true and I don't mean to insult anyone!
I still like listening to Die Antwoord, but they've turned into one of those bands where I only listen to them when I'm in the mood to. Here's two other songs I like by them, Baby's On Fire and Enter The Ninja.
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