{"id":190723,"date":"2018-12-25T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T11:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berlin030.de\/?p=190723"},"modified":"2018-12-25T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T11:18:31","slug":"eine-portion-bae-con-bitte-interview-mit-berliner-rapperin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berlin030.de\/en\/2018\/12\/25\/eine-portion-bae-con-bitte-interview-mit-berliner-rapperin\/","title":{"rendered":"One Portion of Bae.Con, Please! Interview with Berlin Rapper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Berlin rapper Feah Maxine, aka Bae.Con, doesn\u2019t like German rap. But she does like bacon. Get it? Bacon! It all comes full circle. Our colleague Claudia Rohrer really put in a shift just before her move to the Alps. Here\u2019s her interview.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s only logical then that she raps in English so everyone can understand her. Bae.Con performs where people speak and understand English. So, outside of Berlin-Neuk\u00f6lln and Prenzlauer Berg. It all started on a trip to South Africa. She spontaneously wrote her first song there. Recorded it the very same day \u2013 the digital age makes it possible. This wasn\u2019t long ago at all. Just a few months back, really. But Bae.Con is ambitious, and everyone has to start their career somewhere. Will it actually become a real career? We don\u2019t know. Still, we met up with her and had a chat. Where does she want to go, what\u2019s important to her, who has influenced her? Answers to all the burning questions.<\/p>\n

That’s the plan.<\/h3>\n

Did you just think one morning, \u2018Yo, I\u2019m going to be a rapper now,\u2019 or how did it happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, my thought was basically that I want to make music all my life and make a living from it too. And then rapping sort of came along, which just made the whole thing a bit more real. And when I actually started recording something, everything suddenly took shape. I\u2019ve worked with other musicians as well, actually quite a few by now. I just really enjoy it. And if I can make money from it, I can do it even more. So that my life always looks like this. That’s the plan.<\/p>\n

A simple question: How did it all start?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started off playing acoustic guitar when I was eleven. Then electric guitar. I wrote songs back then too. And I always wanted to play in a band at some point. I always just made music for myself. In my room, for hours. When I turned 18, I finally had a band. We even had one gig *laughs*. But I only really started recording and actually going for it at the start of this year, when I recorded my first rap song in South Africa. And since then, I go to the studio regularly.<\/p>\n

The Beginning<\/b><\/h3>\n

Did you travel there specifically for this, or did it just happen spontaneously?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I flew out there with no expectations. I just wanted to travel, and I fancied Cape Town. While I was there I met the right people, people who also make music and have a home studio. Then they said, \u2018Hey, do a rap track!\u2019 So I wrote one called \u2018Dolce & Gabana\u2019. Then I recorded it, and that\u2019s how it all began. That\u2019s where I discovered a passion for rapping and for recording too. South Africa changed my life.<\/p>\n

How did you make your first song? Did you know how to do that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just found a type beat online and started writing over it. And then I just recorded it straight away. On the same day I finished the song.<\/p>\n

Women can be Badass too<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What things do you write and rap about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Varies. With every song it just depends on what mood I\u2019m in. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. If I\u2019m feeling aggressive or sad, it ends up being darker songs, often about killing people *laughs*. Nah, but if I\u2019m in a good mood and feeling good, then I\u2019ll write songs about flexing. But I also have love songs and heartbreak stuff or whatever. It really changes. There\u2019s loads more to come. And lots of dark shit, because there\u2019s just a lot of dark stuff going on in my head.<\/p>\n

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\u2018You can only see me in the night, find me in the dark.\u2019 Photo: \u00a9 C. Rohrer \/[030] Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why don\u2019t you make or like German rap?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phew, there are a few reasons. I\u2019ve never really been interested in German rap myself, there are a few things I listen to or have listened to, but it\u2019s never been my favourite. And when I make music and create a song, I do it the way I would personally like it. The way I\u2019d listen to it myself. Of course. So why would I write in German if I don\u2019t feel it? And anyway, I know I don\u2019t want to live in Germany in the long run. I know I\u2019m going to emigrate as soon as I can. Probably to an English-speaking country. And English is international. Above all, I\u2019m not aiming to reach loads of people in Germany in particular. Or, yeah, that\u2019s the thing, that I can actually reach them anyway. I just don\u2019t want to limit myself to Germany.<\/p>\n

Where did you learn English?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of it is left over from school. But I\u2019ve always involved myself a lot with the language privately, listened to lots of music, wrote English songs even when they were rubbish back then. But I\u2019ve always been interested in the language. Top of the class, you know. But a 5 in maths *laughs*. And yeah, I lived in America for a year and after that, I was fluent of course. I speak to lots of friends only in English as well and I travel a lot.<\/p>\n

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When I came back to Berlin after travelling for a long time, every time I just felt a certain emptiness had been filled. -Bae.Con<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What did you do in Oklahoma?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lived with a host family and went to high school. And just lived the American country life. *laughs*<\/p>\n

Is Berlin your home?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do love Berlin. And I\u2019m glad I can call it my home and, above all, that I know I can always come back. Berlin definitely has a lot to offer. But every time I\u2019ve come back from travelling for a long while, I\u2019ve realised that a certain emptiness was filled. I definitely know I want to go somewhere else, just not where yet. Whenever I\u2019m away from here, I always feel so much better. Berlin often feels a bit overwhelming to me. For the goals I have in life, I just don\u2019t see myself in Berlin, at least not for the next few years.<\/p>\n

Definitely no children<\/h3>\n

Do you think you would be less creative if you hadn\u2019t grown up here?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe, I don\u2019t really know. I\u2019ve no idea what I\u2019d be like if I\u2019d grown up in the countryside. But I do remember, back in year 5, when it started for me, I began dressing a bit differently and listening to different music. I wasn\u2019t massively influenced by Berlin, my influences just came more from music and the scene. So hard to say really. But raising kids in Berlin: you can do it, but I don\u2019t think I want any. *laughs*<\/p>\n

If you could wish for anyone to come over and have a smoke with you, who would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definitely Kurt Cobain. And it would be weed. Smoke weed everyday, you know! And Kurt Cobain for multiple reasons. I\u2019ve read literally everything of his, his diaries, biographies, everything that exists by him. It\u2019d be mad to have a jam session with him.<\/p>\n

Do you like performing live?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t performed loads yet, but I\u2019ve loved it every time. And after my first gig with my band (when I was 18), my mum said it looked like I\u2019d been on stage for ten years. I just feel incredibly comfortable and I\u2019m definitely looking forward to future shows. And I\u2019m going to make more of an effort now to perform a bit more often.<\/p>\n

Sunglasses and bacon<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Where did your stage name come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It actually started as a joke, back when everyone was called Young or Lil and all that. So I just called myself Yung.Bacon on Instagram for a laugh, because I love bacon \u2013 everyone who knows me knows that. But that name already existed, so that\u2019s where the \u2018ae\u2019 in Bae came from. That\u2019s why it\u2019s now a mix between Bae and Bacon, you know. *laughs* And then I started rapping and just took the name, dropped the \u2018Yung\u2019, and now I\u2019m just Bacon.<\/p>\n

I see you\u2019ve got loads of pairs of glasses. What\u2019s the deal with that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a fetish. I\u2019ve got a sunglasses fetish. *laughs*<\/p>\n

https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/feah-maxine\/sets\/agony<\/p>\n

In the visuals you see of you, there are loads of different hairstyles. Do you do them yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Either I come up with them myself, if I\u2019m just messing about with my hair, or I see something on Instagram or somewhere else. Like I see it on some girl and then try to create my own version. But I always do everything myself, I don\u2019t trust anyone with my hair. Last time I went to the hairdresser, when I was 13, I came out in tears and I\u2019ve never gone back.<\/p>\n

Not giving a damn<\/h3>\n

Do you have an idol?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a hard one. I\u2019ve got a few for different reasons. They\u2019re idols from every genre who inspire me just with their personalities, people like Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Manson. But it\u2019s not necessarily the music, it\u2019s about their attitude. And from the rap game, Tupac, and in the new rap game, R.I.P., XXXTENTATION, and so on. For his diversity \u2013 he just didn\u2019t give a damn and did whatever he wanted, so if he wanted to write a sad song with acoustic guitars in the background, he did it, but on the same album there\u2019d still be a banging dark tune. That\u2019s what I want to do as well; I don\u2019t want to stick to just one direction. I just want to do everything I feel like doing.<\/p>\n

Have you already done any features?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, a few. I started in South Africa. I didn\u2019t just record a single track there, but also with the people I was hanging out with. So several. I did a few songs in LA too, for my new album. And since I\u2019ve been back in Berlin, I\u2019ve done two. And in future I really want to do even more collaborations. I\u2019m really up for it, so if anyone\u2019s reading this and fancies it: Hit me up!<\/p>\n

Thanks for the chat!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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