Video shoot in Bonn Jan Böhmermann films music spot in the Museum Koenig

Bonn · The tv satiric Jan Böhmermann - who some might remember as the centre of a legal dispute with Turkish prime minister Erdogan over libel accusations - has filmed a new music video for the song „Recht kommt“ under the alias „POL1Z1STENS0HN“, in the Museum Koenig. The reason: The museum’s history.

A man with sunglasses, dressed in a black baseball hoodie with the words „Cop Life“ printed on it, is standing in the middle of the Museum Koenig, in front of stuffed monkeys, elephants and giraffes, reciting aggressive phrases in a rap-style.

In the music video „Recht kommt“, which was shown as part of the ZDF show „Neo Magazin Royale“ on Thursday night, presenter Jan Böhmermann transforms into the role of a „POL1Z1STENS0HN“ and raps about the power of the courts and pays homage to the achievements of lawyers and judges. It was in the Museum Koenig where the opening of the Parliamentary Council first took place in September 1948, the council which drew up the German constitution. The Museum Koenig is considered to be the birthplace of the Federal Republic of Germany.

After about a third of the video - when the first shot from inside the museum in Bonn is shown - some Bonn people and those familiar with the place will probably be a bit surprised: Böhmermann is rapping in front of the brightly lit monkey scene in the Savannah display. Then the former state prosecutor Fritz Bauer, who is known for his legal hunting of Nazis and who speaks of a „monkey situation“, is quoted while a folder with an image of the Parliamentary Council appears on the screen. Appropriately to the stuffed animals, Böhmermann raps: „Tick Tack du Primate, Recht kommt langsam.“ („Tick Tock, You Primate, The law will come slowly.“)

In his video he disses German gangsta rappers Bushido and Haftbefehl, who are known for they tough and aggressive appearance and brag about their expensive „Mercedes AMG“. Böhmermann changes the logo of „AMG“ to „GG“ (short for Grundgesetz) in his video - „Kickdown with GG“, he raps, „decided and announced, here comes the cavalry“.

According to General-Anzeiger’s information, Böhmermann and his ten-man team were in Bonn early on January 24. They mainly filmed the sequences they needed in the „Savannah“ display, which was briefly closed to the public. Originally, all filming was supposed to be done before the doors would open to other visitors, but that didn’t work out. When the first people arrived, the shooting of the footage for the video was still running. Böhmermann was relaxed and friendly though.

The production company Bildundtonfabrik, where the „Neo Magazin Royale“ is made, did not disclose any details about the video shoot. In a statement, it said that the work was supposed to stand for itself.

In his role as „POL1Z1STENS0HN“ Böhmermann had already made a similar video about the police. The presenter of the satire television show gained additional fame when Turkish President Erdogan sued him after he published an abusive poem about the politician, and the German satirist caused a diplomatic crisis between Germany and Turkey.

Original text: Felix Schröder / Translation: Mareike Graepel

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