Reinhard Mey’s song “In My Garden” is experiencing a surprising revival thanks to the arrest warrant documentary on Netflix. The rapper pays grateful respect to the songwriter.
The Netflix documentary about the arrest warrant has drawn attention to an artist who could hardly be more opposite – and yet is now experiencing unexpected admiration among German rap fans: Reinhard Mey’s music is mentioned in “Babo – The Arrest Warrant Story” and is triggering new hype around the 82-year-old songwriter.
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In the portrait of the rapper, which traces his descent into drug addiction, arrest warrant, whose real name is Aykut Anhan, sings Mey’s song “In my garden” and quotes the lines: “In my garden, in my garden / The delphinium bloomed blue / Between the weeds, in my garden / In the rubble in my garden / Where the other flowers wither.” He then says: “Brutal song, dude. Violent.”
Mey’s “In My Garden” in the arrest warrant documentary:
Reinhard Mey is actually known for not releasing his songs for such projects, reports “Raptastisch”. Only a personal letter from the director and his manager’s son, who is a big fan of arrest warrants, was able to convince him to release “In My Garden” for the documentary.
Arrest Warrant is touched by Mey’s support – and Mey in the top 50
Arrest Warrant thanked Mey on Instagram: “’In my Garden’ by Reinhard Mey is in the top 50,” he wrote in an Instagram story. “What particularly touched me was the initial skepticism in Reinhard Mey’s team. They were hesitant to take part in my documentary – understandable, because what they previously found about me online probably aroused more doubt than trust.”
“Really understand the artist behind the headlines before making judgments”
The rapper continued: “But that’s exactly why it fills me with even greater joy today that Reinhard Mey found me personally after seeing the documentary, wrote to me and thereby gave me something that goes deeper than approval – a quiet, honest confirmation: that you should really understand the person behind the picture, the artist behind the headlines, before you allow yourself to judge.”
“In my garden” in the original:
Mey wrote “In My Garden” in 1970 as part of his third studio album FROM MY DIARY. The song was produced by Walther Richter and is considered one of the early highlights of Mey’s career. It’s about love, loss, transience and pain.
The film “Babo – The Arrest Warrant Story” has been on Netflix since October 28th and was produced by Elyas M’Barek (43) and Pacco-Luca Nitsche (41). The film, which shows arrest warrant’s life behind fame and success from its most personal side, also features rap greats such as the now deceased Xatar, but also Celo & Abdi and Jan Delay.