Universal will not release the Rammstein singer’s solo album

“Zunge”, Till Lindemann’s upcoming solo album, expected for November 3rd, 2023, will not be released by Universal Music Group. Since 1995, when the company was still called PolyGram, all albums and singles by Rammstein and the 60-year-old’s “Lindemann” solo project have been released there.

Universal Music Denmark confirmed upon request from “Gaffa!”, that the Universal Music Group will not release Lindemann’s upcoming solo album, which is apparently being released by Lindemann’s own company and recently presented an advance single with “Zunge”. Universal Music Denmark left follow-up questions regarding the reasons for the decision to end the collaboration with Till Lindemann with and after “Zunge” uncommented. In response to a query from “Spiegel”, a spokeswoman for Universal Music in Berlin confirmed that Lindemann and Universal Music had “jointly decided in August 2023 to suspend collaboration on the solo album planned for autumn 2023”.

Universal Music announced in June of this year that it would suspend its cooperation with Rammstein until the numerous allegations of sexual abuse against the singer had been clarified. The Berlin public prosecutor’s office has stopped its investigation against Lindemann due to a lack of evidence. The band and Lindemann have denied any wrongdoing from the start.

These times remain troubled for Till Lindemann. He canceled his headlining appearance at the American Blue Ridge Rock Festival due to illness; it would have been his first show since the end of the Rammstein summer tour (shortly afterwards there was chaos in America). There are frightening reports from the “Tongue” filming in the Moscow circus, after which Lindemann showed a certain desire to self-harm – and risked being attacked by tigers. The possibility that “Tongue” could be a reaction to the allegations of abuse is currently ruled out, as the song was written in 2019.