Die Antwoord
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About
Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for "The Answer") is a rave hip-hop group composed of members Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, Vuilgeboost, and Wanga (and notably having the former member DJ Hi-Tek) from Cape Town, South Africa. The music group became popularized through the internet for their series of controversial music videos.
History
Musical Career
Watkin Tudor Jones and Yolandi Visser originally met in early 2002, when they were both apart of The Constructus Corporation[1], a hip hop act from Cape Town. The group disbanded by the middle of 2003, releasing only one album. The two went on to form another hip hop outfit, named "MaxNormal.tv"[2]. Like the earlier Constructus Corporation group, it lasted shortly, and the two ended up forming Die Antwoord instead.
The group released their debut album, $O$[5], online, for free in 2009, with 5 singles being used to promote the album, the most popular single being called "Enter the Ninja", which has over 11 million views on Youtube. The album received a 69 percent aggregate on Metacritic[9].
Enter the Ninja music video.
in 2012, the group would release Ten$ion, which was promoted by the single I Fink U Freeky, which would garner over 70 million views on Youtube. However, it was critically less acclaimed than their previous album, with a Metacritic aggregate of 57[10].
I Fink U Freeky music video.
The aesthetic of their music and videos is described as zef, a counter culture movement in South Africa. However, the term originally comes from Afrikaans slang roughly meaning "white trash." Wikipedia describes "zef" as:
Zef is a South African slang term that describes a unique South African style which is modern and trashy and also includes out-of-date, discarded cultural and style elements.
Online Relevancy
Die Antwoord, as of January 23rd 2016, has a Facebook page which has garnered over 2 million likes[3] and a Twitter account with over 200 000 followers[4]. Search results on Tumblr result in various blogs related to the group[6], as well as several posts on 4chan's /mu/ board referring to the group[7]. The group has their own website[8] and a Youtube account which as of January 23rd 2016 has over 600 thousand followers[11]. They also have multiple music videos with each of them having millions of views for each[13][14][15].
Search Interest
External Reference
[1] Wikipedia – The Constructus Corporation
[2] Wikipedia – MaxNormal.tv
[3] Facebook – Die Antwoord
[4] Twitter – Die Antwoord
[6] Tumblr – Search Results for Die Antwoord
[7] Rebecca Black Tech – Search Results on /mu/ for Die Antwoord
[8] Die Antwoord – Website Link
[9] Metacritic – Reviews for $O$
[10] Metacritic – Reviews for Ten$ion
[11] Youtube – Die Antwoord Account
[13] Youtube – Die Antwoord – Ugly Boy
[14] Youtube – Die Antwoord – Fok Julle Naaiers
[15] Youtube – Die Antwoord – Pitbull Terrier
[16] Wikipedia – Die Antwoord – Zef
