"Janine" is the final single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 of rapper Bushido

Bushido (rapper)

Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...

's album

Album

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 Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück

Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück

Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück is the fourth solo album by Bushido.The title alludes to his first solo album Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline.- Information :...

. The song contains a sample of "Les Memories Blessess" by French

France

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 band Dark Sanctuary

Dark Sanctuary

Dark Sanctuary is a French Neoclassical band which was formed in 1996 in Paris, Île-de-France.-History:The band's first official release was a 20 minute single track MCD, Funeral Cry, released in 1997...

, used without permission. The band sued the rapper for using illegal sampling of eight of their songs, on his album.

Contents

In the song itself, Bushido sings about a fourteen-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather repeatedly, and eventually became impregnated by him. Forced to not only give birth to the baby in her own mother's basement, but also give it up almost immediately after; Janine, wrought with guilt, ends her own life by jumping from a bridge.

Music video

In the video, however, the plot revolves around an older Janine looking back on when she was raped as a teenager, impregnated and abandoning her infant at the base of a church. Plagued by these painful memories as she goes about her daily routines, Janine drowns herself in alcohol

Alcohol

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 and drugs

DRUGS

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows are an American post-hardcore band formed in 2010. They released their debut self-titled album on February 22, 2011.- Formation :...

 at a rave

Rave

Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...

-type-setting; but in the end, only becomes so immersed in her shame that she has an emotional breakdown right in the middle of the dance floor. At the end of the video, Janine is seen contemplating suicide on a bridge lingering over a highway, but then she leaves.

Links

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Skyline_zum_Bordstein_zurück