There’s this samurai saying, "Become the enemy." And I didn’t understand it at first, but is kind of based on that. It’s nice, but our juice comes from there. It’s like a militaristic presence-that’s just the day-to-day, and we’re used to it. No one calls the police you call private security. It’s kind of weird: you’re a victim or, like, not a victim. **Ninja: **I mean, South Africa’s very dangerous. **GQ: You said one of the new songs, "Money and the Power," was about how you’re squashed between two scenes in South Africa. On the verge of completing their next album, called_ Ten$ion_, Ninja and Yo-landi discussed Die Antwoord’s five-year expiration date, samurai philosophy, and the well-endowed Evil Boy. The room contains a multi-media goldmine waiting to be excessively re-Tumblred and re-Tweeted. Meanwhile, on the table sit toy prototypes for Evil Boy, the group’s massive-schlonged mascot. The clip’s strangely gorgeous, with black and white scenes depicting South African gangsters waving guns-throughout, Yo-landi is covered in butterflies. He returns to debut their self-produced video for "Fok Julle Naaiers," which the record ecs are worried about. Afterwards, Ninja says quietly, "We like that combination of ’pop’ and ’fuck you.’" Yo-landi nods and Ninja politely excuses himself to pee. A sampling: Yo-landi yelling, "Murder! Murder! Kill! Kill!" South African gangster slang poetry dubstep interludes Mortal Kombat theme song allusions. It’s nice, but our juice comes from there," says Ninja, who describes his homeland as "really fucking buck wild." They queue up the new songs. Since that fateful day on the Internet, Die Antwoord signed with Interscope Records, toured the world, and attracted covetable filmmakers-not bad for what began as a meme. So to answer that question of authenticity: It depends if living your art is still considered performing. To understand their chemistry, consult Ninja’s tattoo: "If you don’t like funerals, don’t kick sand in a Ninja’s face" and Yo-landi’s one-liner: "Do what I like ’cuz I roll with the fuckin’ Ninja!" Naturally, their South African rave-rap group went viral last year when the Internet discovered the bizarrely entertaining music videos for " Zef Side" and " Enter the Ninja" and spent months asking, So wait, _are these guys for real? _When I meet them at their publicist’s NYC headquarters, they still have those Vanilla Ice-inspired hairdos and they’ve brought along six new Die Antwoord tracks. One’s two-feet taller than the other, and they get along like thug-nasty versions of Harry and Sally. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.For a band whose next single is called "Fok Julle Naaiers" (Afrikaans for "Fuck You All"), Die Antwoord’s Ninja and Yo-landi Vi$$er are kind of adorable. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. On Friday, May 5th, 2017 at 8:36 am and is filed under Events. Their lyrics are performed in both Afrikaans and English. The “Enter The Ninja” video also features South African progeria survivor Leon Botha, a prominent Cape Town artist.ĭie Antwoord performs “Zef” music, Zef being an Afrikaans slang term which loosely translates to the American equivalent of “Redneck”. In 2009 South African cinematographer Rob Malpage (along with co-director Ninja) shot the video for their single “Enter the Ninja.” The video became a viral phenomenon on the internet nine months later, delivering so much traffic to their official website that their original provider shut down their account, forcing them to move their hosting to a US-based provider to handle the traffic.
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Their debut album $O$ was made available as a free download on their official website. In the case of Die Antwoord his persona is Ninja: a hyper violent character who is very different from his previous incarnations.ĭie Antwoord was later created as a group in 2009, consisting of performers Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek. He is known for adopting different stage personas. Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: “The Answer”) is a hip-hop act from Cape Town, South Africa consisting of three members, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.ĭie Antwoord lead vocalist Ninja (born Watkin Tudor Jones) was a part of the South African hip-hop scene for many years, fronting such acts as The Original Evergreen, Max Normal, Fucknrad and The Constructus Corporation.