Die Antwoord

Almost as soon as Die Antwoord was a thing, Die Antwoord was A THING. That’s the way the world likes it now. If anything, Die Antwoord probably should have been a thing BEFORE Die Antwoord was a thing. Like, Ninja and Yolandi should have just been at home, smoking weed and jerking each other off in the backseat of a rusted out spaceship, when one of their beepers goes off, and it turns out they’re famous for something they haven’t even done yet. Anyway, after the jump is a seven minute short film about Die Antwoord in which they address the questions that have surrounded them since the very beginning, like, “Is It Real?” and variations on “Is It Real?” As with everything that Die Antwoord has done to this point, it’s visually very beautiful, and also sometimes kind of funny, and certainly compelling. And so, let this be a bon voyage of sorts, as they leave us behind and become something else. A Die Antwoord fully formed, unencumbered by questions of authenticity or sincerity. A Die Antwoord for people who are going to really like Die Antwoord, no questions asked, who weren’t “so over” Die Antwoord “like, nine months ago.”

Goodbye, Die Antwoord! Have fun!

Comments (18)
  1. I bought tickets to go see them open up for Paul Oakenfold (hi Austin monsters!), and they bailed, and now I have tickets to see Mr. Crazytown with no sort of payoff. If they made a short film about that, it would just be me weeping silently for like 15 minutes.

  2. This is a fuckin’ interesting fuckin’ short, you know. I fuckin’ think fuckin’ Die Antwoord are fuckin’ legitimately fuckin’ talented so their fuckin’ newfound fuckin’ success fuckin’ pleases me. Still, it seems the fuckin’ appeal for a fuckin’ lot of fuckin’ people still lies with their fuckin’ image and the fuckin’ question with how fuckin’ “real” they are and fuckin’ how much their fuckin’ fucking with us.

  3. When you look up NSFW on wikipedia or whatever this shows up do to the fucking cursing and did I just see a penis? I am not on craigslist’s m4w section, why do I see a penis

  4. These guys are the da cake eatur of the music industry.

  5. Yolandi Visser is my spirit animal

  6. They’re still here.- Joaquin Phoenix

  7. I love Die Antwoord. That is all

  8. This is what his mustache reminds me of:


    The Mexican comedian Cantinflas.

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