Sääftig
Biography
Sääftig, real name Simon Beierlei, is a YouTuber and dialect rapper from Bavaria. At the end of 2020, he had an internet hit with the song Dirndl Weed.
Beierlein comes from the Roth district south of Nuremberg. In 2018, he created the YouTube channel Sääftig and began uploading videos. In addition to parodies and humorous videos, he also published short music videos from the beginning, in which he experimented with music software and Auto-Tune. In a short time, he gained a low four-figure number of subscribers.
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Until 2020, he remained at roughly this level, and his song "Dirndl Weed," released at the end of October. In it, he combines Bavarian folk music elements with American trap, following the example of Lil Nas X who blended country and rap in his hit "Old Town Road". In "Dirndl Weed," Sääftig also raps in a Bavarian-Franconian dialect mix. Sascha Hellinger discovered the track and featured it in a video on his channel, unsympathischTV, prompting many viewers to watch it. Within a few days, it surpassed one million views, becoming a viral hit and reaching number 3 on YouTube's trending charts. In December, the song even made it into the Austrian charts, where it remained for seven weeks, peaking at number 29. The YouTube video has been viewed over 11 million times in total.
At the beginning of 2021, Sääftig had a second hit with Bayrisch Drip. The song garnered over 12 million streams and was similarly successful in Austria as its predecessor.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.