What comes right after sex on the “fun scale”? Correct,Singing karaoke! Hardly any other activity allows you to let your emotions run wild so freely. That's why it readsour resolution for 2025,to shout into the microphone more often! And by the way, you release the same hormones as during sex. So,don’t look back in anger!
Peeing in the shower, the crown jewels in thejudge again, belt out pop hymns at the top of your lungs: There are things we all do, but prefer to do secretly. When it comes to the shower and the hanging thing, that's a good thing, anything else would be really invasive. However, when it comes to singing, there is actually no reason not to do it in public. Karaoke is experiencing a new hype again, one bar after another is opening. And for what? Rightly so! Because taking yourself a little less seriously and blurting out your feelings with musical accompaniment is good for all of us. Karaoke originally comes from Japan, is part of the mainstream culture there and means something like “empty orchestra”. At some point it spilled over to Europe and ended up in our home thanks to the Playstation game Singstar. To, of course, disappear into oblivion and drawers again. When James Corden bawled in the car with celebrities like Harry Styles on his US late night show in 2013 and uploaded it to YouTube under the name Carpool Karaoke, karaoke suddenly experienced an international hype again. The video with Adele alone has more than 265 million views to date. The show no longer exists, but the hype continues. And anyone who has ever sung karaoke knows why.
In karaoke there is no goal, no score to achieve, if there is a feeling of shame, then it is only wrong, and there is no sense of competition either. Unless you're really a super-competitive type, but then karaoke is the wrong setting anyway. We're not on The Voice of Germany, there's no Mark Forster hitting the buzzer here and forcing you into his team. Karaoke is all about having fun and letting your hair down. To bawl, sing, scream into the microphone. To let out all the emotions that you would otherwise prefer to hide. To warm up and entertain the audience. Karaoke comes with almost no rules. Almost because there is only one unspoken rule: get out of your musical comfort zone. Anyone who is already a professional on the microphone and ColdplaysLive Lifewho can already scribble in his sleep doesn't have to prove his talent now. As I said, we're not on The Voice of Germany, hey. And choose a Taylor Swift number instead. Anyone who usually only sings numbers by guys should now look for a song by themout of. What's the worst that can happen? You can't hit the notes, but who cares? Even for that and the courage to stand on stage, you are usually rewarded with big applause. And by the way, singing also has health benefits: it stimulates circulation, strengthens the immune system, the happiness hormones serotonin and dopamine are increased, and the cuddle hormone oxytocin, which is otherwise released during sex, is boosted. Alright, enough promo for karaoke now. The stages are calling for us! 2025 – we are coming, and we are coming loudly.
