"sag mir du erinnerst dich" LIVE beim Fm4 Protestsongcontest Finale

 

"sag mir du erinnerst dich" ist jetzt da

 what a ride

am 30.12.2025 habe ich angefangen, diesen Song zu schreiben und zu recorden

am 3.1.2026 um 23:00 habe ich den Song bei Fm4 für den Protestsongcontest eingereicht

und gestern um 21:30 stand ich mit diesem Song im Finale

Auch wenn es leider "nur" für den vierten Platz gereicht hat, bin ich unfassbar stolz, es mit einem Song, der eigentlich ein etwas "nischigeres" Thema behandelt und den ich ganz alleine geschrieben und produziert habe, so weit geschafft zu haben.

Einen lauten, leisen, traurigen, wütenden Song über Endometriose/Adenomyose und das oft damit einhergehende medical gaslighting zu schreiben, hat sich sehr wichtig und richtig angefühlt - das perfekte Ventil um endlich mal diesen jahrelang angestauten Frust rauszulassen.

Gewonnen habe ich zwar nicht, aber die Gespräche und Umarmungen, die ich nach meinem Auftritt mit anderen Betroffenen hatte, sind mein eigener kleiner großer Gewinn. Ich hoffe, manch Person fühlt sich in diesem Song gesehen, gehört, verstanden.

Der Song "sag mir du erinnerst dich" ist außerdem seit heute draußen - man kann ihn also überall anhören. Wahrscheinlich werde ich auch noch bald das live video vom Fm4 Protestsongcontest Finale veröffentlichen.

"sag mir du erinnerst" dich ist mein erster deutscher Release und es werden jetzt demnächst mehrere deutsche Songs rauskommen. Vielleicht auch irgendwann ein Album? 👀

 

das Single Cover hat die fantastische Michelle Rassnitzer gemacht und außerdem muss ich ein ganz ganz ganz großes besonderes Danke der Minna aussprechen, die mit meinem eigenen Periodenblut den Titel auf meinen Rücken geschrieben hat - das ist true friendship!

HIER AUF BANDCAMP ANHÖREN

HIER STREAMEN

credits:

geschrieben, aufgenommen und produziert von mir

Schlagzeug von Felix Paschke

Mixing von David Wöhrer

Mastering von Mathias Garmusch

noch Wissenswertes:

1 von 10 Personen mit Uterus hat Endometriose

Betroffene warten oft 7-10 Jahre auf eine Diagnose

Link: Was ist Endometriose?

Link: Was ist Adenomyose?

 

"SILENCED" single out now!

 

13.11.2025 - after quite some break I decided to release a new single, called "SILENCED"!

I wrote this song two years ago, because of an absurd situation that happened to me:

I was unknowingly banned from performing at a concert venue in Vienna because of a feedback email I sent after several bad experiences (and stories other artists had confided in me) with that place. I never got a reply to that email, and half a year later I found out — because someone else wanted to book me there — that I was banned from performing.

Long story short: thanks to the Vienna Club Commission, my ban was lifted. As ridiculous as this story might sound at first, it really affected me deeply, and at the time I felt very powerless. Unfortunately, I also realized then why so few people dare to speak up when these are the kinds of consequences.

I channeled all that frustration, helplessness, and at the same time the hope for more courage into my song “SILENCED.” The song was also entirely produced by me, which I’m very proud of. I hope that people can find some courage in it — to speak up when something isn’t right. Maybe together we really can change something.

written, recorded and produced by me

mixed by David Wöhrer

mastered by Mathias Garmusch

single cover shot by Michelle Rassnitzer

LISTEN HERE

lyrics:

Catch myself freezing I look at the door 

I can figure this out on my own, on my own 

Walk with me, take it, or leave it alone 

Not expecting to see anyone 

Are you in it Are you in it 

Look at us some do not try anymore, more 

I must say I am glad To be this way 

trying to find answers why some us do not try anymore, more 

I must say I am glad To be this way 

Shut my mouth quiet I look at the door 

I can’t take this dead silence no more 

No more no more 

Now I understand why most of us are tired and don’t say nothing no more 

No more 

You thought I’d be the same 

How stupid of you Of you 

Look at us some do not try anymore, more 

I must say I am glad To be this way 

trying to find answers why some us do not try anymore, more 

I must say I am glad To be this way Be this way 

Be this way 

Thinking you can just decide to shut the door

my therapist says you should dance - a remix EP out now

one year after my debut EP "my therapist says you're an asshole", I am releasing a remix EP. For this EP 6 acts that I treasure a lot, have remixed the 6 songs on the EP in their own style. A little fun project which's outcome I am super happy with!

my sad songs, but in dancy!

LISTEN HERE <3

I won the "MORGENSTERN" preis!!!!!

cannot believe that I get to say this, but two weeks ago I received the "Morgenstern" Price from "Land Steiermark" & "Kleine Zeitung" and I am beyond grateful for that.

In May, the newspaper Kleine Zeitung announced the competition for the "Morgenstern Prize" and thanks to my mom, I applied for it. I honestly never thought that I would get this amazing price, but 1-2 months later I received the amazing news that I was gonna get it.

The jury had the most amazing statement, why they picked me:

Deutsch:

Schon der Name führt auf die falsche Fährte: Fraeulein Astrid trägt zwar die antiquierte, aus misogyneren Zeiten herrührende Bezeichnung „Fräulein", zeigt aber nicht nur mit der leichten orthografischen Änderung, dass sie aus anderem Holz geschnitzt ist, als das Gelsenkirchener Barock aus der Hans-Moser-Zeit. Das liebliche Fräulein ist Vergangenheit, das Fraeulein scheint eher die Funktion eines Nom de Guerre zu haben. Wobei der Kampf, den Astrid Hirzberger führt, sanfte Mittel im Arsenal hat. Das Fraeulein beweist sich auf seiner 2024 ersten EP „My Therapist says you‘re an Asshole" als bereits gereifte Musikerin, Komponistin und Sängerin, die das Songwriter-Genre zwischen Elektronik und Neofolk zwar nicht neu denkt, aber mit Geist erfüllt. Zwischen genrespezifischer Empfindsamkeit und sphärischen Klängen und messerscharfen Beobachtungen aus dem Alltag pendelt sich dieses Werk ein und zeigt schon jetzt Züge einer in ihre Mitte findenden Künstlerin, ohne auch nur einen Hauch früher Saturiertheit zu tragen. Fraeulein Astrid ist mit ihrem Zugang, ihren künstlerischen sehr heutigen Strategien (etwa über die sozialen Kanäle) jemand, der sich als wahrer Morgenstern profilieren konnte. (Jurybegründung)

English:

The name itself leads you astray: although Fraeulein Astrid adopts the outdated, misogyny-rooted title “Fräulein,” the subtle spelling change signals that she’s cut from a very different cloth than the Gelsenkirchen Baroque of Hans Moser’s time. The sweet, demure “Fräulein” is a thing of the past; this Fraeulein seems to carry a “Nom de Guerre” of sorts. Yet the battle Astrid Hirzberger fights employs gentle tools in its arsenal. On her 2024 debut EP, My Therapist Says You’re an Asshole, Fraeulein Astrid proves herself a mature musician, composer, and vocalist who, while not reinventing the songwriter genre between electronic and neofolk, breathes spirit into it. This work settles between genre-specific sensitivity, ethereal sounds, and razor-sharp everyday observations, already showing traits of an artist coming into her own, with not a hint of premature complacency. 

With her approach and very contemporary artistic strategies (such as social media channels), Fraeulein Astrid has emerged as a true Morgenstern.

Huge thanks to everyone who was involved in the process - receiving this prize means the world to me and as an independent solo artist 10.000€ is a huge amount of money, which I will happily invest into my debut album ahhh!!

photo credits: Lena Baloch

"my therapist says you're an asshole" EP LIVE SESSION OUT NOW!

 

For the past years I decided to step back from music videos, because it was just too much extra work for me, I didn't have the creative head space left or the extra money. But as my debut EP "my therapist says you're an asshole" came out this May, I knew that I also wanted to honor my personal little milestone visually. I have been working on this idea for many months and I am super proud to be finally releasing this video. Many hours of work, brainstorming sessions, talking to people, location scoutings, costume concepts, building doors, looking for second hand toy snakes etc. went into this project and I am very proud of how it turned out. I had this idea of playing every song on the EP while creating a little world for each song. The day of the videoshoot was such a cool experience for me, because I had these insanely talented people around me and my best friends were the sweetest "helping hands" I could've wished for. 

The biggest special thanks go out to Chris and Dom for helping me with turning my ideas into reality and helping me with the creative process.

Felix for the mental support, being an amazing drummer and also taking care of the live sound, mixing and mastering.

Raphaela for letting me borrow her beautiful hand sculptures, creating the stunning outfit applications and door applications.

My dad, uncle and Felix for building these super cool doors! BG/BRG/MG Dreihackengasse for letting us shoot in one of their gyms!

credits:

video concept & idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

all songs written and produced by Astrid Hirzberger 

video producer: Chris Pilch, https://leftkiss.com 

video producer, cut, color grading: Dominik Hofer 

dop: Tim Zoidl 

b camera operator, 1st ac: Onur Arslan 

behind the scenes: Minna Rothbart 

costume design / set design / hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc 

set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc 

outfit concept: Raphaela Miklauc & Astrid Hirzberger 

outfit applications: Raphaela Miklauc 

live mixing & mastering: Felix Paschke 

production assistant: Florian Thausing 

production assistant: Martin Moser 

production assistant: Rosi Pernthaller 

extra thanks to: 

BG/BRG/MG Dreihackengasse https://www.3hacken.at 

Printhouse Films  https://www.printhousefilms.com 

Kaiserschnitt Film https://kaiserschnitt-film.com 

Banana Rental https://banana-rental.com 

Lichtwerk https://lichtwerkgraz.at/ 

Leon Merkel for audio equipment 

Station 1 / NEXT STATION: 

idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

set design & hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc 

set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc 

song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger 

Station 2 / LOST HOME: 

idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

doors: Johann & Manfred Hirzberger, Felix Paschke 

doors applications: Raphaela Miklauc 

song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger 

Station 3 / AFTER ALL THERE IS NOTHING REAL OUTSIDE OUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY: 

idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

video clips: Astrid Hirzberger 

song written by Astrid Hirzberger, produced by Astrid Hirzberger & Fridolin Krenn 

Station 4 / TWO YEARS: 

idea: Chris Pilch 

song written by Astrid Hirzberger, produced by Astrid Hirzberger, Benno Hiti and Paul Wurm 

Station 5 / I'M GLAD WE DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND TO BE FRIENDS: 

idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

all snakes are either bought second hand or borrowed from friends. 

special thanks to: Kerstin, Ulli, Selina, Thomas, Paula, Diana, Katrin, Hannah, Gabriel, Niki.

song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger 

Station 6 / EXPECTED END: 

idea: Astrid Hirzberger 

set design & hand sculptures: Raphaela Miklauc 

set design assistant: Natascha Miklauc 

song written & produced by Astrid Hirzberger

MY DEBUT EP IS FINALLY HERE

 

I cannot believe that this day is finally here. My debut EP "my therapist says you're an asshole" is out TODAY!!!!

I am incredibly proud of myself and every single song on this EP. It features some very old songs (I wrote EXPECTED END 2018 and LOST HOME 2019) and also super new ones from 2023.

This EP shows my evolution as a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. I am insanely grateful for the people that I got to work with on this EP and that have helped me with all the work that comes with releasing music. Especially as a solo artist, it can be quite overwhelming, to do this all by yourself - I am very glad that I've let other people help me - without them I wouldn't have been able to release this collection of songs.

I hope that, whoever listens to my songs, feels either heard, understood or finds a new perception of looking at certain things.

HUUUGE THANKS to Felix, Benno, Paul, Frido, Issi, Marie and Sabrina (RAIN management) and Mathias!!!

I am beyond excited to be playing my EP release shows on the 18th of May in Graz and 23rd of May in Vienna.  Would love to see you there!

You can download (and also donate) to my EP over here:

https://fraeuleinastrid.bandcamp.com/album/my-therapist-says-youre-an-asshole

I'll also bring CDs with me to every concert I play and will have them online soon aswell!

AFTER ALL THERE IS NOTHING REAL OUTSIDE OUR PERCEPTION OF REALITY

 

This is the third (and last) single I'll be releasing from/before my Debut EP (which comes out May 3rd ahhh!!!!) I wrote this song in November 2022, after I've had my first panic attack (which I realized after that) - I'd just freshly moved to Vienna and some things felt a bit overwhelming to me. This song is for everyone who goes through shitty phases/situations - just make it your "main character moment". At least, this helps me. A huge thanks goes to Fridolin Krenn for co-producing and mixing the song and Mathias Garmusch for mastering it!

lyrics:

It’s your main character moment 
Staring out the window 
While sitting in a bus in Vienna 
On your way home 
‘Cause everyone else got too drunk 

It’s your main character moment 

Standing in a crowded room 

At a concert all by yourself 

‘Cause no one else wanted 

To go with you 

This is not a panic attack 

This is not the way I had it planned 

It’s your main character moment 

Getting a cold hearted text from your ex 

‘Bout forgetting something 

At their place, asking when you’ll pick it up 

It’s your main character moment 

Sitting at a family dinner wondering 

If they’ll ever see you 

In the way you would like to be seen 

This is not a panic attack 

This is exactly the way I had it planned

"NEXT STATION" is out now!!!

 

This Friday, 09.02., the second single from my upcoming debut-EP "my therapist says you're an asshole" (May 2024) came out. The song's called "NEXT STATION" and is quite the opposite story from "TWO YEARS". 

While "TWO YEARS" reflects a past relationship and the opposite person not handling everything too well, "NEXT STATION" is the self-reflecting part, where the protagonist realizes that they weren't the best partner, either.

Big credits also go to Paul Wurm, Issi Schmidt and Benno Hiti for helping me with some of the production, Benno & Paul for doing the mix and Mathias Garmusch for mastering the song! Also big thanks to Felix Paschke for helping me with filming these clips!

lyrics:

I tried to go

I tried to show

What you don’t know

I told you so

I made you cry

I saw you fly

Once I was gone

Who pulled you down

Try to think of a solution

For this fucking situation

As I try to grab your hand while

You get off at the next station

Staring at the well-known faces

Judging me for my dumb choices

Thinking of the many places

I will never

I held you close

That’s what I chose

I felt your pain

Through happy rain

I still don’t know

What you went through

I wish I’d cared

I know you know

Try to think of a solution

For this fucking situation

As I try to grab your hand while

You get off at the next station

Staring at the well-known faces

Judging me for my dumb choices

Thinking of the many places

I will never

MY MERCH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!

 Hello there!

I recently decided to upload my merch online, so you can buy it and directly support me. Till now, it was only possible to buy it at my concerts, but I thought it'd be cool to have it available online as well!

I currently have caps, which are made out of 100% recycled polyester and stitched in Germany. And tote bags (in pink and blue), made out of 100% organic cotton and hand printed in Graz, by me and PUBEC!

you can buy the merch on my bandcamp:
https://fraeuleinastrid.bandcamp.com/merch

my new single "TWO YEARS" is here!!!

 

I have a new song for yooouuuu! 

This one's called "TWO YEARS" and it's a kind of sassy, kind of calm closure-ish breakup song. 

Sometimes it takes a little while to realise certain things, that's all I'm gonna say right now.

 Big Big credits go to Paul Wurm, Benno Hiti and Christian Schmidt for helping me with some of the producing! 

Paul Wurm for mixing the song and Mathias Garmusch for mastering it! 

Alsoooo a big thanks to Harald Leitner for taking the original picture and Felix Paschke for for destroying it with me hehe

I also uploaded a lyric video on youtube:

lyrics:

So I run back and I rewind the times 

that you were mean to me 

When you told me that I would never go easily 

And every time I see a social media post 

Of how you’re getting so close 

To what you always used to talk about 

For two years 

I wonder why 

For two years 

I wonder why 

Funny to watch you rebuild a van with her 

Thinking how I used to be there 

I always wanted to help you achieve your dreams 

Not realizing the curtains I sewed 

Were the last thing I did for you 

You closed them when you left 

And no one opened them again 

For two years 

I wonder why 

For two years 

I wonder why

For two years 

I now know why 

"THE FOOL" with Candlelight Ficus is out!!

 

hello hellooo!

I know I haven't written anything over here for a long time, but I promise I am working on reeeeally cool stuff right now and will have some amazing news soon!

But for now I wanna introduce a single, that came out September 1st with the incredibly talented band "Candlelight Ficus"! We actually wrote this song last year on vacation, while sitting on a beach in Croatia. At first it wasn't planned to come out as a feature single, but as time passed we thought it might actually be a cool idea.

We shot the music video at "Die Scherbe" in Graz, portrayed as sad clowns going out for dinner. And let me tell you: it was very hard to not laugh, while looking at Niki with that make up on. This fantastic make up was done by Laura Scalcinati and I couldn't be happier with the result!

a huge thanks also goes out to Simon Reithofer for the music video and to Mathias Garmusch for mixing and mastering the song!

It was a really cool experience to be working on that song <3

lyrics:

i have been tryin' 

to get you off my mind 

you opened my eyes 

now i'm blind 

you took me to your desert 

then you promised me a treasure 

when i gave you all my hands 

you let it go 

how was i supposed to measure 

all the secrets in your pleasure 

i can't figure out your game of stop and go 

oooh then you took me all the way 

pretending that I'll be okay 

thought that i would see the day 

when I'm finally here to stay 

i have been tryin' 

to get you off my mind 

you opened my eyes 

now i'm blind 

i thought all along 

that i would get out strong 

you proved me right 

i was wrong 

you handed me the cards 

knowing i would play the part 

of the fool who stands in line 

and has to wait 

you knew right from the start 

i was dancing in the dark 

everybody saw 

that i was way too late 

then you took me all the way

pretending that I'll be okay 

thought that i would see the day 

when I'm finally here to stay 

i have been tryin' 

to get you off my mind 

you opened my eyes 

now i'm blind 

i thought all along 

that i would get out strong 

you proved me right i was wrong

MY 4TH SINGLE "Perfect Life (field recorder version)" IS OUT!!!

well well well

It took me 2.5 years from writing this song to finally releasing it.

I remember walking home from work at the end of 2020, being fed up with this whole social media, corona and being a musician - situation. I felt like, as a person that performs a lot on stage, is very active on social media and in general a happy and outgoing person, people were often assuming that I must be living such "a perfect life". Which might be true in some way - I love my life and I live a very privileged and amazing life. But there's shitty moments too and I felt like I wasn't being taken serious, whenever I felt really sad about certain situations. So as I was walking home from work, I saw people that I knew, but I didn't wanna say hello and pretend that I was fine - so kept my head down and walked on the other side of the street. Instead of saying hi I started writing the lyrics of "Perfect Life" and as soon as I arrived home, the lyrics were finished. I sat down, took my guitar and finished writing the song. At first, it was based on a voice note on my phone. I imported that recording into my laptop and added vocal harmonies and some pianos. Ever since, this song's been very very close to my heart and I very much enjoyed playing it live at every show. One year after writing the song, I decided to re-record the base of the song. So I went to my parents' house, sat down in my childhood bed, took my dad's old guitar and recorded the song on a field recorder. After recording, I added new vocal harmonies and pianos again. I don't know why, but it took over a year and trying to record many different versions of the song, to decide going for that raw imperfect field recorder version. Now, in March 2023, this song is finally ready to go out into the big big world and be released as my fourth single.

At concerts, I use this song to talk about social media and how important it is to be aware that not everything you see on social media, is the "complete truth". That includes myself. Be aware of what you're consuming online. Social media can be an amazing, beautiful and creative place, but it can also lead to comparing yourself too much and even feeling shit about yourself. Be aware of that.

For the single cover I had this idea of portraying myself in a "perfect situation" - like a prom queen or beauty pageant winner. I wanted to show, that even though everything might look perfect on the outside, not everything has to be perfect on the inside. I am very very happy to have worked with Johanna Lea Lassnig on this cover - she's truly amazing and I had a super fun time shooting these pics!

As always, huge thanks go out to Fridolin Krenn, who did the mix & master of this song! Even though it's based on a very raw field recorder version, it was still very important to blend everything together nicely and Frido did a great job (as he always does).

"R U REALLY OK" IS OUT

"Die dritte Single der Künstlerin Fraeulein Astrid „r u really ok“ ist ein Song über das Ankommen. Das Zuhause und die Rückkehr. Sowohl im eigentlichen, als auch übertragenen Sinn. Eine Suche nach der scheinbar verlorenen Beziehung zur Umwelt. Geschrieben im ersten harten Lockdown 2020, einer Zeit der Ungewissheit und der Reflexion, analysiert Astrid in „r u really ok“ sowohl die eigene, als auch die gesellschaftliche Identität. Musikalisch untermalt diese Coming-Of-Age-Thematik sehr prominent der Kinderchor „Frohnleitner -„ und „Übelbacher Spatzen“, zu welchem sich Fraeulein Astrid vor etwa fünfzehn bis zwanzig Jahren stolz selbst zählen durfte. Auch im Artwork kehrt die Künstlerin zu ihren Wurzeln zurück und setzt ihre künstlerische Persona in Kontext zur Heimat. Das Cover, sowie der Visualizer, zeigen Fraeulein Astrid im Wald hinter ihrem Elternhaus im Glitzer des Erwachsenwerdens." 

I am very very excited to be sharing my third official single with you! I wrote this song back in 2020, but put the song away shortly after because I just wasn't happy with the way it sounded. Now, two years later, I decided to give it a second chance - I re-recorded everything, changed the arrangement, added new parts, cancelled other ones and - for the most special part - I added a children's choir. As this song deals with many topics concerning home, I couldn't have imagined a better choir than the one from my hometown; Frohnleiten. I've been part of this choir for many years myself when I was a child and I feel like kids added the last spark that this song needed. 

co-produced by Felix Paschke & Fridolin Krenn 
mixed by Fridolin Krenn 
mastered by Mathias Garmusch 
special thanks to Barbara Herzog-Drewes and "Frohnleitner Spatzen" & "Übelbacher Spatzen"

lyrics:

R u really ok 

I was just wondering 'cause it doesn’t look that way 

Do you feel the same

About the world’s weight on your shoulders 

Expectations of 

How you’re supposed to look and act 

Wanting to be different 

But also wanting to fit in 

I am back 

In my old home 

Because I lost track of where I’m from 

The world just kept spinning 

And everything is going too fast 

I am back 

To face myself 

Because I lost track of where to go 

The walls are getting closer 

And everything is going too fast 

R u really ok 

I was just wondering ‘cause we’re going through a lot 

Do you feel the same 

About not wanting to disappoint your folks 

Expectations of 

How your future has to look 

Wanting to be different 

But also wanting to fit in 

I am back 

In my old home 

Because I lost track of where I’m from 

The world just kept spinning 

And everything is going too fast 

I am back 

To face myself 

Because I lost track of where to go 

The walls are getting closer 

And everything is going too fast 

going too fast