Been here for 5 years now. I reblog things I feel for and towards. Poetry, lyrics, interior design, mental health, a number of fandoms that might switch. Rammstein is my latest love in life and keeps me around. Background header image credit goes to Lóránd Fényes and is of The Great Carina Nebula.
That gif of Richard, him saying "young lady", perhaps even beckoning you forward with his finger and tapping his thigh with the other hand. Help me ☔
Hi 👋🏻
This man has things to talk about with you, opinions to share, if you want to hear them or not ☝🏻 While this gif is of course is just a little footage during playing, it seems to be so full of judgemental energy. This man is displeased, and you're about to know why in great detail in the next 2 minutes:
Another speciality of Richard and his very expressive face - the 'doubtful judgement' ("You sure about wearing that?... Well, as long as you like it I guess..."):
The 'gritting his teeth when someone else speaks too long':
The 'ok yeah I'll wait for the manager, I have time':
The 'mid-concert stare-down with someone in the crowd or battling his own demons':
And the 'total defeat':
But since all this is for legal reasons just a joke, have an extra beautiful face of Richard 😌
Hi! I absolutely love all of your detailed posts about Richard, they make my day when you post them, I was wondering if you could make a compilation of very wholesome moments with fans? I'm afraid that Rammstein will never come back to the US and I'll miss my chance of meeting him in person and I'd love to see some sweet fan interactions ❤️ Dankeschön ❤️❤️
Hi 🤍
Please excuse my late reply to this, but I love this ask!
It's known that Richard can be very warmhearted towards fans and gives out bone-crushing hugs left and right - I found several accounts of fans who met him and will accumulate these in the following post 😊 (sources are linked at the end of the post.)
First some stories of fans who shared their experiences on the internet:
One fan met him before a concert, he gave the fan a hug and they say that to this day, they haven't forgotten the feeling of this hug.
Here's an account of a fan who met Richard at a resort in Mexico: "Richard never acted like we were imposing on his time or being a hindrance, even though he was with a table of friends. As soon as we were in eye contact range, his entire demeanor changed. He lit up like a Christmas tree and stood to shake our hands, stood close to us to chat for a few minutes - five minutes, tops, and gave us hugs as we left before shaking our hands again."
After a concert: "The hug I got was bone crushing. I was right in front of him. Cried my way through Frühling [...]. He checked on me and asked me if I was ok. Said i was fine and even the amount of times I'd seen them play, i got so caught up in the emotion. Richard told me they were the most moving moments for him at least and pulled me into a huge hug that if i think about it, i can still feel. Sounds weird but when you get a hug like that you dont forget it."
Richard seems to be a bit camera-shy while being out and about (declining selfies most of the time), but offers/asks for hugs himself as a return, as told by a fan who met him at the Chicago Airport. The fan apologized after asking for a selfie, yet Richard immediately asked her to give him a hug afterwards.
At a concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit back, May 2012: "For some reason, I thought of making a sign that said "Pick für mich, bitte". We were right at the barricade and I decided to flash the sign. I don't even know what I expected out of it. Well, Richard fucking Kruspe went to his mic stand, got a pick, went to the security guard in front of the railing and told him to give me the pick. The guard and I had chatted prior to their performance, so he looked at me with a "way to go, kid" look. People around me cheered. Best concert memory ever. Nothing but a class act."
Another fan reports him being quite talkative and attentive during parties - apparently really listening to the other person and showing real interest. He really likes to talk about music and guitars and seemingly likes hearing the opinions of fans.
Meeting the band in front of their hotel: "His hug was the tightest, and he smells SO GOOD, I wanted to ask what was his perfume. I told him I loved Emigrate, he gave me the biggest smile and thanked me."
Then we have voice from withing the fandom on here - the lovely and helpful @anwiel13 said this about meeting him at a Meet&Greet (thank you again for sharing this! 🤍):
"Once he entered the room, we immediately know it. Not that he did something, but he really has this big personality, in very good way. He was smiling all the time, unless taking photos, than we was all his gothic deep stare self. He was also super nice to two girls, who were absolutely nervous, telling him how much they love him. We all know he hear this all the time, but he really looked like he is listening them and make them feel not like crazy fangirls annoying him with their feelings. If that's make sense. He hugged one girl when she asked him and again, did not looked like she's annoying him with this. He left very quickly after taking photos and signed our things. Overall, he was very nice and caring. I heard somebody complain about him being all snobby and annoyed during some M&G, but he was nothing like this during the one in Prague."
Plus I have found two 'essay'-posts on here describing fan-experiences at Meet&Greets and afterparties:
Here Richard is described as really warmhearted, smiling and patient with the fans:
Aka the two best days of my entire life. My hands are still shaking, so pls ignore typos.
Okay, so, Bára/ @followthecreeper , Lucy/ @beauty
A very wholesome interaction (with a cute Paulchard momet) with a fan who brought selfmade fan art with her:
So this might not be hugely interesting to anyone, but there's a few little things I wanted to remember from last week’s M&G and what was pr
And since of course I found some experiences with other band members on my research-way, here are my favourites of some of the other guys 😊:
At an afterparty: "I spent a long time talking to Flake who is beautifully underappreciated. He's such a wise man with an incredibly dark sense of humour. [...] Flakes English isn't great but he seemed to really appreciate that someone would talk to him in German and happy to help me figure out words I wasn't familiar with and vice versa. I really appreciated it as he did slow down his natural German speaking speed to help me continue a conversation in German as native speaking speed was just a little too fast."
At a meet and greet: "Schneider gave me such Dom-Daddy vibes that I would have got on my knees if he asked. He was so friendly, asked about myself and I was able to give him a letter from my best friend who had spoken to him years before, and he was so happy to take it."
At an afterparty of Till's solo tour (London concert): "I went to see Lindemann in London and was invited to the after party and ended up trying to open a bottle of wine with a set of keys with Till and then ended up drinking vodka and chatting to him for a few hours. Such a humble human and one of my biggest role models in life - he made me want to become a fire performer and he said I looked great doing what I do."
"Did a meet & greet on the 2019 tour and a bunch of the after parties. Doom is an incredible dancer and Paul and Richard give the best hugs." (I've read several times that Schneider seemingly kills it on the dance floor 👀)
Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6
All in all, it's always amazing reading about fans having nice experiences with them - but let's not forget (since some people do exactly this), the band members are also just human beings like you and me, don't owe the fans smiles and good moods, and it's not a crime to have a bad day once in a while (with less enthusiastic interaction with fans) or just wanting some peace or being in a hurry, since they all do have private lives🤝🏼
I got to speak with Richard back when he was planning that Emigrate podcast and talking to fans. He found out we were speaking first thing in the morning in my time zone and asked if I'd eaten breakfast, and when I said I'd had Cheerios, he decided that was unacceptable and gently prodded me at the end of the conversation to go eat "real food." He also said "fuck" and awkwardly trailed off and apologized because he felt bad swearing in front of a woman. He's literally so soft and adorable. 10/10 would have infinite heart-to-hearts with him.
The way they literally clasp at each other 🥺 Paul is holding him so tightly his arm is flexing and buries his face in his hair with closed eyes *swoon* Richard holds onto Paul's shoulder for dear life - holy shit, I'm going insane! I SAW THIS WITH MY OWN TWO EYES AND I NEARLY COLLAPSED ON THE STADIUM FLOOR
Klagenfurt 2024-07-17 from video by IG lukas.scharp (gifs by me)
Schneider showing off his great shoulders in that spaghetti top, then starts looking for the other members of his cheering squad, but they seem gone. He makes a 'smoking' gesture to someone backstage (pretty sure asking where Richard went 😊) and then shrugs to Paul who is in Olli's spot 😊
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