DIE FOKKEN ANTWOORD and Swatch Scuba Libre

I just had to talk about this some more before going on with my life: the Die Antwoord show was awesome. AWESOME. I'd never been to the Couleur Café festival before but it turned out to be really fun, with a lovely atmosphere and great food. I'd definitely visit again, especially if some top class act like Die Antwoord were playing.

I've been a huge fan of Die Antwoord since FOREVER. I've even blogged about them in the early days of this blog (plz ignore my awful photo's :-D), so yeah we go way back. I love Yolandi's creepy-raver-punk-rapper-ethereal-trashy aesthetic, I love how Ninja is obviously a very smart man who knows what he's doing (DGAF, keeping it real), and I love their weird ass, tongue in cheek lyrics and artistic videos and I LOVE the fact that they rap in Afrikaans which is such a cool language. Oh, and their trashy beats make me wish I had been around in the days of techno - but not really, I need some rap to cancel out the brain-numbing beats.

But MOST of all I love how they rock that "lower class", trashy look without being ironic about it. Yolandi has had the same mullet haircut for about ten years (with or without bleach), I like that kind of realness. I've always hated it when people looked down on "trashy" style like fake nails and hair, big hair, lots of bling and sex appeal. Style is just clothes and shiz, not something that deserves any form of disdain or judgement. Fuck style rules and "what not to wear" programs.

Die Antwoord played all the hits, made creepy faces and you can see me rapping along (and fangirling out) in this little instavideo we shot.

Yolandi's most memorable look is the one from her Baby's on fire video, where she rocks multiple watches at the same time.

I've been wanting to recreate that look but it's not exactly something I'd wear on a normal day. But when I received a package with the new Scuba Libre Swatch watch (the in Clownfish) on the day after the Die Antwoord show, I knew the moment was nigh. So I bleached out my eyebrows to get my rave-hop on and made it work.

 from top to bottom: the New Gent Lacquered, the Plastic Chrono, the Lady Original and the Scuba Libre, all from Swatch.

OK no I didn't REALLY bleach my eyebrows, I photoshoped them, but it still looks cool yo. If my style was just a bit more punk/alternative, I'd totally bleach them for real.

So that was my post on Die Antwoord and Swatch in which you see me rap for the very first time. EPIC

You a Die Antwoord fan? Should I just bleach my eyebrows and become a fulltime rapper?

PS: Just spotted these Nike Sneakers in the Spartoo sales. TOTALLY Yolandi, right? And marked down to 69,99€, I'm keeping an eye on those babies.