Magnus Mason Steps Into German Rap’s Spotlight

Born and raised in Germany, Magnus Mason spent years building his career as an English-language recording artist before leaving his home country in 2022. Since first emerging in 2020, he has steadily built an international audience with emotionally driven music, introducing listeners to his cinematic sound through the singles Neverland and Still Awake.

That momentum led to his 2022 debut album, People Always Told Me, before Mason took a step back from releasing music. Four years later, he returned with standout tracks such as Saint-Germain and Every Night, marking the beginning of a new creative chapter.

Now, on August 1, Mason takes perhaps his boldest artistic leap yet with the release of Nicht Wie Ihr, his first-ever German-language rap song.

The surprising part? Until now, he had never written or recorded rap in German.

When asked whether he had ever written or rapped in German before, Mason laughed and answered:

“I’m gonna be honest, I never wrote in German. I never rapped a word on a microphone in German in my life after nine years of recording music.

“I’m gonna be honest, I never wrote in German. I never rapped a word on a microphone in German in my life after nine years of recording music.

The original idea was just to have one German verse, maybe just a few German bars, in an English song for my upcoming album, Liberty City. Then I just started playing around and writing in German for literally the first time.

Suddenly I had so many ideas. It was like a flow state. I couldn’t stop writing. Every line led to another one.

Then I recorded the first verse. For the first few seconds it felt strange because I’d never heard my own voice rapping in German through studio headphones before. But I immediately liked it.

I finished the first verse, did a rough mix, put it on my phone and listened to it. Then I went straight back into the studio and thought, ‘Alright, let’s do a second verse.’

I mixed it again, listened to it on my phone one more time and thought, ‘Okay, let’s finish this. This is going to be a German song.’

That’s how Nicht Wie Ihr was born.”

For an artist who has spent years developing his identity in English, the switch feels remarkably natural. Rather than sounding like an experiment, Nicht Wie Ihr carries the confidence and delivery of someone already comfortable in Germany’s rap landscape.

Over the years, Mason’s music has reached listeners across the United States, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil and Ukraine, building an international audience through streaming platforms. With Nicht Wie Ihr, he now adds a new dimension to his catalog while reconnecting with the language and culture of his home country.

Asked whether this marks the beginning of a permanent move into German rap, Mason isn’t making any promises.

“Honestly, I don’t know yet. I released this one German song as a single, and I’ll probably include it on Liberty City as well because people from all over the world listen to my music. I kind of want them to hear this German rap song and introduce them to German rap.

Germany is my home. That’s never going to change. So in a way, this is my tribute to where I come from.

I don’t know if I’ll make a full German album. I might. I genuinely loved writing in German. I think it’s an incredible language for rap.

I’m pretty sure there will be more German songs in the future, but I don’t think I’ll mix English and German within the same song. I can’t tell you exactly what the future looks like because I don’t want to make promises I can’t keep.

But there will definitely be more.

At this point I simply make music because I enjoy it. I don’t really care anymore about fame or streams. I stopped checking the streaming numbers. I stopped checking likes and comments.

I make music for myself now. Whatever feels exciting, I record. Whatever I want to say, I say.

If a song makes someone feel something or helps them through a difficult moment, that’s the best feedback I could ever receive.”

Whether Nicht Wie Ihr becomes the first chapter of a larger German rap catalog or remains a milestone within an otherwise English-speaking discography, one thing is clear: Magnus Mason has opened a new creative door.

And judging by the confidence of his debut, it’s one that feels surprisingly natural.