Florian Künstler & Cassandra Steen

Florian Künstler emulates a generation or two of sensitive American popsmiths like Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes or John Legend - adapting their catchy melodicism and relatable, heart-on-sleeve lyrics for listeners in his native Germany. His hard work has paid off, particularly thanks to 2023's viral hit "Kleiner Finger Schwur" and other favorites like "Magnet" (a collaboration with dance duo Gestört aber GeiL) and "Weiße Haare." Born in 1985 in Berlin, Künstler was taken out of custody of a drug-addicted mother at a young age, raised instead by a foster family in the village of R...