Overview
- Out overnight on November 21, the track tells of an Istanbul boy facing a consumerist, dehumanized society, echoing themes of displacement and rootlessness.
- The single was produced by oddworld’s Minhtendo and Alexis Troy, who said they were moved by the pain and honesty in his voice despite not speaking Turkish.
- ‘Dünya Garip’ arrives about a month after Netflix’s Babo – Die Haftbefehl‑Story, which Netflix reports was streamed 5.9 million times in its first 13 days.
- Haftbefehl’s renewed visibility has lifted his numbers, with over five million monthly Spotify listeners and nine older songs re-entering Germany’s Top 100.
- He resumed live shows in Osnabrück and Gießen and told fans he is clean, urging the audience to stay off drugs.