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Nina Chuba Cuts Ties With Part of Her Family Over AfD-Aligned Views

The pop singer says pressure around her newly released second album led her to begin therapy.

Overview

  • In an interview with Der Spiegel, she said she ended contact with some relatives in East Germany over political views she rejects and stated, "I am absolutely against the AfD."
  • Chuba said she will not show "false tolerance" toward those positions, setting politics as a clear boundary in close relationships.
  • The 26-year-old grew up in Wedel near Hamburg, and her parents are from Saxony-Anhalt, a state where the AfD polls strongly.
  • Her breakthrough came with 2022’s "Wildberry Lillet," which has surpassed 200 million Spotify streams; she has about 1.2 million TikTok followers and 5.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
  • She criticized the intensified scrutiny of successful women in music, citing coverage of Taylor Swift and debates around author Caroline Wahl while contrasting treatment of Sebastian Fitzek.