German producer Phil The Beat attained his moniker because he always had a special gift to “feel the beat”. Renowned international artists such Akon, Flo Rida, or Shawn Desman as well as popular German artists like Mark Forster, Mike Singer, and Mandy Capristo will confirm this after having had their songs produced by the producer with the distinctive ginger beard. Now, Blümchen alias Jasmin Wagner joins the ranks, because Phil The Beat has beamed her unforgotten 1995 hit “Herz an Herz” to the year 2020, enriched with his very personal producer touch.

The connection between Phil The Beat and Jasmin Wagner is not a coincidental one: they met at an afterparty one and a half years ago. “Subsequently, we caught up to talk about musical projects and clicked right from the get-go”, recalls Phil. Since he grew up with the music of the 90’s, he came up with an idea one day: why not re-record “Heart To Heart”, given Jasmin gave her blessing? “I’ve loved the song since I was young and have a lot of fond memories connected to it”, he shares. “Whenever I hear the music, I feel like I’m going back to a special time. A bit like magic, really.”

Speaking of magic: the new version has plenty of that. Combining the best of two worlds, it fuses Phil’s keen sense of melancholic, dark, energetic beats with Blümchen’s hit that hasn’t lost any of its radiant power 25 years down the line. That goes for Jasmin Wagner as well who made a point of appearing in the official video for the song. “She just has this incredibly likeable, great personality. She’s bursting with energy and pulls through whatever she sets out to do”, Phil gushes about Wagner, who he’s become close friends with by now.

“Heart To Heart” marks Phil The Beat’s debut as a lead artist and his first release on Warner Music. In the social media, the Cologne-based musician has a strong following already, with 79k followers on Instagram and 42k followers on TikTok.