On September 8, 2025, the third single "The Zirkel vom Life" from the new RONG KONG KOMA album "Smile" will be released on Friday via Rookie/Indigo/The Orchard.
Listen here: https://youtu.be/J14Fe21-v3M
Work-life balance? Eight hours of work, eight hours of leisure, eight hours of sleep. That's what the textbook says.
With "The Zirkel vom Life," Rong Kong Koma releases a song that feels like a slogan on repeat.
Eight hours of grinding, eight hours of drinking, eight hours of coma sleep.
An anthem to the absurdity of a life that knows no escape. To a system that reduces people to function. At once a motor and a cage.
The song is a conversation with oneself, a mantra, and a dead end all in one: "And what are you doing?"
What initially sounds like an absurd, almost humorous refrain quickly reveals itself to be a distressing inventory: "My head is about to explode." More diagnosis than punchline.
The piece sounds like an endless loop and loss of control, like the eternity of a Monday morning. A repetition that burns itself into your mind until it hurts.
DIY produced in their own Berlin studio, released through Rookie Records.
Live:
18.09.25 Magdeburg, Bluenote *
19.09.25 Salzwedel, Crazy World *
20.09.25 Potsdam, Nowawes *
27.09.25 Berlin, Franken (Record Release Party)
09.10.25 Lollar, Kultur Bahnhof
10.10.25 Duisburg, Indie
11.10.25 Münster, Heile Welt
24.10.25 Nürtingen, Provisorium
25.10.25 Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg (+ Slime & 24/7 Diva Heaven)
30.10.25 Frankfurt, Feinstaub
31.10.25 Ulm, Kradhalle
01.11.25 Freiburg, Slow Club
15.11.25 Hamburg, Gängeviertel
29.11.25 Cottbus, Comikaze (+ Zach Mathieu)
* with Peppone
Listen here: https://youtu.be/J14Fe21-v3M
Work-life balance? Eight hours of work, eight hours of leisure, eight hours of sleep. That's what the textbook says.
With "The Zirkel vom Life," Rong Kong Koma releases a song that feels like a slogan on repeat.
Eight hours of grinding, eight hours of drinking, eight hours of coma sleep.
An anthem to the absurdity of a life that knows no escape. To a system that reduces people to function. At once a motor and a cage.
The song is a conversation with oneself, a mantra, and a dead end all in one: "And what are you doing?"
What initially sounds like an absurd, almost humorous refrain quickly reveals itself to be a distressing inventory: "My head is about to explode." More diagnosis than punchline.
The piece sounds like an endless loop and loss of control, like the eternity of a Monday morning. A repetition that burns itself into your mind until it hurts.
DIY produced in their own Berlin studio, released through Rookie Records.
Live:
18.09.25 Magdeburg, Bluenote *
19.09.25 Salzwedel, Crazy World *
20.09.25 Potsdam, Nowawes *
27.09.25 Berlin, Franken (Record Release Party)
09.10.25 Lollar, Kultur Bahnhof
10.10.25 Duisburg, Indie
11.10.25 Münster, Heile Welt
24.10.25 Nürtingen, Provisorium
25.10.25 Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg (+ Slime & 24/7 Diva Heaven)
30.10.25 Frankfurt, Feinstaub
31.10.25 Ulm, Kradhalle
01.11.25 Freiburg, Slow Club
15.11.25 Hamburg, Gängeviertel
29.11.25 Cottbus, Comikaze (+ Zach Mathieu)
* with Peppone
