We thought they’d let us do what we wanted, but they kept pushing us to be more generic.’ Ninja added: ‘They have this term: “Reach out.” ‘The only thing they really want is to make more of what’s already popular.

It’s gonna be on!” Then the truth is they move like a slow turtle. You think you sign with a major label and it’s gonna be bumpin’.

‘These record companies are a certain kind of machine and we weren’t able to function in it. In an interview with Spin, Yolandi said: ‘Leaving Interscope was not a personal thing. The duo then released the EP 5, their first official release on a major label and it also was a hit online.Īfter joining the 2011 Big Day Out circuit with M.I.A., they left Interscope over a dispute about their upcoming album and the lead single, Fok Julie Naaiers. Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord performs during day two of the Coachella Festival in 2010įollowing the success of this video, Die Antwoord signed with Interscope Records and went on to perform at Coachella in 2010 before touring.

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