Aaron Koenig Releases Soul Anthem About Transforming Disturbing Emotions
Aaron Koenig makes music about spiritual topics that rocks and grooves.
His newest single is a soul anthem about disturbing emotions and how to transform them into wisdom. It is built on a driving drum beat, a pulsating bass line and a Motown-style brass section.
Listen to it here! Watch the Music Video!
“In Buddhism you don’t see emotions like anger, greed or jealousy as ‘sins’”, but as raw material for enlightenment,” explains Aaron. “When you observe an emotion coming up in your mind but do not react to it, it will transform into its corresponding wisdom. As soon as you take the ego out of it, what has been a problem before becomes light and easy. ”
The song has a very happy, uplifting energy, although its verses just list up negative emotions. But the chorus says: Welcome your emotions, they are wisdom in disguise. Every time you laugh at them you get a bit more wise.
“I like the contrast of singing about anger, fear and frustration on this happy melody,” says Aaron. “I hope that when listening to my song people will take their emotions less seriously.”
The music video mostly consists of type animation, but also shows a Buddhist stupa in Andalusia and Aaron singing at the beach in Málaga, shot with a small camera.
Aaron Koenig writes catchy songs for people who like meaningful, uplifting themes and guitar-driven, handmade sounds. His songs have been streamed more than 400,000 times on Spotify since May 2024. His most popular music track Death! has more than 90,000 Spotify streams, its music video has more than 90,000 views on YouTube.
Here is an interview with Aaron Koenig.
