Frederike Berendsen - vocals, charango, composition
Julian Bohn - piano, fender rhodes, backing vocals
Caris Hermes - double bass
Lukas "Bobby" Büning - drums

FRÉ's new program Nature’s Songs, which will be released on CD in June, is about the love and appreciation we feel for planet Earth and all life on it.

This cycle of ten songs, all inspired by different aspects of nature, aims to share our love and appreciation, and to raise awareness of the environment that surrounds us all.

For us, it feels like awareness of the wonders of our planet is needed more now than ever before. Nowadays, the world is changing so fast that we don’t take time to sincerely appreciate our surroundings, especially nature. It seems that since we’re not fully aware of its beauty and significance anymore, we’re spoiling it, more rapidly every day.

With the songs of this album, we hope to show you, the listener, how fundamentally fascinating and amazing different aspects of nature are, how they work together, how they keep each other alive, and what we can learn from them.

Reflecting our beliefs, this album product will be as "green" as possible. For example, we are going to print everything on eco-friendly paper and aim to use a minimum of plastics in all of our merchandise.

Our music is inspired by all of these thoughts. We want to play music that reflects our time and our thoughts as young adults. We hope that our songs will pass on the joy that we experienced while working on them, and make the listener think, wonder and smile.

Nature´s Songs

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Lyrics:

Your soul rose unexpectedly
But you knew, you wanted to fly
Like a caterpillar
Impatient to become a butterfly

Transformation gave you wings
No crawling up staircases no elevators
But wings to fly off to freedom

Don't fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere
Don't fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere

I hope to rise in this life
Not by passing on to the next

Don't fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere
Don't fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere

But i grow weary sometimes
At those times, I need you most
To hold my heavy heart
Refill my life's force
Light a flame so I can see
Where to place my feet
While I wade my way
Through the dark

Remind me
Not to fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere
Don't fear the shadows
They just mean there's a light shining somewhere

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vocals & electric guitar Frederike Berendsen, 
piano & synth Julian Bohn, 
synthezisers & background vocals Devon Yesberger, 
acoustic bass Caris Hermes, 
drums Lukas „Bobby“ Büning
additional drums Jordan Rose

Recorded & mixed by Steffen Lütke at Fattoria Musica Osnabrück
Mastered by Robin Schmidt, 2496 Mastering Karlsruhe

Artwork by: Lukas "Bobby" Büning

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#FRÉ #WERISE #LYRICS
We are FRÉ: 
Frederike Berendsen - Vocals, Guitar
Caris Hermes - Double Bass 
Julian Bohn - Piano, Synths
Lukas "Bobby" Büning - Drums

WE RISE When We Lift Each Other Up

Metamorphosis [SINGLE]

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LYRICS:

Do you remember when we first met 
I was half your age and half your height 
Do you remember when we all crammed in the backseat 
Teaching each other how to speak 

Do you remember when Cobe would dance to make it rain 
And Anna would stand in it's drops, washing her worries away 
Do you remember how in love our parents were 
Loving each other was easy so we could see them soar 

When you trust the wind 
You will find land 
When you trust the fire 
The forest will grow again, grow again 

Do you remember how our four hands ran the keys 
For hours and hours on end 
Do you remember when we'd walk through the woods 
Hearing the frog choir sing, whispering our dreams 
Or jumping on the trampoline in the pouring rain 
Do you remember feeling clean and so, so sane 
Do you remember how their love grew and changed 

When you trust the wind 
You will find land 
When you trust the fire 
The forest will grow again, grow again 

Do you remember when we never stopped sweating in New Orleans 
Scribbling in notebooks, while the ice cubes disappeared in our drinks 
Because neither of us can avoid the words we need to sing 
‘Cause music is family 

Our blood is not the same, but what runs through it is 
It's the will to sing pain, straight from our hearts, 
Love shining through our eyes 
Can't close our mouths, because the voice is so, so human 
To sing is to celebrate 

Do you remember when we wrote this song 
Let's keep our memory strong

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vocals & electric guitar Frederike Berendsen, 
vocals Asher Danziger,
keys Devon Yesberger,
bass guitar Seth Tackaberry

Recorded & mixed by Steffen Lütke at Fattoria Musica Osnabrück
Mastered by Robin Schmidt, 2496 Mastering Karlsruhe

Artwork by: Lukas "Bobby" Büning

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#FRÉ #WERISE #LYRICS
We are FRÉ: 
Frederike Berendsen - Vocals, Guitar
Caris Hermes - Double Bass 
Julian Bohn - Piano, Synths
Lukas "Bobby" Büning - Drums

Eight Years (feat. Asher Danziger & Seth Tackaberry)

Eight Years (feat. Asher Danziger & Seth Tackaberry) [SINGLE]

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Lyrics:

hold onto my wings 
I’ll take you with me 
we’ll soar high above the town 
possibilities with no end 

fly, fly, fly, fly 
I’ll take you with me 

we’ll go on journeys that were never walked 
we’ll go to places that we’ve never been 
we’re flying high above the sorrow 
where our heart can be free and rest 

alive, alive, alive, alive 
I’ll take you with me 

we’ll fly in the day 
at night under the stars 
we’ll fly in the wind 
in rays of sun when the day breaks 

alive, alive, alive, alive 
i’ll take you with me 

hold onto my wings 
and I’ll teach you to fly 
hold onto my wings 
and I’ll teach you to fly 

fly, fly, fly, fly 
free to love
credits
from WE RISE When We Lift Each Other Up, released October 4, 2019
Composer: Jerry Danziger 
Produced by FRÉ 
Co-Produced by Steffen Lütke 


Band: 

Frederike Berendsen - vocals, electric guitar 
Julian Bohn - piano 
Caris Hermes - acoustic bass 
Lukas “Bobby” Büning - drums 
Jerry Danziger - vocals, acoustic guitar 


Recorded & mixed by Steffen Lütke at Fattoria Musica, Osnabrück 
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe

Hold on to My Wings (feat. Jerry Danziger)

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Lyrics:

i pray to you, to ask your advice 
to tell me what i already know deep inside 
please lend me the strength to change 
what can be changed 
and please lend me the strength to bear 
what can’t be changed 
and please lend me the wisdom 
to differentiate 

you’ve seen love before 
but told me it was no more 
than a raindrop in the endless sea 
compared to our love 
you said “if this is not what brings purpose to my life 
nothing else is” 

but you see the splinter in my eye 
while you can’t see the beam, blocking your own sight 
you hurt me so bad, wounded me so deep 
but i can’t let it go unsaid 

that our love is stronger than our heads 
you keep me in such tight grip, till i go mad 

twenty-eight years past 
now we both know what we struggled for 
it’s these two lights 
that now grace the world 

we filled the voids in both our hearts 
now we may rest yet far apart 
but we knew love 
deep deep love 

and i wouldn’t have signed off 
even had i known, what I signed up for...
credits
from WE RISE When We Lift Each Other Up, released October 4, 2019
Composer: Frederike Berendsen 
Produced by FRÉ 
Co-Produced by Devon Yesberger & Steffen Lütke 


Band: 

Frederike Berendsen - vocals, electric guitar 
Julian Bohn - piano, synth, vocoder 
Caris Hermes - acoustic bass 
Lukas “Bobby” Büning - drums, percussion 
Jordan Rose, drums, percussion 
Devon Yesberger - keyboards, synth, background vocals 


Recorded & mixed by Steffen Lütke at Fattoria Musica, Osnabrück 
Additional keyboards and background vocals recorded by Devon Yesberger in Babberich 
Additional drums recorded by Jordan Rose in Brooklyn, NY 
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe

No Mud, No Lotus [SINGLE]

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Lyrics:

let’s connect 
in our humanity 
let’s connect 
in kindness 
let’s connect 
as an antidote 
for the fear 
that suffocates 

hate that festers 
in hurting hearts 
let’s heal 
the pain 
carried through generations 
of emphasizing our differences 

let’s come to terms 
with our ancestors 
through the wisdom 
of today 

let us rise 
to the understanding 
that we are 
Family 

WE RISE, when we lift each other up


credits
from WE RISE When We Lift Each Other Up, released October 4, 2019
Composer: Frederike Berendsen 
Produced by FRÉ 
Co-Produced by Devon Yesberger & Steffen Lütke

Band:

Frederike Berendsen - vocals
Julian Bohn - piano, synth 
Caris Hermes - acoustic bass 
Lukas “Bobby” Büning - drums, percussion 
Jordan Rose, drums, percussion 
Devon Yesberger - keyboards, synth

Recorded & mixed by Steffen Lütke at Fattoria Musica, Osnabrück 
Additional keyboards and background vocals recorded by Devon Yesberger in Babberich 
Additional drums recorded by Jordan Rose in Brooklyn, NY 
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe

We Rise When We Lift Each Other Up [SINGLE]

FRÉ takes you on a journey of intimate rawness. Merging progressive alt-pop with jazz-infused folk and living out their love for stunning visuals and interdisciplinary concepts, FRÉ creates a social musical experience designed to grow in concert.

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