From Zeit · 2022 · Track 6
Ok
«OK (short for "Ohne Kondom")»
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In context
The title isn't the English “OK”: it is the abbreviation of “Ohne Kondom”. The subject is announced in the title itself.
- Sex
- Coded title
- Rescued outtake
- Origin
- From “Zeit” (2022), but recorded in 2018 — two years before the rest of the album — at the same Studio La Fabrique.
- The German key
- “Ok” reads like the international word and means something else: it is the abbreviation of “Ohne Kondom”, without a condom. There is no possible ambiguity.
- What the band has said
- The band has not confirmed where the recording comes from.
- Live
- No record of live performances in the sources consulted.
Our reading
A production detail suggests it is older than it looks: according to RammWiki, the choir credits match those of the 2019 album, for which the band recorded 16 songs and released 11. Everything points to it being one of the outtakes, rescued three years later to complete “Zeit”.
The archive's interpretation, not an official account.
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A title that’s an acronym
The title isn’t shorthand for anything in English: it stands for “Ohne Kondom” — “without a condom.” There’s no ambiguity there; the lyric’s subject is announced right in the title.
One production detail suggests the song is older than it looks: it was recorded in 2018, two years before the rest of Zeit, at the same Studio La Fabrique. According to RammWiki, the choir credits match those of the self-titled 2019 album — for which the band recorded 16 songs total, only 11 of which made the final cut. Everything points to “Ok” being one of the leftovers, rescued three years later to round out Zeit.
Context
Sixth track on Zeit, released 29 April 2022. It was never a single.
Notes by Rammstein Colombia, for the purpose of analysis. The original lyrics belong to their authors and are not reproduced in this entry.