The musician Zoe Wees comes from a problem area in Hamburg and has now released her debut album. But she has long been a global star, at 21 years old. This is not without consequences
Thembi Wolf
Zoe Wees imagined from an early age what it would be like to one day be a global star. That was when she was sitting at school in Hamburg’s problem district of Dulsberg, secretly listening to music with an Airpod in her ear and hoping not to get to it. “I always said: At some point you’ll see me everywhere. I’m going to be good,” says Wees today.