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Mia Aegerter’s “Hie u jetzt”: Film, Dialect and the Present
Mia Aegerter’s “Hie u jetzt” brings acting and singing together in one project. She appeared in the 2003 film Achtung, fertig, Charlie! and sang its self-written theme. The face on screen and the recorded voice belong to the same person. For someone encountering the song through the film, recognising a character and discovering a singer can begin together.
Mia Aegerter - Hie u jetzt (Videoclip)
The Face and Voice a Film Preserves
Being a film theme attaches specific memories to a song. An actor’s face and scenes from the work join whatever atmosphere its title suggests. Aegerter’s authorship adds another role. She supplies a voice to the project while also being the musician who wrote its theme.
These overlapping roles make the song more than an accessory to the film. Her time on screen and the work of composing cannot both be fully visible, but they connect through one name. Seeking out the theme afterwards can lead from recognising a familiar face to encountering a musician’s work.
Naming the Present in Dialect
The song is also presented as “Right Here Right Now”. An English rendering of the brief Swiss German expression makes its meaning immediately available to unfamiliar listeners. Keeping the dialect title carries its linguistic origin with it. The two names indicate the same thing while providing different entrances.
That linguistic position also matters within Aegerter’s career. SRF distinguishes her early dialect recordings from later work in standard German. “Hie u jetzt” preserves both that early language and its film connection. It belongs to a particular year, while its title can point to the listener’s present location. Words identifying where a song comes from also name the moment in which it is heard.
Music and production information
SRF: MusicStar official press materials ↗ · SRF Swissmade: Mia Aegerter interview ↗