Faber

Faber, born Julian Pollina in 1993 in Switzerland, is a Swiss singer-songwriter who emerged in the mid-2010s with a distinctive blend of chanson, folk, rock and pop. His debut album Sei ein Faber im Wind established him as a strikingly mature voice, delivering deeply personal and often melancholic lyrics with an unusually forceful, theatrical vocal delivery for someone so young.

His music draws on a rich instrumental palette — trombones, strings, guitars and piano — giving his songs a cinematic, almost orchestral quality that sets him apart from typical singer-songwriter fare. Tracks like «Vivaldi» and «Das Boot ist voll» showcase his ability to move between tender introspection and biting social commentary, often addressing themes of loneliness, excess and disillusionment with contemporary life.

Faber writes primarily in Swiss-inflected German, positioning him within a wave of German-language artists who brought literary, confessional songwriting back into the pop mainstream. His work has been noted for sounding wise beyond his years, pairing youthful raw energy with the gravity of a much older storyteller.