“Feel the Rain” sets lyrics of pain, guilt and shame from the Corona crisis against music meant to lift. The single and its video came out on 2 October 2026.
Since the late 70s, the Frankfurt area has heard Berthold Kusserow’s songs through a number of bands, among them “Construction” and, most recently, the “Sound Wizzards”. The latest single, “Feel the Rain”, arrived on 2 October 2026 through MusicHub, with a music video released alongside it. Kusserow files it under soft rock and progressive rock, and names 70s and 80s soft rock classics as the inspiration behind the songwriting.
The single is dedicated to all victims of the Corona crisis. By the songwriter’s own account, the lyrics work through pain, grief, anger, guilt and shame tied to that period, while the music is meant to carry an energetic and uplifting mood. The rain of the title is a metaphor for a wish to heal the wounds and to come together again. The dedication itself runs long: it reaches from the people who died to the children who lost years of carefree childhood, and on to anyone who feels guilt, shame or regret for what they did or said. Pointing that material upward rather than letting it sink is the braver choice, and I think the right one, because a grief song that only mourns tends to leave the listener exactly where it found them. “Music can be a healer,” Kusserow says. “I hope that this song will help just a little bit to heal wounds that still hurt and to make whole what was broken.”
The song is written in A minor at 90 bpm. Over the last two years Kusserow has refined the style through work with artists and producers in three places: Dani Macchi in Rome, Etienne Pelosoff in Paris and “Hubi” Hofmann in the greater Munich area. The cover artwork is by Siofra Millem.
Kusserow remains an independent songwriter based in Frankfurt, and the video went up the same day as the single. Play “Feel the Rain” on Spotify, then watch the video.
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