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THIS MOVIE CONTAINS DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE

OF A BAND FROM THE HAGUE CALLED GOLDBAND

FILMED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2025

-How are you? -Hey.

-Three minutes until the show. -Yes.

Where's limpy?

What's up?

Three guys who had a dream.

-Where is it? -In the dressing room.

Just put it in there, just off-center.

We're going to do it, guys.

We're doing it.

...want to wrap things up, together with all of you.

Everyone here has contributed to their dream.

Look around you, to the left and to the right.

We're the ones creating this world.

We're the ones making the past.

We are writing history together.

One thing I know for sure: these guys are going to give it their all.

Each time they perform, but especially here.

Three guys who will live for you, and even die a little bit for you.

-Come on. -Lowlands.

Are you ready for three guys

who might just be having the best moment of their lives?

Are you ready to share that moment?

Usually, dreams only ever stay dreams.

You go first.

Lowlands, the first time they were in the small Sexyland tent in the back

but now they're back. It's 2022.

Give it up for Goldband.

-Let's get it. -Let's get it, man.

Goldband Until we break

Fuck yeah.

Fuck yes.

-Fuck yes. -Fuck yes.

Lowlands, it's time to go wild.

I pretend it doesn't bother me But I am broken

I don't want to be too dramatic But I need you

This isn't just a moment, it's forever.

It belongs to all of us together. Here they are...

This is an emergency

Karel.

Come and help me out

This is an emergency

Boaz.

It's all gotten out of hand

One one two

Milo.

Nine one one

One one two, help me please

This is the place where Goldband not only came to bring us music

but also a small part of their lives.

Just settle down.

Everyone has found their places, everyone knows where they should be.

And by that I mean here.

You know that you have to make choices in life.

Are you ready to receive a small part of the life of Milo, Karel, and Boaz?

Are you ready to take a piece of them, to touch a part of them?

Are you ready to take a piece of them and take it home with you?

Give a hand for Milo, Karel, and Boaz of Goldband.

Fuck yes.

ONE MINUTE AFTER LOWLANDS 2022

-I love you. -I love you, sweeties.

-What the fuck. -What the fuck was this?

What the beep!

-Amazing, what was that? -I literally didn't know...

I literally did not know what was happening sometimes.

-I ripped something. -I saw.

It was hilarious. Where are we going?

THREE YEARS AGO

SEXYLAND STAGE 2019

Hey. Who are you and what are you about to do?

We're about to perform, we're Goldband.

We're going to raise the roof.

We love Sexyland, our friends, our loved ones, and our families.

We're a boy band. We're an actual facts boy band, live.

Shot into space

André Kuipers, unstoppable

Wubbo Ockels

I'm a Milky Way Troubadour

With a titanium helmet And a velvet suit

I'm going much faster Than the speed of light

You're very interesting subjects.

I wanted to film you guys.

Can I film you now?

AT BOAZ' HOUSE FIRST RECORDINGS

You think you're going to make it big with Goldband, right?

Yes.

You know, you do what you set your mind to.

If you believe you're going to make it big

you chase that goal, and you'll succeed.

That's what I think and what I truly believe.

I thought it was amazing to use your imagination to become someone else.

It was like drowning in other universes.

I'm already dreading tomorrow

I'm already dreading tomorrow

Uber, uber, uber driver

Where are you taking me?

Uber, uber, uber driver

Where are you taking me?

Yo, welcome to Flattened TV.

With your hosts, Milo Driessen and Karel Gerlach.

We've just flattened things out.

We were really into the music and emotions, making amazing music.

But then we snorted something and that ruined everything.

Yeah.

-We managed to outdo ourselves again. -Perfect.

Will you be able to sleep after you go home, Karel?

I thought that one would make an amazing song for a music festival.

Yes.

It's finished but we haven't released it yet. Yes.

Um, ours.

Oh, but you mean...

Our question was if you'd take a festival track from a random act.

What do you see in him when he's working on that?

BOAZ' PARTNER

Maybe it's a way to blow off steam, or perhaps

it's just his energy. I don't know, he just wants to perform.

He just wants to sing and make music and this is just his creative...

I can just see how much he loves it.

He loves seeing all those people enjoying his music.

Plus, I don't know if he's always gotten that recognition...

I don't know.

Okay, I'll take a look.

Okay, that'd be fun. Yes, right.

Yes, will do.

MILO AT A JOB

Look, there he is. Look at him.

-Hello, sir. -Have you been working alone all day?

No, Max is also here, he's just super quiet.

-Quiet as a mouse? -Yeah, he's in the other room.

He's also working here?

-Looks good, these walls. There he is. -They're so smooth.

-Hey. -Hey, Boaz.

-How are you? -Great.

-And you? -Good. I'm just...

-Making a video. -Yeah.

Well, I've patched up all the walls.

As a kid, you don't really tell your parents: I want to be a plasterer.

It's not a dream to chase, it's just something that pays the bills.

If I need to keep being a plasterer, that's fine, but...

I'd prefer to do this, to make music.

When I think about it, dream about it, the sky's the limit.

It's made a lot of things clearer.

It was also a distraction from things in my life that weren't great.

Family stuff, I could always find my escape in that dream.

-Do you ever shout down at girls? -Yes, often.

Do you have a dream, something you want to achieve with your music?

I want to make a living doing music.

-How do you make a living now? -I help my brother move stuff.

He has his own moving company

and sometimes I help him out for moves.

-Lugging stuff around. -Exactly.

You do what you've got to do. I have no choice.

As a child, I didn't want to be rich.

I didn't really think about that part, I just imagined myself on a stage.

I can still remember some of the dreams I had about it.

Being in a music venue with strobe lighting, moving around

so it looked like I was a robot, because the lights were flashing so fast.

That made me so happy, so I started making music.

I didn't recognize myself anymore, that was quite scary.

What does Scheveningen mean to you?

I feel so at home here.

-Are you guys YouTubers? -Yeah man, we're vloggers, bro.

What kind of YouTubers are you?

No, I'm super famous, they're making a documentary about me.

-What are you famous for? -Don't you know who I am?

-No idea. -Do you know who this guy is?

-Don't you know who I am? You do? -Yeah, of course.

-Here, look. -Yeah, man.

-A yoyoer. No, no. -That's not what you do?

No, I'm a musician. But I'm not that famous.

With my dad, we had to move around a lot.

So this place was the stable part of my life.

My mother was here, this was home.

The fridge was stocked, everything was chill.

She always told me... Or well, she took care of me.

For a long time, I wasn't able to look after myself.

MOM

Did you get that done after she passed?

-Or did you have it already? -I got it when she was sick.

When you laugh, I laugh with you Your laugh ignites me

...with you, what I want to be

You and I can go places...

...want to be

That was the song that we sang for our mother, Leontien.

She passed away on 16 February 2018.

We had a party at PIP in her honor.

And I sang that song.

With my sister and my brother

and my dad.

The beautiful thing about it was that we already had mixed feelings.

It was very sad, but it was also a celebration of life.

We all knew Leo wouldn't have wanted everyone to sit around grieving.

She would want people to chase joy.

That's where I met Boaz, I didn't know him before that.

I had known Milo for quite some time already.

That's where it started, which is lovely in its own way.

After that performance, I was pretty energized.

I was sitting at one of the picnic tables with Boaz and Karel.

We talked about music and what we wanted out of life.

Karel said that's what he really wanted to do, make music.

If we do this, we all have to give it our all and go full throttle.

We need to agree on that and just go for it.

It was a classic loser garage band, you know?

Just three guys who had a dream.

What's this? Did you add that?

No, just listen. It's cool.

"Witte Was" was one of our first projects.

It only has eight tracks, which is not a lot when you're producing a song.

We wanted to make a song about Scheveningen

and the last day of summer.

Hanging one last load of white laundry out to dry because it's warm out.

Make sure you don't stretch out all those E's. Try and edit some of them.

The leaves are falling from the trees

I can't believe the summer is gone

Doing it one last time One final load of whites

-Again. -But the first part was good.

It's a celebration of the last day of summer.

You're hanging your whites out to dry one last time.

But because we added the sentence 'why is coke so expensive'

it turned into a song about drugs.

Why is coke so fucking expensive?

It was just that one sentence. I remember Karel being like: no, we can't.

But we left it in, we were like: we'll just keep it in for now.

Maybe we'll change it later.

Why is coke so expensive?

Why is coke so fucking expensive?

Why is coke so expensive?

Why is coke so fucking expensive?

One final load of whites

The leaves are falling from the trees

I can't believe the summer is gone

One last day outside

Doing it one last time One final load of whites

If you get stuck on an island with a group of people, you form a bond.

The name says we've got a bond, we're a band.

The name implies we're golden, that we're good.

Boaz came up with Goldband. It's a type of plaster.

We saw it lying there. We didn't use it every day, we used another brand.

We had the agreement if we all put our hands in

it would be a fact.

Three hands went in, boom.

That moment was so powerful.

In your life, you don't know what will happen when you follow your gut.

You never know what your decisions will lead to.

I'd really like to start having kids, but you know...

only if we have everything sorted.

And right now, you don't think he has his life sorted out?

No, we still get letters from debt collectors.

I have letters from the bailiff.

The first time he was behind it was 75 euro.

Now we're at 124 euro.

Please transfer the money within five days of this date.

-You've got debt. -Yes, but it's fine now.

I have a new payment plan and it's not that much anymore.

Why that loneliness?

I am, I was, and I will be

REHEARSAL SPACE IN SCHEVENINGEN

This is my city My squad, you know what

This is my city My squad, you know what

This is my city My squad, you know what

This is my beer

Your beer, I finished mine

My beer is gone, is gone, is gone

This is my city My squad, you know what

This is my city...

The beer is downstairs.

-Isn't it? Shall we get some? -Sure, I'd like another.

He wants to show off his new Harley Davidson.

-We've finished with Karel's part. -Yeah.

It was supposed to be there last week.

I don't remember quite how it went.

WIEGER'S STUDIO

I think I went to Wieg's place for an evening.

I was like: wow, you have a full-on studio and know a lot about music.

One, two. One, two, three, four.

We were in the studio like: wow, this guy

has the experience and skills to help us along.

This is Wieger. We're in your studio. Can you show us something?

I was very impressed. It was a real music studio.

I'd never been in a professional music studio before.

You're so good at playing piano, Wieg.

-Did you know that? -No.

Did you know that? Did you know you're a musician?

-I knew that. -You did?

-What else do you know? -I don't know yet.

And what else are you, Wieger?

What do you think?

-Party! -Yes.

I just thought: how fun, this is awesome.

I immediately vibed with them.

Good conversations, making great music together.

I wanted to do it more often.

Come, come with me

I say: come, come with me

We've been having a great time, everyone is a little drunk.

Does that have to be there?

The first time they came here, they put on sunglasses, took off their shirts

and they were like, "turn on the mic, Wieg." I was like: whoa, what is this?

These guys really have something to say, I love that.

And they're funny about it, too.

-Wieg, how did it go? -It was great.

Do you think you'll remember the basics tomorrow?

-Yes, we recorded it. -We did.

I'll send it to you, so you'll know.

Cool. I'll send it to you guys as well, of course.

Of course.

Hey.

Here, your sauce.

I get that to him, it was something completely new, like: hang on...

these guys are like, super unruly.

But together they're like, wow, I want to be a part of that, what the fuck.

Once upon a time, they were plasterers.

But last year, they decided to try something new and they started a band.

I have with me the three members of the Hague-based band Goldband.

Klaas, Boaz, Milo, accompanied by Wieger on the guitar.

And the music the guys make is... what is it?

-It's Karel, actually. -What did I say?

-Klaas. -This is Goldband with "Ja ja nee nee."

Alright.

I said: come, come with me

I said: come, come with me It was like...

I have the feeling that in those six months, you've upgraded a lot.

You have a guitar player now, you're here. Does it feel like that to you?

Yes, it's amazing to hang out with these guys every day, along with Wieger

who is more than just a guitarist.

He's an amazing help, so yeah...

-We're experiencing a lot of growth. -Absolutely, and that feels really good.

We were like next summer is going to be sick.

I wasn't worried about the rent. I was like, "babe, everything will be alright."

Next year I'll have a Jaguar.

Then Covid happened, and we were like: fuck.

I don't want this, so do something

Where are we going to be able to live?

The energy...

Events across the country with more than 100 people are being cancelled.

Concert halls, theaters...

You wonder to yourself: is this really happening?

This is an emergency Come and help me out

One one two

One one two

One one two

One one two

-Well, yesterday... -Yeah Boaz, what about yesterday?

Yesterday we got shitty news.

START OF THE LOCKDOWN

What do you want us to say? How about you tell us what you think about it?

Here, give it here. Tell us what you think.

70,000 euro, guys, that we're losing out on.

This was going to be our breakthrough, we were going to peak.

-Maybe Boaz can kiss it better. -No, that's not allowed.

-Right, on top of everything else. -Yeah.

This is day 35, guys.

He's doing something.

Oh yeah.

Fuck, this is going to be a hit. Yes.

Finally, Wieger on stage.

Urgent, urgent. What Karel hummed.

Intention. -And I do...

I feel powerless

What can still comfort me?

I'm holding my breath Is this a new beginning?

When I go Go away

It sucks, not being able to perform, but it was also good for us.

It did have a silver lining, which was our album.

That happened because of Covid, really.

What are your plans going forward is what I'd like to know?

-Release new music. -More songs, that will come out later.

We can't say too much about that yet.

And just hanging out with one another and making a lot of music.

Yeah, let's do a barbeque. That'd be fun.

We're back at it, guys, all together.

That you tell me Let it go

Let it rest, let it be

Not everything needs to be explained

-Nice. -I don't like it. It's so impersonal.

Don't you think so? Do you like it?

I think it sounds cool.

This for you, do you see it too That I'm doing what...

I wrote it for my mom.

This is for you...

I wrote most of the chorus myself.

And I really sang it for her.

This is for you, do you see it too That I'm doing what I promised to do

I want to show her I'm doing my best to take care of myself.

What don't you like about the chorus?

I just don't understand the lyrics when I hear them on their own.

-You often dislike that. -Yeah.

Often.

Do you get what he means?

If you check the lyrics of big hits, everything makes perfect sense

and you know exactly what they mean.

That's usually why those songs get popular in the first place.

It's hard for an audience to feel something if they don't understand it.

Yeah.

But it's not that complicated, I think.

What don't you get?

This is for you

At the time, I didn't understand it, and what it meant to him.

At a certain point, Milo said, "It's about my mother."

Milo's mother, who he lost.

That was paired with some pretty intense emotions.

Let it rest, let it be

Not everything needs to be explained

We're using creativity to get closure.

But this is the answer

This is for you, do you see it too

That I'm doing what I promised to do

This is for you, just for you

This is for you, you earned it

I fall and get up And don't take anything for granted

This for you

Goldband, which is another example of a band that made it big during Covid.

It was really like, we were so amazed at what was happening.

A lot of the themes might have resonated more with audiences

because they spoke to what became even more important during Covid.

The defiance, the pushing boundaries

and doing what you want to do and finally being able to escape.

Cheers.

BETAALBARE ROMANTIEK ALBUM DONE

Cheers.

This is the longest night of our life

We've earned it

The ideal post-pandemic freedom act.

For people between 20 and 25, that exact age range

it felt like they were singing about their lives.

You're inseparably linked to them

but are you officially a member of Goldband?

No, I'm the producer and MD, the musical director, of the band.

And I play with them for the live concerts.

But the three of them own the company Goldband

and we work together.

That means on the one hand, it's very fun

because I can do all kinds of other things without any consequences.

But on the other hand, it does feel a bit

like I'm not really part of things.

We're all in this together, we're a team.

Yes, the vocal.

Yes, vocal.

Yes, vocal channel 27.

Check, yes, vocal.

I think a lot of people, myself included, are looking forward to the first concert

or first show in a long while.

The fact that we can now lift that hard lockdown is great.

Mikey.

Mikey.

-Baka. -This is it.

This is it, right?

Oh my god.

Is this special, or no? Last time we talked we were...

Dude, this is what we've been waiting for.

We were deep in the lockdown back then.

Wow.

-I can see it. -You've already got it, right?

-Oh my god. -Are you already there?

Not on your life.

-Yes you are. -Not at all.

What do they mean?

They're saying I already did drugs.

If you're not happy with how the show went, then after you're done

for me at least, I feel like shit.

-Yeah? -Yes, even if the audience loved it.

Oh my god.

-That receipt for... -The receipt?

-The receipt. -The receipt. Yes?

-The one for the markers. -Yes, that one.

-You two are the managers? -Yes.

-We're doing manager stuff. -Dominique speaking.

Okay, he's got a phone call.

-Hey man, hey, sorry... -Mailing, texting, paying for stuff.

Do you have to do stuff with this information?

I can't, I'm at Paradiso with Goldband.

-Partially. -I'll call you back tomorrow.

-This is your number, right? -You won't believe it, but the guys

are pretty smart. We're here to make sure

all of that actually comes to fruition.

That's what we do, mostly.

We're mostly responsible for the visual side of things

-of the whole audio-visual experience. -Yeah.

From the get-go, we've had a say about everything except for the music.

We were there, we were a group of friends.

They were on stage and we did all the logistics.

For the first two years, all five of us invested time and money

without expecting to get anything back, per se.

-...that can be used in the set. -Okay, let's do it.

Milo, put that ball away, it's distracting.

-No, this helps me focus. -But everyone else can't focus now.

-You have the key. -You have the cable.

What's in there?

This bag has my necklaces and such.

Guys, guys. We often say this will last forever.

-But that's not true. -No.

This isn't something that will last forever.

-This is now. -Now.

We'll do it as long as we can. As long as we're able to do it, this is ours.

Let's fucking go.

One, two, three.

Let's go, let's fucking go.

Is this a new beginning?

When I go, go away When I go, go away

To save the world

What I do, what I do And I do what I have to

To fight for this world

-Yas. -Yes.

I'm releasing the tension.

Releasing my energy.

This is me letting go.

There we go.

A lovely girl did that for me.

She put grapes shaped like a heart on a plate for me. I kept it.

Now they're more like raisins.

It's been lying there for a few weeks.

She does a lot of those kinds of things. Like this, look.

When I go upstairs, she'll have cleaned my room a little.

I met her for the first time at the 3FM Awards.

We just clicked in the car. Yeah.

Artist

She was very funny.

-The spark. -The spark, well...

That took a while, but we did have a great time together.

-Are you official yet? -No. We're taking it slow.

-And a necklace? -Yeah.

I'll send you a Tikkie.

Boaz really likes that one.

Karel is the most attractive person to me because he's just such a lovely person.

He's so, I don't know.

I've never felt this way about someone before.

It just feels right.

And... I could say a bunch of stuff, but I don't know.

He's sweet and trustworthy and safe

and he's very sensitive, I really like that, it's... hang on.

-He's very sensitive. -Yes, he's a very sensitive guy.

And I'm pretty sensitive too.

And that's just really nice.

LOWLANDS 2022

FIRST SUMMER OF FESTIVALS AFTER COVID

Why is coke so expensive?

Why is coke so fucking expensive?

I don't want to be dramatic But I need you

This is an emergency Come and help me out

-Hey. -Hi.

-How are you? -I'm great.

-Yeah? -Let's get going.

Yeah. I don't know how to act. I'm looking forward to it so much.

It's like being a kid who knows he's going to a theme park, but worse...

Like it's his first time going on the big rollercoaster.

-How does it feel? -Good.

-Yes? -Yeah.

I'm here with Marja, Karel's mother. That makes it even better.

Let's see. This is her.

-Karel's mom. -Indeed I am.

-Ollie is filming a documentary about us. -How fun. I'm so proud of them.

I want...

That's Karel's mom. She's so sweet.

I wish my mother was here, too.

Would she love it?

Yeah... I really think so.

Okay, that's it.

You're on in fifteen minutes.

-We have to warm up out voices. -Yes, get on that.

Get the phone?

-Oh. -Someone, phone.

-Do you have a phone? -Oh, guys.

-What's it called again? -Vocal warm-up.

It's fine.

Let's go guys.

-Can I get a hell yeah? -Hell yeah.

-Hell yeah. -We really need a good show.

Oh yes.

Lowlands, how great that you're all here.

Good afternoon. I remember the three of them sitting in my office.

Energy, commitment, focus. Energy, commitment...

Lowlands Alpha 2022, give it up for

Goldband.

This is an emergency Come and help me out

This is an emergency It's all gotten out of hand

One one two Nine one one

One one two Help me please

Wieger Hoogendorp on guitar, ladies and gentlemen.

This is insane, just insane, what the fuck.

VISUAL ARTIST

I can see this whole fucking field is full of people.

That's why I'm singing this song just for you.

"Dit is voor jou".

This is for you, do you see it too

That I'm doing what I promised to do

This is for you

Just for you

This is for you, you earned it

I fall and get up And don't take anything for granted

This is for you

This is for you, mom

You ask me the question

I'd been dreading it

Perhaps it's too late

But this is the answer

This is for you, do you see it too

That I'm doing what I promised to do

This is for you

Just for you

This is for you, you earned it

I fall and get up And don't take anything for granted

This is for you

This is for you

MILO'S BROTHER

This is the answer

This is for you

This was great, and we'll keep at it.

Goldband, thank you.

Fuck yes.

Guys, Lowland in the pocket.

-I'm proud of you. It was great. -What the hell.

-What the fuck. -Give me a kiss.

-Great job. -What the hell, yo.

Can you pass this along?

-How are you? -Good.

-What did you think of it? -It was a kickass concert.

He's got a great booty, right?

No, it went perfectly.

Miel, it all went perfectly.

It went awesome.

Right?

You found Pim, didn't you? You got him.

I love you.

You got Pim good.

Mom saw you.

They call me crazy And say that I'm troubled

They call me crazy And think I am different

But am I really? Let me dance on the rainbow

They call me crazy

After our Lowlands show, things went so fast.

The show went great and was so awesome.

I'm honored that the hottest band from The Netherlands is joining me.

I was working on an album.

And I thought: I'd love to do a collaboration with Goldband.

We had a great day with those guys. We really meshed well.

We made a whole new song together, it's called "Stiekem".

It seriously blew up.

That was really good.

Love is in the air. Maan and Karel Gerlach, Goldband's lead singer...

are officially a couple.

In the room

Is the song about you two, Karel and Maan?

It is based on that, yeah.

It was about the phase we were in at the time.

-Goldband is going places, and fast. -Yes, it's an amazing band.

I think they're super talented.

It's too crowded in the room

To touch you

But my eyes find a way to talk to you

Without anyone seeing

You've won the Rigter award, "Stiekem" was the most played song on 3FM.

The winner is "Stiekem" by Maan, featuring Goldband.

The most important music awards in the Netherlands

the Edisons, have been awarded.

Wow, yeah. Best song, Maan. Congratulations.

They're shooting to the top, and they deserve it.

Maan and Goldband, "Stiekem".

Goldband was the big winner, with three prizes.

How do you feel about the last year? This was your big breakthrough.

It's super sick, we're so glad. We can't wait to do more.

After the first Lowlands show, everything moved so fast.

We can pay out this much and still have money left over for the company.

-And then she said... -Yes.

Hey babe, come over here. Hi.

My question to you is... will you say yes?

Yes or no?

You must be the busiest artists of this year, right?

-Is it too much? -Yes, way too much. Yeah.

They say, smiling.

They put out their first album and it explodes.

A modern classic for our generation, you know?

They played Lowlands on Sunday to a full crowd, earned some money...

And what then? What then?

-Hello? -Hi.

I can't see the forest through the trees. I said the same.

-Really? -Yeah.

Sick.

We thought that we'd try to make your part more energetic.

Make the whole thing more energetic. That would help the song.

I'm also really into your suggestion for the intro, it's great.

-Yeah, man. -A capella.

"Keer op keer" is more difficult. I think we should leave that one.

Or we try diving into that one today.

We're working on our second album now.

We have an exclusive agreement

that we're presenting our album at Lowlands and Pukkelpop.

That'll be the first time people hear it. That's pretty cool, so yeah.

-That's so sick, dude. -It's fucking sick, yeah.

So it needs to be done by then. Yeah.

Yeah, so November, December, until Christmas

we're going to try and focus. We'll take it easy on the weekends

so we'll be ready to go into the studio on Monday.

That's very important at this stage.

Hey, you're a bit sick, so we won't do any singing today.

And then maybe try that tomorrow.

I thought we could do some singing and then I just dip out afterwards.

-Right, and then do the same tomorrow. -Yes, more singing.

Three, four.

I look out the window And pass the time

Look at the people on the street I wish I was like that too

But it's too late now My life is over

What did I do? What am I left with?

-Right? -Yeah.

I go out like a candle in the night Why am I such a worrier

You can feel that something has changed.

A lot has changed in these guys' heads.

They went from normal guys from The Hague to celebrities.

Your whole life is turned upside-down.

You can notice the change in the subjects you write about, it's different.

-It's never good enough, I'm dead tired... -Yes.

-Every day has the same in store... -Yes.

I can't take it anymore.

There's a curse that I heard about that really exists

called the curse of the second album.

-Yes. That's great. -It's good.

But the 'every day' part...

WEEKLY ONLINE MEETING

Okay, we're just waiting on Milo, I think he went to the bathroom.

The second album is more important than the first one, I think.

The most important thing is that we make something we're proud of.

If we think the album is good, even if it doesn't have a song like "Noodgeval"

one of those true hits, I don't think that's a bad thing.

We don't really need that.

Yeah, but I'm not under the impression that it's going badly.

So far, the songs we've made have all been really great.

They are radio hits.

Once we have an album ready

we do have to decide if we want to push something for the radio or not.

Have you solved the Job Jobse crisis yet?

Well, I wanted to discuss that with you.

-Job wants to use your demo. -Yeah, but why?

Why do we have to play a half-finished demo in the Bravo?

We only have one chorus and a couple of verses.

-But they're not great. -We haven't properly recorded them yet.

Because he's one of the sickest DJs in the Netherlands.

And he has a really good slot. There isn't a better promo than that.

Can we move on, please?

Okay.

-Can we please move on? -Yes.

All that bullshitting, we already made it clear that we don't want this.

What a hostile meeting, guys.

It feels like we've said no ten times already, you know?

So let's just finish this discussion.

Again, we only ask for one hour a week to go through some things.

You're late nearly every time.

-Last week you didn't show up at all. -Just now, the same.

You need to put some effort in too. We're working hard for you guys

and we'd like to receive that same energy back from you.

If one measly hour a week is too much for you guys...

Yeah, you know, the thing is

that we think it's a huge missed opportunity.

But again, it's your music.

Our work is such a huge success now. We've become like a real company.

Work, partying. Everything is so rushed now.

People will use drugs. You're responsible for making sure you don't go too far.

And some people just got in too deep.

There's higher stakes.

The company grew, there's more pressure.

-You're sure you want to keep this one? -Yes.

-I think it's great. -245 euro.

ARTIST

-We didn't buy it for him. -I bought it on sale.

Is it dry-clean only? I do like it.

-Okay. -I'll wear this tonight.

-You're our unofficial stylist. -It's very festive.

-I don't like what he wears. -Really?

What do you think about it?

-Me? -I think some things are just strange.

Like my crop tops, she doesn't like those.

-No? -I like it when they're nice tops.

But I don't like the crop tops he picks.

Is this an important show?

The show isn't, but they're giving us an award, which is important.

Everyone will be watching.

Everyone has their own opinion, they made that clear yesterday.

What happened, exactly?

During New Year's Eve, Milo was on stage and pretty drunk.

Someone offered him a baggie of drugs and he took it.

He used some of it, and people filmed it. Those images leaked yesterday.

He hates that there's a whole discussion about it.

Rock and roll, man.

-He's the rock and roll star. -Yeah.

-I did it again. -What happened?

Where are they?

-I'm all over the news, man. Hey, dude. -Hey.

An uproar about this video of Goldband singer Milo Driessen, who recently...

I just don't know why someone would do that or think that's cool.

I thought it was pathetic.

Is this part of the lifestyle?

He's a ridiculous jackass. Why would you do that in public?

RIGHT BEFORE THE AWARD SHOW

-Okay guys. -Okay.

-When you get the award... -What about it?

Let's talk about how we'll deal with the press and stuff.

We spoke to Justin yesterday and asked what we could do.

We joked, maybe he should ask how you're feeling

and Milo can respond to that and say something about the video.

No. We can do that while talking to the press afterwards, not then.

That moment is about the award.

Do you know what you're going to say yet?

Yeah, tell us.

I'm just going to respond with whatever comes to mind then.

I shouldn't have done it, it was stupid, but it did happen.

Your nose, your choice.

It's possible they'll ask about it

like 'do you think you have a responsibility here' and such.

You can just respond with whatever you want in the moment.

How are we getting there?

The winner of the Pop Award 2022 is Goldband.

-Boaz, how do you feel? -Amazing.

Everyone should follow their dreams, keep manifesting.

My guys.

You've been raised well, I can tell.

This is the new Goldband, right here.

Winners of the Pop Awards of 2022.

Oosterpoort Groningen, give it up for Goldband.

What did you think about all the commotion this week about that picture

where someone snorted some drugs during the performance?

A lot of people were rather upset by it.

Let me be clear, I shouldn't have done it.

But I did. People can have their opinions on it.

I promise you this, I'll never do that again.

-Seriously? -You'll never do drugs again?

Well, not on stage.

Do you regret it? Like you shouldn't have done that?

Regret is a big word, but we're pretty famous now.

And popular. We just took some pictures with some kids.

-Right before the show, yes. -I shouldn't introduce them to that stuff.

I do regret that.

To further elaborate, we've been drinking alcohol-free beer for 2,5 months now.

-So we're sober right now. -Yes, all of you aren't drinking alcohol.

Give it up for Goldband.

The winner of the Pop Award 2022, this is their song "Noodgeval" on 3FM.

I'm still the same person.

Five years ago, I would have done that, two years ago, I would have done that.

The consequence of that is that afterwards

there's this whole shitstorm.

That was just like... I felt really vulnerable.

I ended up having to be very defensive.

I don't know, people can judge you for your opinions or your actions.

-Someone else did coke on stage. -Goldband.

They're still playing every festival, so...

-Do you think it's unfair? -There is a double standard.

I'm not trying to play the victim, but I do believe...

I'm not trying to play the victim...

So sneaky.

-But I do agree with him. -He's topping the charts right now.

He doesn't have to worry about money.

Yeah, but you do want to play at great festivals.

Yeah, but he's not white.

Neither are you.

Yeah but you guys are, I'm lucky to have you guys.

Else I wouldn't be playing anywhere either.

Dear, dear people...

I have something here for us.

Let me see, what is it?

Wieger, guys, come here. Come here.

What did you plan?

No, no.

-Yes, I knew it, I knew it. -Oh, man.

The first Goldband baby is a fact.

Where is Loes? Where's Loes?

This bitch.

Boaz' nose.

And a huge penis. No.

-If you look at it like this... -This is sick, this'll be the nursery.

Bo thinks it'll be so easy. The kid won't have to go to daycare

we can just bring it backstage and to the studio.

I'll just let him believe that, and let him party hard for now

and then when the baby is here, it's over.

You know?

-Then he'll quit partying? -He doesn't have to quit.

But he thinks that his life will be unchanged.

I do think we should get a new place.

So we have more space.

It's possible that next year, everyone will be over it.

And then you'll be left with a huge mortgage, so what do you want?

I just want to say Loes is a hypochondriac and a pessimist.

-What did you say? -Loes is a hypochondriac and pessimist.

She doesn't realize we haven't even reached our peak yet.

Jesus, how do I put up with this guy?

-My little brother gave me this yesterday. -Cool.

Cute, right?

-Did you take care of your little brother? -Take care is a big word for it.

-At the very least, I entertained him. -Your childhood

what do you think about it? Did you have to look after yourself a lot?

Yes, we didn't have shit at home. If you opened the pantry, there'd be nothing.

Open it again just to make sure and there'd still be nothing.

Open the fridge, there's just old milk.

Take a sip, gross. Throw that away.

We always had yoghurt and muesli, whether we liked it or not.

How do you look back at your childhood?

How did that contribute to who you are now?

I joked to Loes

that we should just neglect our kid, then they'll be successful.

-Were you neglected? -No, no.

People took great care of me.

But I did sometimes feel neglected.

My mother is bipolar. She'd often be in bed.

Before and after school, I'd be responsible for looking after my brother.

Those are things I wouldn't want my own child to go through.

When I was 16 or 17, I went out to dinner with my father.

I wasn't living at home anymore.

We were talking and I realized: oh, he's just a guy who happened to have a kid.

He had no idea what he was doing and just muddled through.

And then I realized that all fathers are like that, basically.

-I can even feel your baby move. -Me too.

More movement.

The speed of the heart is good, between 110 and 150, which is what we want.

And your little one is moving properly, I could already feel it.

There we go.

-Perfect. -Perfect.

Oh, the tape is nearly full. Sick.

-The tape? -Yeah.

-The tape. -The tape.

Goldband's tape.

And I hurt myself so much Always, always

This body isn't mine anymore These words aren't mine anymore

My thoughts aren't mine anymore

So set me free

-I'm not allowed to smoke indoors. -Why not?

-Is that your rule for yourself? -No, the landlord forbids it.

Look at him standing there.

Oh, no, shit.

That's a good shot.

I love that Karel is a bit androgynous.

That mysterious side, I love that.

He can be very manly, but he also has a softness to him.

Of the three, Karel is more so the quiet guy in the background.

What's behind that, you know?

Is this for the documentary?

For a long while, I didn't feel great.

No, I can't, stop filming.

From age 21 to 23, I had an anxiety disorder.

I had partied way too hard, I'd skipped a night's sleep.

The next day I smoked some weed with friends and that went seriously wrong.

I flipped out.

I suffered from a psychosis that day.

It was really scary.

The next day, the psychosis had faded, but the fear stayed.

I'd look in the mirror and didn't recognize myself.

I was scared to look myself in the eyes.

I went to therapy for it.

Now I'm much better at dealing with it, I know what to do now.

The tape is nearly full.

Hey, bro.

How does it feel to be working on the second album?

Does it bring more pressure, when it comes to money or other stuff?

What are you feelings about that?

From experience I know if there's money to be had, everyone suddenly wants it.

So to put that into perspective of my situation with them

we're both convinced we have the most fair way of divvying up the money.

But their way is a bit different than how I would do it.

It'll be fine, but we'll have to see.

We can start working on some new songs.

FIRST LISTENING SESSION SECOND ALBUM

Would you stay with me? What if it all works out?

What if it all works out?

What if it all works out?

In a vision I saw That our love deserves a shot

Because I saw you standing In our new apartment

No more fights between us Just long talks

And we both agree It was worth it

Party. It's a good party song. I fell off the wagon

but we changed some things and now I like it again.

You said you had doubts.

-Yeah, I think it's just... -Too much.

Too much, just too corny, really.

-Too kitsch. -Yeah.

Yeah, I get it.

It's due to the whole...

It's just very generic Euro House.

-Wasn't that what we were going for? -Yeah.

Why are you biting your nails and laughing?

I'm curious to see where this is going.

I don't know, I think it's just a matter of taste.

-You think it's good? -Yes, I do, that's why I did it like this.

I think it comes down to a matter of taste.

Yeah, sorry.

This is bumming me out, but what can you do?

On Saturday morning, Wieger sent a message

that all studio days are postponed until we've hammered out the contract.

And that he doesn't want to see Milo for a while.

I was like: what the fuck? I tried calling him but he wouldn't answer.

I called Milo to be like: what the fuck?

Then in the morning he sent: it just isn't right

you can just figure it out yourselves.

Don't forget where those hits came from. Just a bunch of emotional bullshit.

Apparently he was pretty fucked up and he whipped himself into a frenzy

and he got so angry and jealous and whatnot.

So that's making things pretty tough for Goldband.

After a year of negotiating and a nagging feeling, I flipped out and said

that I'd reached my limit, I wasn't doing any more work.

I expressed myself in a rather nasty way, which came as a shock to them.

I feel bad about that, but the underlying message was very real.

That I want them to tell me

how much they value me. Am I equal to them, or do they see me as lesser?

And if I'm not...

seen as one forth or one fifth or even one fifth and a half.

If I don't get that share of the earnings, I will find another team

that does see me as an equal.

-What about the album? -That won't happen, then.

Then you're just leaving.

I don't need their millions if it doesn't feel safe and fair.

I just want to be equal to the others.

I just feel like he's doing all this as a cry for help, or something.

I'm curious, the deadline for the album is in April.

That was already a pretty tight deadline.

And now everything has ground to a halt.

-Did you see this coming? -I should have seen it coming.

The second album needs to be just as good or even better.

That does make you insecure.

But it means you're thinking about it a lot.

-You want to do your best for them. -Yes.

That's what is most important to me, I don't want to let them down.

What about that makes you emotional?

I don't know.

My whole life, this is all I've wanted to do.

And then sometimes I wonder if I'm even good enough.

MOST DREAMS ARE DECEPTION

I dreamt it, and the day after, it happened.

It's not like I spent my whole life...

When Karel said 'guys, I really want to go for it' at my mother's wake

that was the catalyst for it all.

That's why we started the whole thing.

And then it was like: are we really doing this? Okay, fuck it.

Let's go, the three of us, and try to make music and just release it. Fuck it.

-Does it still feel like your own dream? -It's undeniably our dream.

I just wanted to have a chat with you all

about a few things that have been on my mind.

But every time they just didn't seem important enough to really...

-Talk about? -Yes.

But I think it would be good to talk about it.

It's mostly with you, compared to Bo.

The last year or two, I've had times where

I couldn't get a read on what you felt.

I've felt like you didn't really like me anymore, or something.

I just had a lot of moments where I actually

closed myself off from everyone in the group.

Not just you but also Boaz and Wieger.

We're just three dudes who all have their own opinions

who are trying to create a vision they have.

Milo has also noted

moments where we did need you and we missed you.

I'm just not doing very well right now.

And that is effecting everything, really. Including rehearsals

and coming in too late or too early with my parts or being off-beat.

It's all to do with the fact that my brain is just shutting down.

What's going on, where's your head at?

Well, I'm mostly thinking about this stuff.

But, I don't know, I'm just not doing very well right now.

And that's affecting a lot of things.

Not just work, but, yeah..

I'm just not constantly happy right now.

-I can't get it open. -I can.

Oh yeah.

Little Ruud.

This is from elementary school.

Since my tenth birthday, I always asked for something to do with music.

I just call it 'the broken families thing'.

We can talk about that. It's not like we all did that on purpose.

The bond, the connection between them

is partially due to that.

For all three of them, it was a bit of what are we leaving behind

and what have we already been through?

-Annelies, Annelies. -That's not as fun.

Annelies, according to your planning everyone gets beschuit met muisjes.

-Yeah, my mum's bringing that. -Okay.

-And you want glasses of prosecco. -I don't know, it'll be fine.

They're probably going to come help with the kids.

How cute, wow.

-Hey, how are you. I love your trousers. -Hello, dear.

Hey.

Look, it's your uncle.

Support the head like this.

Now I see it as more than friendship, they're family.

You might feel very alone, but you're not.

And once you come out of that funk, you realize you're not.

And you realize the people around you love and support you so much.

At one point, things with Wieger were all very uncertain.

MEETING WITH MANAGEMENT

The three of you, whether you're giving an interview or you're on stage

it's different when Wieger is there too.

The thing is, we've never worked with anyone else.

-So we don't know. -That's true.

So it's all speculation.

One hundred percent. We can't do this without one another.

We're in this together, all six of us.

I don't think any one of us is replaceable at this point in time.

For outsiders, they think we can keep going, as the three faces of Goldband.

But I don't care about that, you know?

That's way different from not knowing or understanding it.

-You care about how we do things. -Yes, what happens behind the scenes.

It's hard to work with someone like Wieg

who can sometimes be very insecure.

Or very... You know, he needs money.

He was very particular about the money. We have to deal with that, then.

And that's what we're doing now.

They're making a new Harry Potter series.

Really?

Wieg, how are you feeling?

I realized there was something wrong with me.

I kept going even though I knew something was wrong.

And then all of a sudden, the whole thing exploded.

I've realized not drinking and doing drugs, which I was doing constantly

gave me a lot of extra time.

Yeah, and more peace, I would assume.

I've recently started therapy

which is supposed to help me focus more on the here and now.

I've thought a lot about how I could have better communicated this.

I've thought a lot about it, but I've not figured it out yet.

I do want to just say, I was very angry at you a couple of times.

And very sad about it.

-Especially with that dinner. -Yeah, man.

I do think that something between us is now broken.

When I just saw you, I got this feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Old anger or sadness, maybe.

I've also had thoughts of: maybe I just want to be done with Wieg entirely.

Because like, the trust is gone.

That's what makes me mad, that the trust is gone.

-Because we were good friends. -Yes, I also feel bad about that.

-So yeah. -The way I went about it was terrible.

That's what I apologized for in that letter I sent all of you.

But if this hadn't happened and we would have just continued on

it wouldn't have lasted long. And that the whole thing would have just ended.

-Let's try and make the most of it now. -Yes.

-We have to. -We do, we have deadlines, man.

We have deadlines.

Contract-wise, we're good, right? We're getting that sorted?

-Right? -Yes, all the main points are the same.

That isn't my area of expertise.

I want to sign, David still had a few small notes.

-I already overruled half of them. -Okay, perfect.

Okay, then let's sign tomorrow. Right?

-Like this then? -This is confidential, I can't say.

I only know that it's between these four gentlemen.

-Who has the non-alcoholic bubbly? -Look at that.

You read the whole thing properly, right?

-Yeah man, at least I think so. -Shit. Right?

I've finished.

-An iPhone 3. -Nice.

-Yes. -My dear people

we're now live with Samen Tegen Elkaar.

ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SAMEN TEGEN ELKAAR

As usual we didn't prepare anything.

What we do want to say is we're so grateful and love everyone here today.

It feels like one big hug, one big family, thanks to you.

Thank you all, forever.

Is anyone here from Tilburg?

Is there anyone who isn't from Tilburg?

If we do like this here, and then a quarter beat like this.

And then half a beat like this, quarter beat this.

-Arm, full arm. -Yes, okay.

Would you stay with me?

What if it all works out?

-I'm mostly with you but... -Just not the middle bit.

Yes. The pause is a bit too long.

Then we could do the other arm, right?

Just this one.

Until it all works out

What if it all works out?

-Yeah okay, fuck it. -Yeah?

This is going to be sick. Don't forget to move your other arm to the side.

Milo, I wanted to ask you a question for the ending.

It's like, how you guys started as a group

-is just like super spontaneous. -Yeah.

How do you look back on these four or five years of Goldband?

Five years ago, we were right here.

-Wow. -Who was here five years ago?

When you think back to four years ago

there's a balance you're trying to strike.

But you'll always be balancing on that tightrope.

In the end, you always fall off.

And then you need to try again.

Sometimes you joke about whether or not you want to keep working together

or if you just want to quit.

Do you ever seriously consider it?

No. We all joke about it.

-You'll just keep going forever. -Well, I don't know about that.

I don't know about that. But...

Keep going forever...

I don't know if we'll still be on stage when we're 80.

I don't think all of us will make it to 80.

But you don't know what the future holds.

Hands folded, eyes shut

Death is close Lives stolen

But don't worry Every cloud has a silver lining

You seek it out You're upset

You do not know You're seeking happiness

Crashes of thunder, dark days

You're not afraid of it But you have so many questions

This is acceptance

This is going for it

This is formulating

How we'll all die one day

But death isn't bad

Because we'll be together again

Like Jesus on the cross

Goddammit, amen

It could happen at any time

So please follow your heart

Nice.

Yes, we did it, buddy.

If you're still wearing a shirt, now is your time to take it off.

GOLDBAND UNTIL WE BREAK

Let's go.

Grab me tight and never let me go

Keep me close to you, ruthless

I'm absorbed in every word

When the sun goes down You come through again

I'm a howling wolf In a sinful night

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who's the fairest of them all?

It's you and me, only you and me

Come over here to the stage, guys.

Keep 'em up. Hey Boaz.

Keep your hands up.

Karel. Karel, Karel.

Everything was perfect for me

So much has been said But what actually counts?

Just you and me, baby

You and me, baby

So much has been said But what actually counts?

Just you and me, baby

You and me

Baby

Baby

Baby

What if it all works out?

In a vision I saw

That our love deserves a shot

Because I saw you standing In our new apartment

No more fights between us Just long talks

And we both agree It was worth it

Every night on the couch All the fucking tears

The jealousy, the drunken sex

Together we're not like the rest

What if it all works out? That it was meant to be

Please stay with me

Until it all works out

Because what if it all works out? Maybe even forever

Would you stay with me then?

What if it all works out?

Would you stay with me?

Preferably forever

For all of eternity

What if it all works out?

Would you stay with me?

Preferably forever

For all of eternity

What if it all works out?