Welcome to the world of the hit, where there is no climate change and no crises and where a broken heart seems to be the only risk. For years the genre has been booming, masses flock to concerts. But is the image right, or is it just a perfectly staged marketing construct, which partly ruins the artists? 
 
Hanno Settele looks behind the façade of harmony and good humor, goes through the stages of an aspiring pop singer himself - and in the end performs his own hit on the big stage.