Interview format “Take Me Späti”: Fancy a Späti date?

Well, what was it like in prison?”, content creator Sara Arslan asks the self-proclaimed pop rapper Mo Douzi. They are sitting with their microphones at a table in the Späti “Videoservice-Bakery Lounge” in Berlin’s Kastanienallee. All around her are wine, beer, spirits, chewing gum, lollipops, colorful packs of gummy bears on meter-high shelves.

The two are for the new YouTube video format „Take Me Späti“ here. Arslan sits with her guests – perhaps largely unknown to most of them, but well-known in the streamer and content creator world – in various late-night shops in Berlin. And chats.

But what exactly? The conversation with Mo Douzi jumps from having children (he wants 8 to 9) to the proper greeting as a bouncer (like a pigeon) to fear of flying and fur hats. The same goes for the other conversations.

It’s about a lot, but from the first few seconds it’s clear that it’s about a lot of things in an ironic way. The format thus captures the GenZ zeitgeist: everything is bad and therefore everything can be packaged as a joke. The users appreciate this about the format. One wrote: “This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. HAHAHA.” And during the episode with Mouzi, the users discuss who is actually kidding who all the time.

Famous role model

The whole thing is based on already established comedy formats such as the British one „Chicken Shop Date“whose host meets on dates in London chicken shops. Well-known guests included the singer Billie Eilish and Jennifer Lawrence. The guests in “Take Me Späti” are not that prominent yet, but the format has been pretty well received since its launch. Clips from the 30-minute episodes are going viral.

Maybe also because you wouldn’t expect guests with a story like Douzi (bouncer, out and about in Frankfurt’s red light district) to stay in a sThis format is actually so funny and therefore likeable would come across.