[2] Dieter Bohlen was first contacted by the managing director of EastWest Records, Jürgen Otterstein, who asked him if he could picture himself producing Roy Black.

Initially, Bohlen refused vehemently, as he considered Black's music as "absolute commercial schmaltz, even for me".

[1] This meeting left Bohlen feeling that he was unable to refuse to produce Black, and they immediately "began trying some things out".

[1] A day later, Bohlen contacted Black and told him he would produce songs for his next album, but that he did not want an advance payment.

[1] As he had performed at a gala the previous day and had driven from Southern Germany to Hamburg,[1] he was "exhausted" upon his arrival,[1] and drank a lot of coffee.