Güner Künier

Güner Künier was born in Izmir, Turkey, in 1990 and moved at the age of three with her family to Flensburg, where she also grew up. As a teenager she played in her first bands. After completing her studies in industrial engineering in Berlin she devoted herself entirely to art and worked as an actress and musician. In the early 2020s she started to make music solo. Her debut EP was released in 2021, a year after her first album “Aşk”. Her new album "Yaramaz" will be released on Flirt 99 on 21st March 2025. "Yaramaz" is a Turkish word; translated literally, it means something like "good-for-nothing." The term is often used towards small children when they are being cheeky and rebellious. Güner Künier named her second album "Yaramaz" to tell her own coming-of-age story through the means of punk and post-punk. Post-punk and minimal/synth-wave are the main musical reference points on "Yaramaz," but there are many other (sub)genres that have left their mark. Expansive shoegaze sounds, a touch of krautrock and also echoes of riot grrrl. Overall, "Yaramaz" sounds like an empowering album with a simple yet important message: follow your own path and don't let anything deter you.