Kerstin Ott

Kerstin Ott (born 17 January 1982 in West Berlin) is a German singer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ. She became known through the song "Die immer lacht" (English: She who always laughs), which was re-mixed by the German DJ and producer team Stereoact. In January 2016, the song was at the top of the German and Austrian singles charts, and also reached the Swiss charts.

Career Kerstin Ott recorded the song as a hobby musician around 2005. According to her own account, she had written "Die immer lacht" in only five minutes at the kitchen table for a friend who was ill at the time. The song is about a woman who always laughs outwardly. The narrator takes her by the hand and teaches her to show her true feelings to others.

Ott came out as lesbian at the age of 17. In August 2017 she entered into a registered partnership with her longtime girlfriend Karolina Köppen, which was rewritten as a marriage in October 2017. Köppen and her two children adopted Ott's surname.

Discography Albums 2016: Herzbewohner 2018: Mut zur Katastrophe 2019: Ich muss dir was sagen 2021: Nachts sind alle Katzen grau 2024: Für immer für dich

Singles 2016: "Scheissmelodie" 2018: "Regenbogenfarben" 2018: "Regenbogenfarben" (with Helene Fischer)

Featured in 2015: "Die immer lacht" (Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott)