Case Study: Licensing "Vena Cava" by Fango for the soundtrack of Henning Gronkowski’s film "Yung”
Client: Gruppe Gronkowski Filmproduktion
Media: Film
Context: Music licensing for the soundtrack of the indie film, Yung.
Artist: Fango
Track: Vena Cava
Label: Degustibus Music
The movie “Yung”
Yung is a raw, semi-documentary-style exploration of the hedonistic and often harrowing lives of four teenage girls navigating the subcultures of modern-day Berlin. Eschewing traditional moralising, the film follows Janaina, Emmy, Joy, and Abbie through a dizzying cycle of fleeting adolescent intimacy. It captures a specific brand of "Gen Z" nihilism, where the pursuit of extreme experiences serves as a thin veil for deep-seated loneliness and the precarious transition into adulthood in a city that never stops.
The movie soundtrack
The Yung soundtrack was supervised by techno royalty, DJ Hell and is basically a love letter to the messy, strobe-lit heart of Berlin's underground. Instead of reaching for generic "club music," the film curates a soundscape that feels like a heavy, 4:00 AM fever dream. It’s loud, distorted, and deeply anxious. It leans heavily on gritty techno and industrial textures to act as a second skin for the characters, perfectly capturing that specific high where everything feels invincible right before the inevitable, crushing comedown. It’s less of a playlist and more of a sensory assault that forces you into the girls' headspace, making the city feel like a living, breathing machine that’s both exhilarating and totally indifferent to whether they survive the night.
Narrative Importance of Fango’s Vena Cava
In Yung, "Vena Cava" is used to bridge the gap between euphoria and dread.
The track typically surfaces during moments of high-intensity movement—whether the girls are navigating the labyrinthine corridors of a Berlin club or spiralling through a night that has lasted far too long. Its importance lies in its pacing. While other tracks in the film might celebrate the "high," "Vena Cava" underscores the mechanics of the clubbing lifestyle. It captures the repetitive, almost industrial nature of the lead characters’ party cycle.
Fango is known for "muscular" electronic music, tracks that feel physical rather than just digital. "Vena Cava" is characterised by:
The Percussive Assault: A driving, relentless drum pattern that feels like a racing heartbeat (fitting, given the title refers to the body's primary veins).
The Distortion: Its gritty, overdriven textures perfectly match the lo-fi, "lived-in" cinematography of the film.
The Tension: It lacks a traditional melodic release, creating a sense of mounting anxiety that never quite resolves.