Choir that drowned out Germany’s AfD leader happy to ‘bend the ear’ of country

Group surprised' when their song was used to disrupt an interview with Alice Weidel - but now they face a backlash

It was while Alice Weidel was being interviewed on the terrace of a parliament building overlooking the River Spree in Berlin that members of the Corner Chor's mobile phones began to ping with alerts as their song in protest at her far-right party, Schei AfD Jodler (Shit AfD Yodellers), blasted out from a 100,000-watt sound system on the other bank.

We were hugely surprised and truly happy to hear at that moment that our song was receiving such a public airing," one choir member told the Guardian.