On her third solo album,
Cassandra Steen (who first received notice in 1997 for her guest appearance on the
Freundeskreis track "Wenn der Vorhang Fällt") seeks to broaden her "ballad queen" image by offering more uptempo songs among the pop-oriented mixture of R&B and soul that informed her previous album,
Darum Leben Wir. Her producers and songwriting collaborators on
Mir So Nah include
Adel Tawil (on three songs, including the single "Gebt Alles"),
Xavier Naidoo,
Moses Pelham, Ruben Rodriguez, Beatzarre & Djorkaeff, and the Krauts. ~ Christian Genzel