Album, Promotion, Tour. For nearly twenty years, the dynamics of the music industry have shaped Judith Holofernes' life. During this time, she became one of the most well-known and influential singers of her generation with Wir sind Helden and her solo project. In her autobiographical book, she reflects on the time after the band, discussing crises, dreams, and a pivotal decision, revealing herself as a sensitive storyteller.

With great clarity and tenderness, and her characteristic wit, Holofernes writes about the curse and blessing of the early success of the band, the balance between family life and being a frontwoman, the public perception of her body, growing up with her lesbian mother in Freiburg, the profound changes in her life, the doubts, and the pain. She repeatedly addresses the music industry, her relationship with her fans, peculiar concerts in daylight, as well as the rigid mechanisms of the business and sexism. Judith Holofernes compellingly illustrates in "The Dreams of Other People" how she gradually freed herself from the commercial constraints and narrowness of the music industry. She shares how she became the artist she had long wanted to be, reclaiming her life in the process.