Overview
- In a June 14 interview reported widely this week, Michelle announced she will withdraw from the music business after a final televised farewell on June 27 and stop using her stage name.
- She says she will resume living under her birth name, Tanja Hewer, and will operate under the spiritual name Wakan for her new healing work.
- Hewer tells reporters she completed a healer training about 12 years ago and later trained as a medium, and that she has long practised with a small “geistiger Zirkel” who sit in the dark and sing to release energy.
- She plans to offer paid online one‑to‑one sessions from mid‑July, including hour‑long afterlife contacts (Jenseitskontakte) and healing conversations, and she insists the work is not a sect but rooted in love.
- The shift follows a 34‑year Schlager career and personal traumas she has spoken about publicly — including a 2004 suicide attempt and a reported breakup in May — and is likely to prompt public questions about cultural language, credibility, and how fans and the industry will respond.