Overview
- “Barbara – Becoming Shirin David” arrives on Netflix on March 13, directed by Michael Schmitt and filmed during preparations for her second arena tour.
- The narrative contrasts her chart success — including seven number-one singles and a major stadium tour — with the personal toll behind the scenes.
- David recalls being targeted at school, citing a Schüler VZ group titled “Ich hasse Barbara,” and describes feeling like an outsider.
- She says sustained online harassment in her mid‑twenties led her to stay inside for two years, a period her mother condemns as “krank.”
- The documentary depicts intense perfectionism, stage anxiety and image pressures, touches on cosmetic procedures she has discussed publicly, and shows her grieving not reconciling with her father before his death.