French pop music
A range of song styles can be found in "Herz", from ballads ("Liebe ist alles" or "Gib mir mehr Himmel") to pop ("Ich komm an dir nicht weiter") and rock ("Eine Frage des Lichts"). Speaking in an interview, musician Peter Plate of Rosenstolz revealed that English singer Beth Gibbons of English band Portishead and French singer Benjamin Biolay were a major influence on "Herz" and that the album was generally influenced by French pop music. In a later interview in 2008, Plate remarked that "Herz" was the start of the second phase of Rosenstolz, forming a trilogy with "Das große Leben" (2006), the band's tenth studio album, and "Die Suche geht weiter" (2008), the band's eleventh studio album.