Pop star "Lemo"

“I lived on potatoes and dry bread”

Lemo" couldn't afford an ice cream in the past. Sometimes he didn't even have the money to pay the electricity bill.(Bild: Lemo)

At the age of 17, Clemens Kinigadner, alias "Lemo", dropped out of school to become a pop star. He actually succeeded - this year the Burgenland native is celebrating his tenth anniversary on stage! But the road to success was a tough one. A conversation about low points, plans and father duties.

"Krone": Lemo, you will be performing at the Eichenwald Open Air in Horitschon on September 6th. What connection do you have to Burgenland?
Lemo: I was born in Oberpullendorf because my mother wanted a water birth. This was already possible at the hospital there in the mid-1980s. After giving birth, however, I went straight back to Graz, where I grew up. I only go to Burgenland sometimes to write songs.