Andreas Gabalier
"I never said I could sing"
Andreas Gabalier doesn't want to let the critics get him down.
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Andreas Gabalier is under fire after two television appearances because of his alleged lack of talent. How does he react to the criticism?
Andreas Gabalier (36, "I Sing A Liad Für Di") had to take a lot of criticism in the past, but also because of current events. In the Ö3 radio show "Breakfast with me" he takes a sweeping position on his earlier polarizing statements and the current questioning of his singing talent.
The singer doesn't want to be seen as macho
The singer caused a stir in 2014 with an outdated version of the Austrian national anthem. He didn't understand the outrage about it. For him, the hymn is a piece of cultural heritage and it has never been an issue for him to sing it differently. "I would also not want anyone to rewrite my texts just because they are supposedly no longer politically correct in a few years." He had to be massively hostile and the whole thing was additionally provoked by the media.
Gabalier says that he cannot accept that he has an ancient image of women. His ex-girlfriend Silvia Schneider was even very emancipated. "She did everything that you can do in terms of your career and was also totally committed at home." He is not a macho and even takes the vacuum cleaner with the greatest joy or does his own laundry.
Gabalier: "Singing was always a hobby"
After his appearances in the ORF "Licht ins Dunkel" gala and in the RTL show "Kindsköpf" Gabalier was criticized for his singing. "I sing well enough for me. But I've never said that I can. I never studied it and it was a hobby that I made my calling from the start," explains Gabalier, who will be "A Volks-Rock'n'Roll Christmas "album released in a radio interview.
In recent years it has almost become fashionable in the media world to "tear up Andreas Gabalier. That just brings clicks". It doesn't have to be, it's just music. "You can like them or not. But you don't have to drag them through the mud with such hate." He thinks it is a particular shame that the distributions are so violent and that people who like it feel like they are second-class people. "Tastes are different and if you don't like it, you always have the opportunity to turn away."